98392507

Description:
This agreement provides funding for the operation of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality's (VADEQ) continuing environmental programs while giving VADEQ greater flexibility to address its highest environmental priorities, improve environmental performance, achieve administrative savings, and strengthen the partnership between VADEQ and EPA. This agreement funds statewide programs to support ongoing environmental management efforts to improve air quality and reduce localized pollution and health impacts; protect and restore waterbodies and watersheds; clean up and restore land for productive uses and healthy communities; reduce waste and prevent environmental contamination; and detect violations and promote compliance. These objectives will be met by carrying out activities in accordance with the Performance Partnership Grant (PPG) workplan and statutory requirements of the PPG and participating media programs. Sub-awards are anticipated under this agreement to achieve the stated objectives.

This action provides a total of $3,191,114 ($3,181,114 cash and $10,000 in-kind) of incremental federal funds for FY23 as follows: $247,040 for CWA 106 monitoring; $1,460,600 for CWA 319 ($1,450,600 cash and $10,000 in-kind); $1,000,000 for CAA 105; and $483,474 for Brownfields 128(A).

Federal funds in the amount of $28,640,252 for project period 10/1/2022-9/30/2025, are contingent upon availability.

Activities:
Among others, activities to be performed under this agreement include:
- Ongoing projects to reduce diesel emissions
- Development and implementation of regulations, state plans, and delegation agreements for the successful implementation and oversight of programs pursuant to sections 111, 112, and 129 of the Clean Air Act
- Submitting point, non-point, on-road mobile, non-road mobile, and events data category emissions of criteria air pollutants to the EIS as required by the AERR
- Inspecting 20% of the state's large quantity generator universe
- Seeking opportunities to apply RCRAFIRST initiatives to progress corrective action projects forward
- Ensuring all permit, closure, and post-closure facilities meet financial assurance requirements
- Consolidating and documenting activities for implementing nutrient reduction strategies, including the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries under the Bay TMDL and VA's Bay Watershed Implementation Plan
- Providing public access to the annual assessment data for Virginia in the EPA-provided assessment database
- Performing biological monitoring to determine use impairments, use attainability, and waste load allocations on priority waters
- Evaluating nutrient management planning under the erosion and sediment control regulations
- Submitting summary status reports on statewide office of water supply planning efforts to expand the climate response monitoring network to assess the onset of drought conditions in Virginia
- Collecting genus-level macroinvertebrate data that will be used to create a genus-level bioassessment tool
- Collecting diatom data at probabilistic stations to enhance the understanding of nutrient impacts to freshwater systems
- Ensuring that cooperative agreement workplans are developed in accordance with recipient and EPA policies
- Ensuring budget and programmatic aspects of application requests conform to state and EPA policies
- Conducting brownfields individualized outreach and advocate stakeholder events for local governments or other groups to assist and facilitate with local brownfields issues
- Identifying and promoting grant opportunities to support local watershed initiatives
- Updating the NPS webpage as a source of information for the public
- Developing annual progress or closeout reports for projects describing progress in implementing watershed-based plans
- Coordinating and tracking the implementation of the 2019-2024 NPS Pollution Management Plan.

Subrecipient:
A subaward is expected to be made to the Department of Conservation Recreation S.

Virginia 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 5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 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 3: Philadelphia [EPA - RO]

Virginia United States

State-Wide

EPA-CEP-01

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 93% from $26,324,146 to $50,750,315.