The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality will receive $890,231 under a cooperative agreement award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 to support decision-making and public education regarding high value aquatic resources in Virginia through enhancements to the Wetlands Condition Assessment Tool. Specifically, the Department will deliver automated permitting forms, linkage of assessment calculators to wetland polygons, incorporation of environmental justice data,...
This Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 provides $398,104 to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ) for the "VA DEQ Network Improvement and Expansion Project" under the EPA's Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program. The project will improve and expand VADEQ's established air monitoring network by purchasing upgraded ozone...
The Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality will receive $200,000 through a Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program and Related Assistance (CFDA 66.608). The grant will fund enhancements to the Division's information technology and data management capabilities to facilitate electronic collection, reporting, exchange, and integration of water quality data. Key deliverables include developing a data...
This $1,011,435 federal 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 funding to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ) to expand and enhance air monitoring activities across the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The key activities to be performed under this grant include: installing new air...
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) received a $775,000 project grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 under the Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreements federal grant program (CFDA 66.802).
The five-year award will fund DEQ's program to conduct site characterization activities such as preliminary assessments and site inspections at potential or confirmed hazardous waste sites. DEQ will address...
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) was awarded a $199,898 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Administration and Resource Management through the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program and Related Assistance (CFDA 66.608).
Under the award, DEP will enhance its existing data management systems to facilitate electronic collection, reporting, exchange, and integration of water quality data. Specifically, DEP will...
This $300,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Information Exchange Network (CFDA 66.608) program will support the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) in enhancing its water quality data management and reporting capabilities. The key activities funded under this grant include: 1) Adding customized, non-predetermined information to the Water Quality Assessment and Reporting Tool (WQARV2); 2) Integrating biological...
This $700,189 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program supports the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ) in enhancing the state's wetlands protection and management capabilities. Key products and services to be delivered include:
Assessing the impact of the Supreme Court's recent Sackett decision on the jurisdictional boundaries of wetlands along Virginia's state...
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ) has been awarded a $3,154,750 formula grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 under the Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants program (CFDA 66.460). The grant will fund a 5-year project to implement the Commonwealth of Virginia's Section 319 Nonpoint Source Management Program, focusing on improving water quality in impaired watersheds through structural and non-structural best management practices (BMPs), watershed...
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) was awarded a $275,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program (CFDA 66.608). The 3-year grant, commencing on October 1, 2023, will enable ODEQ to enhance its IT and data management capabilities to facilitate the electronic collection, reporting, exchange, sharing, and integration of environmental data, particularly air quality data. Key activities...