The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) received a $727,818 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program (CFDA 66.817). The purpose of this 1-year award, effective October 1, 2023, is to enhance MPCA's capacity to survey and inventory brownfield sites, provide oversight and enforcement authorities, facilitate public involvement, approve cleanup plans, and verify completed site remediation efforts...
This Project Grant award of $700,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) will enable the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) to enhance the state's brownfields response program. The primary objectives are to: (1) establish or improve the four statutory elements of an effective state response program; (2) maintain and update a public record of sites where response actions have been...
The Environmental Protection Agency's Region 5 awarded the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency a $731,893 Project Grant under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) program. The grant will fund the Agency's brownfields response program activities from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. Specifically, the Agency will conduct a timely survey and inventory of brownfield sites, provide oversight and enforcement of response actions to protect human health and the environment,...
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency was awarded $731,893 under the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5's State and Tribal Response Program Grants to support Minnesota's brownfield response program through December 2022. The award will fund survey and inventory of brownfield sites, oversight and enforcement of response actions to protect human health and the environment, public involvement resources, and approval and verification of cleanup plans. The objective is to assist in remediating...
This $125,000 federal Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Superfund State and Indian Tribe Core Program Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.809) provides core funding to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) to support its implementation of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) activities in the state. The grant supports non-site-specific operations, including program management, contract administration,...
This $125,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Superfund State and Indian Tribe Core Program Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.809) supports the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) in conducting non-site-specific administrative and programmatic activities related to implementing the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). The award provides $56,250 in federal funding, with a $12,500 cost share, to...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency a $2 million cooperative agreement under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818) effective October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2027. The funding will support the recipient in conducting eligible assessment-related activities authorized under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Section...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) a $125,000 Project Grant under the Superfund State and Indian Tribe Core Program Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.809) for the period of April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2024. The grant will fund non-site-specific activities to support MPCA's response program under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Specifically, the MPCA will use the funding for...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $850,000 Project Grant to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (Maine DEP) under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817). The purpose of this grant is to enhance Maine DEP's brownfields response program and support the state's efforts to (1) establish or enhance the four statutory elements of an effective state...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $790,000 CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grant (CFDA 66.817) to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (Maine DEP) to enhance the state's brownfields response program. The grant will enable Maine DEP to perform the following key activities: Conduct a timely survey and inventory of brownfield sites across Maine, establish oversight and enforcement authorities to ensure response actions protect human...