The Department of Environmental Quality in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma will receive $15,394,626 from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 under the Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.802) program to conduct remedial action activities at the Tar Creek Operable Unit 4 Superfund site. Key deliverables include remediating contaminated source materials and transition zone soils across unrestricted properties to reduce exposure...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $12,000,000 Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 66.802) to the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Administrative Services Division. The funding will support the DEQ's program to conduct remedial action at the Tar Creek Operable Unit 4 (OU4) hazardous waste site, which is listed on the National Priorities List. Key activities include the mass removal of...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6, under the Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.802), provides $365,968.00 to the Quapaw Nation to support environmental remediation and monitoring activities at the Tar Creek Superfund site in Oklahoma. The funding will cover the tribe's participation in reviewing EPA-led remedial investigation and feasibility studies, proposed plans,...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 provides $6,001,123.00 in funding to the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for the period of October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. The funding supports DEQ's continuing environmental programs in air quality, radon, hazardous waste management, public water system supervision, underground water source protection, lead-based paint, and toxic substances compliance monitoring. Key...
This Project Grant award 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), provides $175,000.00 to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) to perform site characterization activities such as preliminary assessments and site inspections at potential or confirmed hazardous waste sites. The key deliverables include site screening checklists and...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality 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 Department will recapitalize its Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund to $1.7 million to provide loans and subawards to eligible entities for the...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CFDA Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act provides $1,199,750.00 in funding to the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for enhancing their air monitoring capabilities. Key activities include: Purchasing ambient monitoring equipment and conducting related training, performing critical upgrades...
This Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.802) provides $250,217 to the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) to conduct 5 years of remedial action at specified hazardous waste sites in Arkansas that are listed on the National Priorities List (NPL). The key activities to be performed include evaluating the implementation,...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality a $7,266,960 cooperative agreement under the Performance Partnership Grants program (CFDA 66.605) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The award supports Oklahoma's air quality planning and monitoring, radon assessment and mitigation, hazardous waste management, public water system oversight, underground injection control, lead-based paint programs, and PFAS drinking...
This $168,775 formula grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) provides funding to the Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment for a statewide water quality monitoring and assessment program. Key activities include: Conducting a probabilistic survey of approximately 35-40 stream and river stations annually across three ecoregions in Oklahoma to characterize water...