Project Grant R829146010

This $8,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) supports efforts to reduce polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) pollution in the San Francisco Bay. The key activities include: Ongoing monitoring of PCBs in stormwater, urban sediments, and Bay tributaries. Implementation of 10 PCBs control programs, including monitoring and assessment to quantify stormwater runoff loads and load...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded a $3.29 million Project Grant to the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Inc. from October 2021 through September 2024 under the National Estuary Program. The grant will support implementation of habitat restoration, watershed monitoring, and education/outreach efforts outlined in the Delaware Estuary Program's Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. Outputs will include improved water quality and coastal habitat conditions in the...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the National Estuary Program (CFDA 66.456) provides $910,200 in funding to the Partnership For The Delaware Estuary, Inc. to implement the organization's Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) for the Delaware Estuary. The award will support a range of activities, including watershed enhancement, habitat restoration, capacity building, and other projects to improve water quality, ecological integrity, and...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded a $1.8 million Project Grant to the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, Inc. under the National Estuary Program (CFDA 66.456) to support implementation of the Delaware Estuary Program Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan from October 2022 through September 2027. Key products and services to be delivered through this funding include coastal habitat restoration, water quality monitoring, public education and outreach on issues...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 awarded $2.74 million to the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, Inc. under the National Estuary Program (CFDA 66.456) for a three-year project period beginning October 1, 2025. This award supports implementation of the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) for the Delaware Estuary, a waterway designated as nationally significant under Section 320 of the Clean Water Act. The funding ($850,000 obligated plus $70,000 contingent...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the National Estuary Program (CFDA 66.456) provides $910,400 to the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, Inc. (PDE) to support implementation of the Delaware Estuary's Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. The key products and services to be delivered include: Construction of a freshwater mussel hatchery facility, continued support for the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Wetlands Assessment, the Philadelphia Shell...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded a $2.9 million Project Grant to the Center For Inland Bays under the National Estuary Program (CFDA 66.456) from October 2021 through September 2024. The grant will support implementation of the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays National Estuary Program's Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan to restore and maintain water quality and ecological integrity in the Delaware Inland Bays system. Key activities include habitat restoration,...

This $1.8 million Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 Project Grant will support the Center for Inland Bays' implementation of the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan through September 2027. Funded through the National Estuary Program, the award aims to improve water quality and restore ecological integrity in the Delaware Inland Bays estuary through habitat restoration, water quality monitoring, public education, climate resiliency efforts,...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818) to the Redevelopment Authority of the County of Delaware in Pennsylvania. The funding will capitalize a Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) to provide loans and subgrants for the cleanup of brownfield sites in Delaware County. Specifically, the agreement will support approximately 3 loans...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $120,000.00 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) will fund research at the University of Delaware to determine the public's response to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as an emerging environmental pollutant. The project will use experimental economics techniques to explore the public's willingness to purchase at-home water filters and the impact of receiving...