EPA Grants State of Texas $8.3 Million

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) a performance partnership grant of $8,354,808 for administering water quality and environmental programs.

“Complex environmental problems require innovation and teamwork across different environmental programs,” said Acting Regional Administrator Sam Coleman. “Performance partnership grants allow EPA’s state partners like TCEQ to have greater flexibility in how they approach their goals.”

The funds will go toward TCEQ programs to prevent, reduce, and eliminate water pollution by setting quality standards, monitoring water quality, granting permits and assuring compliance with regulations. The funds also will help administer TCEQ’s environmental management programs, which monitor, abate, and control hazardous waste, solid waste, air pollution and pesticides.

Performance partnership grants are important tools for EPA to provide financial assistance to states and tribes. These grants allow recipients to use EPA awards with greater flexibility for priority environmental problems or program needs, streamline paperwork and accounting procedures to reduce administrative costs, and try cross-program initiatives and approaches that were difficult to fund under traditional category grants.

For more about EPA grants, visit www.epa.gov/grants. For more about EPA’s work in Texas, visit www.epa.gov/tx.

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency