This $190,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program (CFDA 66.608) will be used by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) to develop a system to provide RCRAINFO and Underground Injection Control (UIC) data application inbound and outbound translation services from IEPA's existing information systems. This system will ensure the expedited public disclosure of accurate UIC well information...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded a $1,110,081 Project Grant to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program. The funding will be used to replace aging air monitoring and quality assurance audit equipment in order to maintain and enhance IEPA's existing multipollutant air monitoring operations. Many of the...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $251,083 Project Grant to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) under the Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.802). This grant will fund IEPA's participation in oversight and support activities for Superfund sites in Illinois where EPA is the lead agency for remedial action. Key activities include reviewing remedial investigation and feasibility...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $781,925 Project Grant under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program (CFDA 66.817) to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) to enhance the state's brownfields response program. The primary objectives are to: (1) establish or enhance the four statutory elements of an effective state response program, (2) maintain a public record of completed and planned response actions, and (3) conduct a limited number...
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) received a $125,000 project grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 under the Superfund State and Indian Tribe Core Program Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.809) program. The award provides funding for non-site specific activities that support IEPA's response program under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024. Key deliverables include program...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) provides $781,924 to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) to enhance the state's brownfields response program. The primary objectives are to: (1) establish or enhance the four statutory elements of an effective state response program, (2) maintain and update a public record of brownfields sites, and (3)...
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 $543,322 to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) to conduct site characterization activities at potential or confirmed hazardous waste sites in Illinois. The key activities funded include preliminary assessments and site inspections at these sites. The anticipated outcomes...
This $125,000 Project Grant awarded on April 1, 2024 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 provides funding to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) to conduct non-site-specific activities under the Superfund State and Indian Tribe Core Program Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.809). The grant supports IEPA's overall Superfund response program implementation, including program management and supervision, cooperative agreement/contract administration, fiscal and...
This $125,000 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 supports the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency's (IEPA) activities under the Superfund State and Indian Tribe Core Program Cooperative Agreements federal grant program (CFDA #66.809). The IEPA will conduct program management, legal assistance including cost recovery and litigation, contract administration, and general administrative and clerical support for Illinois' Superfund response program as...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) a $405,268 Formula Grant under the Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.802). The grant will fund IEPA's participation in activities to oversee cleanup efforts at Superfund sites in Illinois, including reviewing remedial investigation and feasibility studies, proposed plans, and records of decision when IEPA serves...