Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities Grant

Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities Grant

The principal objective of the program is to enable water systems serving small or disadvantaged communities to effectively address emerging contaminants in drinking and/or source water, and to minimize potential public health risks from emerging contaminants in the future. Illinois EPA’s program is testing for PFAS and Manganese to gain a better understanding of the occurrence of these emerging contaminants in drinking water and source water. This funding will also help improve public health in SDCs by remediating high levels of PFAS and Manganese in their drinking water. Illinois EPA is making $40,249,646 available to projects already enrolled in the Public Water Supply Loan Program (PWSLP) which are addressing PFAS or Manganese in disadvantaged communities or in communities with a population less than 10,000.

Details

• Awarding Agency: Environmental Protection
• Departments: Bureau of Water - IFAS
• CSFA Number: 532-60-3532
• CSFA Popular Name: EC-SDC Grant Program
• Funding Opportunity Number: 26-3532-01
• Announcement Type: Initial Announcement
• Award Type: Non Competitive
• Total Funding Available: $40,249,646.00
• Funding Sources: Federal Or Federal Pass Through
• Capital Grant: Yes
• Indirect Costs Allowed: Yes
• Posted Date: 2025-09-04

Funding Source Description

The EC-SDC Grant Program will be utilizing $40,249,646 from the EPA EC-SDC Grant Program which congress appropriated from the State and Tribal Assistance Grant (STAG).

Restrictions on Indirect Costs

No

Administrative and National Policy Requirements

If the grantee of a EC-SDC Grant is at any time offered any State, federal, or local grant or any other funding source, to assist in the payment of expenses for which the EC-SDC Grant Program grant payment has been issued, the recipient shall reimburse the State of Illinois for any EC-SDC Grant Program grant funds used to pay expenses or offered to be paid under another grant or funding source.

Each grantee must agree to comply with all applicable federal and State requirements. This includes Uniform Administrative Requirements, 2 CFR § 200 and GATA. These can have a significant impact on the costs and complexity of a project. EC-SDC Grant Program grantees will be expected to submit a completed and signed Certifications and Assurances Acknowledgement Form confirming that they will comply with all State and federal mandates.

If the grantee has been placed in the Illinois Debt Recovery Offset Portal due to delinquent debt owed to the State of Illinois, all grant payments will be held until the grantees satisfies all delinquent debt.

Additional requirements for federally funded grants are as follows:

a. All geospatial data created must be consistent with Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) endorsed standards. Information on these standards may be found at www.fgdc.gov.

b. Internal Controls for Financial Transactions: The recipient agrees to use procedures consistent with “zero-trust” (never trust, always verify) for all financial transactions with SRF funds. These procedures must include verbal verification with a trusted recipient representative of all financial account information both initially and prior to any changes in financial account information.

Reporting

All projects require, at minimum, annual reporting of progress, annual financial reporting, and a final project evaluation and report. More frequent reporting may be required at the discretion of the Illinois EPA. Specific reporting requirements will be detailed within the UGA and will be determined based on the applicant’s scored risk assessments. Annual progress reports shall include a PERIODIC FINANCIAL REPORT, a PERIODIC PERFORMANCE REPORT, and a BRIEF
PROJECT NARRATIVE.

For the purpose of reconciliation, all projects require an annual Periodic Financial Report reflecting the project’s progress over the grantee’s fiscal year. This report should include the Grantee’s entire Fiscal Year expenditures for their award.

All projects require a final project report. The grantee shall submit to the Illinois EPA, by the date specified in the grant agreement, a report explaining the execution of the project and evaluating the project’s success. The report shall document the project tasks and summarize the findings, costs, and benefits of the project.

Additional Information

https://epa.illinois.gov/topics/grants-loans/ec-sdc-grant.html