00D31325

**Description:** This action provides partial funding in the amount of $2,458,383 to Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality for a multi-media performance partnership grant (PPG) to support the State of Mississippi's operation of continuing environmental programs (CEP) while giving it greater flexibility to address its highest environmental priorities, improve environmental performance, achieve administrative savings, and strengthen partnership with US EPA.

CEPs in the multi-media PPG are air, Section 105, Underground Water Source Protection (SDWA Section 1443(B)), Water Pollution Control (CWA 106), and Hazardous Waste Management (Solid Waste Disposal Act, Section 3011(A) Brownfields State and Tribal Response Program Grants (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, Section 128(A), as amended; Public Law 107-118; Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act) continuing environmental programs that encompass a variety of grant activities to be performed as outlined in approved work plans.

Through this assistance agreement, the State of Mississippi will utilize existing tools and approaches and develop guidance, where applicable, to implement a variety of activities to improve air quality, provide clean and safe water, revitalize land, and prevent contamination.

The State of Mississippi's efforts will include meaningful and measurable outputs and outcomes that support and improve the environment, public health, and economies. The citizens of Mississippi are the beneficiaries.

**Activities:** The activities to be performed include but are not limited to monitoring, inspections, permitting, and enforcement and compliance; assessments of public water supplies and water quality data; ambient air monitoring; control mitigation of contaminated areas; implementation standards, plans, strategies, and actions to preserve environmental quality; develop and implement activities related to emerging contaminants; and provide technical assistance to government and the private sector to reduce pollution, all in accordance with the multi-media performance partnership grant work plans and statutory requirements.

**Subrecipient:** No subawards are included in this assistance agreement.

**Outcomes:** The anticipated deliverables for the continuing environmental programs in the multi-media performance partnership grant agreement include but are not limited to end-of-year (EOY) report(s) summarizing metric achievements and challenges, where applicable to include mechanisms for monitoring improved water quality; mechanisms taken to identify, prevent, and abate sources of contamination/pollution; corrective action compliance evaluations, groundwater monitoring evaluations, and/or operation and maintenance inspections at non-operating treatment, storage, and disposal facilities; completed sanitary surveys for the current year in SDWIS; milestone report on progress toward adoption of water quality standards for total nitrogen and total phosphorus for each water body type; permitting and corrective action compliance achievements and quarterly reports or updates on activities and accomplishments regarding PM2.5, ozone, lead, and other national ambient air quality standards as well as ambient air monitoring.

The expected outcomes include protection and restoration of waterbodies and watersheds, improved compliance with federal environmental laws and regulations, accountability for environmental violators and responsible parties for contamination, improved air quality and air quality standards, water quality standards protective of the public health and ecosystems, safe drinking water and reliable water infrastructure, clean up and restoration of land for productive uses, and waste reduction and prevention of environmental contamination.

These efforts will reduce risk, improve environmental protection, and restore and support healthy ecosystems and economies. The direct beneficiaries of this agreement are the citizens of Mississippi.

Mississippi Department Of Environmental Quality

4 - ENSURE CLEAN AND HEALTHY AIR FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 4.1 - IMPROVE AIR QUALITY AND REDUCE LOCALIZED POLLUTION AND HEALTH IMPACTS 6 - SAFEGUARD AND REVITALIZE COMMUNITIES 6.2 - REDUCE WASTE AND PREVENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION 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 5.1 - ENSURE SAFE DRINKING WATER AND RELIABLE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE S - CROSS AGENCY STRATEGY S.4 - STRENGTHEN TRIBAL, STATE, AND LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS AND ENHANCE ENGAGEMENT 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 7 - ENSURE SAFETY OF CHEMICALS FOR PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT 7.1 - ENSURE CHEMICAL AND PESTICIDE SAFETY 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 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 QUALI

66.605 - Performance Partnership Grants

EPA Region 4: Atlanta [EPA - RO]

Mississippi United States

State-Wide

EPA-CEP-01

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 13% from $11,125,003 to $12,541,713.