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Federal grant programs / Department of Energy

Remedial Action and Waste Management (81.092)

Also known as Federal Facility Agreement

Remedial Action and Waste Management (Assistance Listing 81.092) is run by the Department of Energy. It awarded $24.8 million in 3 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $8.3 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.

There were 3 awards in five years, from $1.5 million to $13.3 million.

Key findings

What the program funds

An objective of the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management is to maintain its responsibilities under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The Federal Facility Agreement (FFA) for the Oak Ridge site is a long-term agreement designed for the numerous stages of the CERCLA process. Activities under the FFA include site evaluations, remedial investigations, feasibility studies, engineering evaluations, removal actions, records of decision, remedial designs, remedial actions, and follow-up evaluations to ensure remedy success. Other FFA related activities include: Natural Resource Damage Assessment, interagency working groups, surveillance, land use planning, and long-term stewardship activities.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

Only available to the State of Tennessee due to location of Oak Ridge Site.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Financial assistance is provided in support of the program objectives. Restrictions on the use of funds depend on the provisions of the project agreement.

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines 90 days prior to expiration of existing award.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

This Financial Assistance award ranges between $3,500,000 and $5,700,000. The average is $5,041,518

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Funding history and past recipients

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Remedial Action and Waste Management (81.092) awarded $24.8 million across 3 grant awards, an average of $8.3 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Department of Environment & Conservation TennesseeTennessee2$23.3 million
Commercial Vehicle Safety AllianceDistrict of Columbia1$1.5 million

Top states: Tennessee ($23.3 million), District of Columbia ($1.5 million).

Who usually wins

State and local governments received 94% of the money, nonprofits 6.2%.

Recipient typeAwardsAmountShare
State and local governments2$23.3 million94%
Nonprofits1$1.5 million6.2%

By state

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

Grants by recipient's state, fiscal 2021 to 2025
StateAwardsAmount
Tennessee2$23.3 million
District of Columbia1$1.5 million

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.