00I29200

Description: Grant funds are used by the South Dakota Department of Agriculture and National Resources to perform delegated program activities, perform quality assurance activities, and maintain regional and national data bases associated with environmental programs.

These address clean air, clean water, hazardous and solid waste, drinking water, underground storage tanks, underground injection control, and radon.

The Performance Partnership Grant (PPG) provides the state greater flexibility to address its highest environmental priorities, improve environmental performance, achieve administrative savings and strengthen the partnership between the state and EPA.

Activities: The activities to be performed include but are not limited to the following:

- Promote environmental justice and civil rights at the federal, tribal, state, and local levels.
- Detect violations and promote compliance.
- Improve air quality and reduce localized pollution and health impacts.
- Reduce exposure to radiation and improve indoor air.
- Ensure safe drinking water and reliable water infrastructure.
- Protect and restore waterbodies and watersheds.
- Clean up and restore land for productive uses and healthy communities.
- Reduce waste and prevent environmental contamination.
- Ensure chemical and pesticide safety.
- Promote pollution prevention.
- Advance EPA's organizational excellence and workforce equity.
- Strengthen tribal, state, and local partnerships and enhance engagement.

Further details are outlined in the SD DANR Performance Partnership Agreement.

Subrecipient: Air Quality Program pass through grant ($60,000/year).

Outcomes: The anticipated deliverables and outcomes from this agreement include but are not limited to the following:

- Promote environmental justice and civil rights at the federal, tribal, state, and local levels.
- Detect violations and promote compliance.
- Improve air quality and reduce localized pollution and health impacts.
- Reduce exposure to radiation and improve indoor air.
- Ensure safe drinking water and reliable water infrastructure.
- Protect and restore waterbodies and watersheds.
- Clean up and restore land for productive uses and healthy communities.
- Reduce waste and prevent environmental contamination.
- Ensure chemical and pesticide safety.
- Promote pollution prevention.
- Advance EPA's organizational excellence and workforce equity.
- Strengthen tribal, state, and local partnerships and enhance engagement.

Further details are outlined in the SD DANR Performance Partnership Agreement.

Direct beneficiaries of this program are the citizens of South Dakota.

South Dakota Department Of Agriculture And Natural Resources

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66.605 - Performance Partnership Grants

EPA Region 8: Denver [EPA - RO]

South Dakota United States

State-Wide

EPA-CEP-01

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 74% from $3,489,927 to $6,062,910.