00906324

Description:
This award includes funding for the implementation of Guam Environmental Protection Agency's Consolidated Environmental Management Program, which includes primary enforcement responsibility for the Safe Drinking Water Program; territorial and beach water quality monitoring; watershed management including enforcement activities; brownfields program development and site cleanup; pesticide program responsibilities; environmental education and community outreach; implementation of delegated authority for Clean Air Title V program management and issuance of stationary source air permits; implementation of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); spill prevention, control, and countermeasure (SPCC), aboveground storage tank management.

This assistance agreement provides partial federal funding in the amount of $23,457,167.

The grantee will add $500,000 from this grant to a new FY24-28 interagency agreement for PIO on-site technical assistance.

Activities:
Activities to be performed include primary enforcement responsibility for the Safe Drinking Water Program; territorial and beach water quality monitoring; watershed management, including enforcement activities; brownfields program development and site cleanup; pesticide program responsibilities; environmental education and community outreach; implementation of Title 5 delegated Clean Air Title V program management and issuance of stationary source air permits; implementation of RCRA D and RCRA C primary enforcement responsibility, toxic waste management with RCRA C as a model; underground storage tanks management; SPCC, aboveground storage tank management.

The work and objective is to continue the successful planning, development, and implementation of environmental management and protection statutes, regulations, and programs, including outreach and education, for all environmental media (air, water, land) in Guam.

Subrecipient:
No subawards are included in this assistance agreement.

Outcomes:
Specific goals and objectives for programs to provide potable drinking water for 100 percent of the population; clean beaches for swimming and fishing; watershed management for BMPs for nonpoint sources of pollution and reducing the 303d list of contaminated waters; water quality (marine and stream) monitoring to help with coral reef and indigenous biota protection; cleanup of brownfield sites; pesticide management to eliminate illegal importation and use of unregistered/foreign pesticides. Intended beneficiaries are the citizens of Guam.

Guam Environmental Protection Agency

5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.1 - ENSURE SAFE DRINKING WATER AND RELIABLE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE 5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.2 - PROTECT AND RESTORE WATERBODIES AND WATERSHEDS 1 - PILLAR 1: CLEAN AIR, LAND, AND WATER FOR EVERY AMERICAN 1.1 - TBD 1 - A CLEANER, HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT 1.3 - REVITALIZE LAND AND PREVENT CONTAMINATION 5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.2 - PROTECT AND RESTORE WATERBODIES AND WATERSHEDS 1 - TACKLE THE CLIMATE CRISIS 1.1 - REDUCE EMISSIONS THAT CAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE 5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.2 - PROTECT AND RESTORE WATERBODIES AND WATERSHEDS 6 - SAFEGUARD AND REVITALIZE COMMUNITIES 6.1 - CLEAN UP AND RESTORE LAND FOR PRODUCTIVE USES AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.1 - PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE FEDERAL, TRIBAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS 5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.2 - PROTECT AND RESTORE WATERBODIES AND WATERSHEDS 6 - SAFEGUARD AND REVITALIZE COMMUNITIES 6.1 - CLEAN UP AND RESTORE LAND FOR PRODUCTIVE USES AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES 1 - PILLAR 1: CLEAN AIR, LAND, AND WATER FOR EVERY AMERICAN 1.1 - TBD 1 - CORE MISSION 1.1 - IMPROVE AIR QUALITY 1 - PILLAR 1: CLEAN AIR, LAND, AND WATER FOR EVERY AMERICAN 1.1 - TBD 6 - SAFEGUARD AND REVITALIZE COMMUNITIES 6.1 - CLEAN UP AND RESTORE LAND FOR PRODUCTIVE USES AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.2 - EMBED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS INTO EPA’S PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND ACTIVITIES 6 - SAFEGUARD AND REVITALIZE COMMUNITIES 6.1 - CLEAN UP AND RESTORE LAND FOR PRODUCTIVE USES AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES 1 - PILLAR 1: CLE

66.600 - Environmental Protection Consolidated Grants for the Insular Areas - Program Support

EPA Region 9: San Francisco [EPA - RO]

Barrigada, Guam 96913-1617 United States

Single Zip Code

EPA-CEP-01

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 117% from $23,457,167 to $50,811,431.