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...
This $786,000 Environmental Protection Agency project grant funds the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency's brownfields response program through June 2023. The program aims to survey, inventory, and oversee cleanup of contaminated brownfields sites across Illinois to facilitate redevelopment. Key activities include timely brownfields identification and assessment, enforcement of response actions to protect human health and the environment, and public involvement mechanisms. The State of...
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 federal 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 $241,061 to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) to support environmental remediation and oversight activities at Superfund sites in Illinois. The key activities to be performed under this award include providing support for the EPA's Superfund program...
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 Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Superfund State and Indian Tribe Core Program Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.809), grants $125,000.00 to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) to conduct non-site-specific activities supporting the state's Superfund response program under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). The funded activities include program management and supervision,...
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...
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...
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 Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818), will provide $3,500,000 in funding to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) to re-capitalize a Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF). The funding will enable IEPA to make loans and subgrants to clean up Brownfield sites and conduct other necessary activities to...