This federal Project Grant award, valued at $742,231.00 and funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.802), supports the New Mexico Environment Department's (NMED) program to perform site characterization activities at potential or confirmed hazardous waste sites. The key activities to be undertaken include identifying and characterizing hazardous waste sites,...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 provides $1,632,568 to the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) to support the Bonita Peak Mining District (BPMD) Superfund Site under the Gold King Mine Release Settlement Agreement. Specifically, NMED will perform the following activities:
Provide management, technical, and community engagement assistance to the EPA for the remedial investigation, feasibility studies, and implementation of remedial actions...
This $900,000 federal Project Grant award, funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.802), supports the participation of the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) in oversight and review activities at the United Nuclear Corporation Superfund site in Church Rock, New Mexico.
Key activities to be performed by NMED under this grant include: reviewing remedial...
This Project Grant award in the amount of $1,953,037.00 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 funds the participation of the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) in activities related to the Chevron Questa Mine Superfund site in New Mexico. Under the Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.802), the grant supports NMED's oversight, technical review, and monitoring activities for the remedial...
This $10,577,932 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 funds the New Mexico Environment Department's (NMED) remedial action at the Eagle Picher Carefree battery hazardous waste site listed on the National Priorities List under the Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.802). Key deliverables include construction and operation of a pump and treat system in two phases to capture and treat...
This $735,610 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Hazardous Waste Management State Program Support (CFDA 66.801) will enable the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) to develop and implement a comprehensive hazardous waste management program. The key activities under this grant include permitting, corrective action, inspections, enforcement, computerized tracking, ensuring data quality, and pollution prevention outreach. These efforts are intended to...
The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) has been awarded a $699,860 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.802). This funding supports NMED's oversight and management assistance activities related to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) response actions at the Chevron Questa Mine Superfund site in...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded the New Mexico Environment Department a $3.9 million cooperative agreement under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818) for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2027.
Through this award, the recipient will provide funding to capitalize a revolving loan fund to provide loans and subawards to assess and remediate contaminated brownfield sites in...
The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) received a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) Program (CFDA 66.312). The purpose of the award is to facilitate coordination and collaboration among federal, state, county, regional and tribal governments, and community-based organizations to carry out a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in San Juan County, New Mexico.
The HIA will engage...
This Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CFDA 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act, provides $264,390 to the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) to enhance their air quality monitoring activities.
The award will enable NMED to upgrade equipment, site structures, and their data network to improve data accuracy and network communications. Specific...