Project Grant A14AV00984

This $548,136 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CFDA 66.804 Underground Storage Tank (UST) Prevention, Detection, and Compliance Program supports the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) in implementing comprehensive underground storage tank leak prevention, detection, and regulatory compliance initiatives. The key activities to be funded include conducting on-site inspections at underground storage tank facilities,...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded a $1.8 million Project Grant to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to support the state's Underground Storage Tank Prevention, Detection, and Compliance Program through August 31, 2023. Under the grant, the Commission will deliver leak detection, prevention, and enforcement activities to encourage proper underground storage tank operation and maintenance by owners and operators. The Commission will also ensure owners and operators...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Underground Storage Tank (UST) Prevention, Detection, and Compliance Program (CFDA 66.804), provides $292,000.00 to the State of Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to implement the state's UST program. The key objectives of this program are to: (1) encourage owners and operators to properly operate and maintain their USTs; (2) ensure owners and operators monitor USTs in accordance with regulations;...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation a $1,256,000 Project Grant under the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Corrective Action Program (CFDA 66.805). The two-year grant will fund the recipient to develop and implement corrective actions to address petroleum releases from underground storage tanks in Tennessee through September 2023. Key activities include investigating and overseeing responsible party cleanups at...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), aims to evaluate the susceptibility of two alternative candidate materials for use in construction of storage tanks, compared to a previously developed susceptibility map for 347H stainless steel. The $270,000 award to the Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines, a prominent federal contractor...

This $459,792 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 funds the Maine Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) Underground Storage Tank (UST) Prevention, Detection, and Compliance Program activities from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. The EPA grant to Maine DEP through the UST Prevention, Detection, and Compliance Program (CFDA #66.804) supports objectives to encourage proper operation and maintenance of underground storage tanks, ensure tank monitoring...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection $438,616 under the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Prevention, Detection, and Compliance Program (CFDA 66.804) federal Project Grant. The grant will support Massachusetts' UST program from July 1, 2021 through March 31, 2023 by funding objectives to encourage proper operation and maintenance of underground storage tanks, ensure tank monitoring compliance with regulations, and develop...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management $649,264 under the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Prevention, Detection, and Compliance Program (CFDA 66.804) federal grant program. The funding supports Rhode Island's underground storage tank program in conducting leak detection, leak prevention, and related enforcement activities from July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. Key deliverables include on-site compliance inspections at...

The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $5,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to Encino Environmental Services, LLC under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program. The award, with a performance period from January 15, 2025 to September 30, 2028, aims to develop and deploy an advanced "smart" composite material thief hatch product called the Enviromech Thief Hatch 2.0. This product will integrate sensors,...

The State of Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) received a $252,972 project grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 to develop, implement, and maintain an effective Underground Storage Tank (UST) program from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. Under the grant, DEQ will work to encourage owners and operators to properly operate and maintain underground storage tanks in accordance with the UST Prevention, Detection, and Compliance Program (CFDA #66.804). Key...