Grant 02D59123

Description

Description:this Action Approves an Award in the Amount of $22,245,000 to Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet. The Purpose of This Award Is to Implement Projects to Take a Proactive Approach to Sampling and Taking Actions to Reduce or Remediate Possible Emerging Contaminant Exposure in and Around Communities That Are Small or Disadvantaged and Lack Capacity to Undertake These Activities Independently. Activities Include Research and Testing, Planning and Design, Treatment of Emerging Contaminants, Source Water Activities, Storage, Water System Restructuring, Providing Households Access to Drinking Water Services, Technical Assistance, Outreach and Education, and Workforce or Training Support to Public Water Systems in Addressing Emerging Contaminants. The Anticipated Deliverables Include Reporting, Quality Assurance Project Plan, Completing Initial Sampling and Obtaining the Sample Results Within the First Two Years of the Program and Anticipates Coordination and Deployment of Short-Term Remediation Techniques in Conjunction with Sample Results Received. The Expected Outcomes Include Monitoring and Sampling, Develop Educational Materials in Multiple Medias and Languages to Communicate What the State Are Doing Under This Effort, the Health Effects of Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Why They Are Addressing Them and Reduction in the Number of Public Water Systems Serving Small or Disadvantaged Communities That Have Elevated Levels of Emerging Contaminants That Threaten Public Health. Direct Beneficiaries of This Program Include All State Residents and Occupants, Both Permanent and Temporary. Activities:-Subrecipient:subawards to Be Determinedoutcomes:-