Interstate Environmental Commission

Interstate Environmental Commission, a U.S. interstate government entity headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, serves as a federal grant recipient providing water quality monitoring, environmental laboratory analysis, and pollution abatement services to the Environmental Protection Agency across the tri-state region of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. The commission does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles; its entire federal footprint consists of prime grant awards under the Clean Water Act Section 106 program (CFDA 66.419) and EPA Geographic Programs, with no subcontracted federal work.

IEC's federal customer base is entirely concentrated within the Environmental Protection Agency. EPA Region 2 funds eleven awards and EPA Region 1 funds one award, with EPA's central office accounting for nine awards and $200 thousand in combined potential value across the portfolio. The commission has received consistent annual funding from EPA Region 2 since at least 2022, with most recent awards issued on October 1, 2026.

Representative grant work includes a $944,051 formula grant from EPA Region 2 under Clean Water Act Section 106 (CFDA 66.419), awarded October 1, 2026, running through September 30, 2029, to conduct water pollution abatement, laboratory and field monitoring with quality assurance protocols, coordinated compliance assistance, volunteer monitoring coordination, and public education services across the tri-state area. IEC is procuring microbial source tracking laboratory equipment under this award and partnering with regional organizations on eelgrass, oyster, and habitat restoration water quality assessments. A $2.038 million EPA Geographic Programs Long Island Sound project grant (CFDA 66.437), effective October 1, 2025 through December 31, 2027, funds twelve weekly water quality surveys to measure hypoxia, monthly surface surveys for chlorophyll-a and coastal acidification, and pathogen monitoring to identify sources of shellfish harvesting area closures. IEC coordinates through sub-awards with the University of Connecticut, Harbor Watch at Earthplace, Salonga Wetland Advocates Network, and Cornell Cooperative Extension entities to deliver 2026 monitoring services. An additional $1.089 million EPA Region 2 formula grant (CFDA 66.419), October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028, supports ongoing water quality management, continuous in-situ monitoring equipment procurement, and volunteer monitoring expansion.

Three awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing near-term recompete activity. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $22.5 million against $200 thousand in combined potential value, reflecting the multi-year formula-grant structure under which EPA Region 2 makes recurring annual allocations to the commission.