The agreement provides funding under the infrastructure investment and jobs act (IIJA) to arizona dept of environmental quality

Adeq will use these grant funds to develop and implement a UIC class VI permitting program. The successful completion of this project is anticipated to lead to the following environmental results: protect current and future underground sources of drinking water from contamination; maintain safe and long-term storage of captured carbon; streamlining data collection and improving timeliness for decision making; facilitate faster sharing of environmental data; reduce burden and costs for the regulated community; and prevention of any increase in environmental impacts and public health risks from class VI activities. This assistance agreement provides full federal funding in the amount of $1,930,000, which includes $60,000 in subawards to the arizona geological society to conduct technical reviews of seismic surveys and reservoir modeling. Activities:tasks include: data management, class VI application review/permit/project oversight, environmental justice, quality assurance and quality control planning, and reporting.subrecipient:arizona geological society: technical review of class VI UIC applications -- conduct technical reviews of seismic surveys and reservoir modeling.outcomes:deliverables: class VI data management system, hiring permitting staff, environmental justice strategy and guidelines, qapp plan, semi annual reporting. Outcomes: - protect human health and the environment from class VI activities through a fully implemented class VI permitting program and EJ strategy.