00914024

Description: The work and objective of the EPA Consolidated Environmental Management and Protection Grant to the American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS-EPA) are 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 the U.S. territory of American Samoa (AS).

The AS-EPA workplan has 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. Furthermore, the workplan describes the objectives, milestones, and goals that meet the requirements of the EPA's FY 2022 - 2026 EPA Strategic Plan, Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), statutes, and regulations and is being done with the authority and legislative intent of the Omnibus Territories Act (OTA), or also known as Public Law 35-134.

One Public Health Service (PHS) officer will be on detail to AS-EPA under a 'reimbursable detail.' EPA financial accounts refer to this 'reimbursable detail' as an 'IPA' (Intergovernmental Personnel Act). The grantee will add grant funds to IPA accounts for this reimbursable detail, and any additional reimbursable details of PHS officers or IPAs established during this five-year project period. The reimbursable detail for the Public Health Service (PHS) officer will be $300,000 and will be funded under EPA fiscal information PRC 101ACGXJ1. 'Reimbursable detail' is referred to as an 'IPA' on EPA financial accounts.

This agreement provides partial federal funding in the amount of $22,159,960. See terms and conditions.

Activities: This award provides partial funding for the period of 10/01/2023 to 09/30/2028 and includes funding for the implementation of the AS-EPA Consolidated Environmental Management Program, which provides for 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; 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; emerging contaminants program development; and climate pollution reduction activities.

Subrecipient: No subawards are included in this assistance agreement.

Outcomes: Full implementation of AS-EPA programs will ensure protection of public health and the environment for communities in American Samoa.

American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency

4 - ENSURE CLEAN AND HEALTHY AIR FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 4.1 - IMPROVE AIR QUALITY AND REDUCE LOCALIZED POLLUTION AND HEALTH IMPACTS 4 - ENSURE CLEAN AND HEALTHY AIR FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 4.1 - IMPROVE AIR QUALITY AND REDUCE LOCALIZED POLLUTION AND HEALTH IMPACTS 5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.2 - PROTECT AND RESTORE WATERBODIES AND WATERSHEDS 5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.2 - PROTECT AND RESTORE WATERBODIES AND WATERSHEDS 4 - ENSURE CLEAN AND HEALTHY AIR FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 4.1 - IMPROVE AIR QUALITY AND REDUCE LOCALIZED POLLUTION AND HEALTH IMPACTS 1 - TACKLE THE CLIMATE CRISIS 1.1 - REDUCE EMISSIONS THAT CAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE 1 - A CLEANER, HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT 1.3 - REVITALIZE LAND AND PREVENT CONTAMINATION 1 - CORE MISSION 1.1 - IMPROVE AIR QUALITY 1 - A CLEANER, HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT 1.2 - PROVIDE FOR CLEAN AND SAFE WATER 1 - TACKLE THE CLIMATE CRISIS 1.1 - REDUCE EMISSIONS THAT CAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE 3 - ENFORCE ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND ENSURE COMPLIANCE 3.2 - DETECT VIOLATIONS AND PROMOTE COMPLIANCE 4 - ENSURE CLEAN AND HEALTHY AIR FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 4.1 - IMPROVE AIR QUALITY AND REDUCE LOCALIZED POLLUTION AND HEALTH IMPACTS 5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.1 - ENSURE SAFE DRINKING WATER AND RELIABLE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE 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 6.2 - REDUCE WASTE AND PREVENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION 7 - ENSURE SAFETY OF CHEMICALS FOR PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT 7.1 - ENSURE CHEMICAL AND PESTICIDE SAFETY

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

EPA Region 9: San Francisco [EPA - RO]

Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 United States

Single Zip Code

EPA-CEP-01

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 59% from $22,159,960 to $35,149,875.