The Hawaii Department of Health was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Administration and Resource Management under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program and Related Assistance (CFDA 66.608). The grant will enhance the recipient's information technology and data management capabilities to facilitate the electronic collection, reporting, exchange, sharing, and integration of environmental data. Key deliverables include...
The Hawaii Department of Health will receive $200,000 under a Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Administration and Resource Management Funding Office through the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program and Related Assistance (CFDA 66.608). The Department will centralize environmental health information to allow staff to connect cross-program complaint, investigation, violation, enforcement, and incident data for improved compliance, enforcement,...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9, valued at $662,488, provides funding to the Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH) under the EPA's CFDA 66.034 program "Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act." The grant will enable HDOH to expand and enhance their air monitoring activities across the state of Hawaii. Specifically, HDOH will use the funds to purchase,...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 awarded a $112,444 Project Grant to the Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH) under the federal "Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act" (CFDA 66.034) program. The purpose of this grant is to support HDOH in developing and updating the Hawaii Statewide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories to better understand the state's sources of greenhouse gas...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $3,073,914 Project Grant under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) to Earth Island Institute Inc. The grant will fund a three-year project called "Huliau o Wai'anae" that aims to implement data-driven programs for environmental sustainability and community well-being in Wai'anae, Hawaii. The project will create an environmental advisory council of Native Hawaiian leaders,...
This $319,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 will fund the Hawaii Department of Health's beach monitoring and public notification program under the EPA's Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472). The grant will support the department's efforts to monitor water quality at designated recreational beaches in Hawaii, test for harmful bacteria, and promptly notify the public of any water quality exceedances through...
The Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH) was awarded a $261,189 Formula Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) program. This 3-year grant will fund water quality monitoring, research, and program enhancement activities in Hawaii to maintain, protect, and improve the quality of the state's rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies. Key products and services to...
This $300,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Information Exchange Network (EN) Grant Program (CFDA 66.608) aims to enhance the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection's (NDEP) water quality data management capabilities. The key activities include: Expanding NDEP's water quality database to include a broader set of biological and physical habitat data, and mapping the state's data system to the WQX schema. Developing a tool to...
The Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH) was awarded a $348,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472). This grant funds HDOH's beach monitoring program for the upcoming swimming season in Hawaii. The program will consist of bacteriological water quality monitoring at designated recreational beaches, public notification when water quality exceeds bacteria thresholds, and...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) a $300,000 Project Grant under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program (CFDA 66.608) to enhance the agency's IT and data management capabilities. This 3-year grant will fund activities to automate data translation and reporting between ADEQ and EPA's RCRAINFO system, improve the accuracy and timeliness of hazardous waste data uploads, and develop new modules for...