95490525

**Description:** This action provides funding in the amount of $5,588,366 in federal funds and includes $200,000 in EPA in-kind services (PR-R4-25-00179) to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for a multi-media performance partnership grant (PPG) in support of the State of Florida'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 United States Environmental Protection Agency.

CEPs in the multi-media PPG are air, Section 105, water, Section 106, public water system supervision, underground injection control, and hazardous waste continuing environmental programs that encompass a variety of grant activities to be performed as outlined in approved work plans.

**Activities:** The multi-media performance partnership grant agreement has a variety of grant activities to be performed as outlined in approved work plans.

In summary, activities 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:** University of Florida: Sub-recipient providing toxicological support in preparation of risk assessments, contamination assessments, feasibility studies, sampling plans and remedial investigations in support of the RCRA program.

FRWA - Small System Technical Assistance: Development of wellhead protection plans and source water assessment plans. Assist in development of pesticide/polychlorinated biphenyl waivers, evaluating under direct influence determinations, measuring ground water levels. Provide training to promote wellhead protection. Provides assistance and support to eligible water systems and to the department's source water assessment and protection program.

**Outcomes:** Anticipated deliverables for the continuing environmental programs in the multi-media performance partnership grant agreement include but are not limited to (1) end-of-year (EOY) report(s) summarizing metric achievements and challenges, where applicable to include mechanisms for monitoring improved water quality, (2) mechanisms taken to identify, prevent, and abate sources of contamination/pollution, (3) corrective action compliance evaluations, groundwater monitoring evaluations, and/or operation and maintenance inspections at non-operating treatment, storage, and disposal facilities, (4) completed sanitary surveys for the current year in SDWIS, (5) milestone report on progress toward adoption of water quality standards for total nitrogen and total phosphorus for each water body type, (6) permitting and corrective action compliance achievements, (7) 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.

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.

Florida Department Of Environmental Protection

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 6.2 - REDUCE WASTE AND PREVENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION

66.605 - Performance Partnership Grants

EPA Region 4: Atlanta [EPA - RO]

Florida United States

State-Wide

EPA-CEP-01