Welcome to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) online source for information on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) - the nation's economic stimulus package.

On this website, you can see how DEP is using the ARRA money. You will find information on the programs and projects that will receive funding, and the way we distribute that funding to communities throughout the state.

The federal stimulus package provides nearly $300 million to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for state programs administered by DEP.

The environmental areas for which DEP is receiving ARRA funds are:

Air

• Diesel Emissions Reduction (DERA):
Florida is expected to receive $1.7 million to award grants and contracts to retrofit school buses, electrify rest stops to cut down the need for truck idling, and provide rebates for truck auxiliary power units to reduce diesel emissions.

Becky Ajhar
850/921-9604
Rebecca.Ajhar@dep.state.fl.us

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Waste

• Superfund: Florida is expected to receive $61 million for cleanup of sites on the National Priorities List (NPL) of “Superfund” hazardous waste sites. EPA will select the sites to be funded in mid-March.

• Leaking Underground Storage Tanks (LUST):
Florida is expected to receive $11.2 million to help clean up leaking underground petroleum storage tanks that have been abandoned or have no viable responsible party (“orphan sites”). Qualifying candidate projects are currently being evaluated from a list of 15 orphan sites.

• Brownfields: Florida is expected to receive $750,000 that EPA will use to award grants to local governments for brownfield projects. The projects will be selected from local government brownfield grant applications submitted to EPA in October 2008.

Dotty Diltz
850/245-8695
Dotty.Diltz@dep.state.fl.us

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Water

• Clean Water State Revolving Fund:
Florida is expected to receive $132.3 million to issue low-interest loans, some with additional subsidy because of the stimulus funds, through the Clean Water State Revolving Fund to help communities upgrade wastewater and stormwater systems.  Learn more about Clean Water State Revolving Fund

 • Drinking Water State Revolving Fund:
Florida is expected to receive $88.1 million to issue low-interest loans, some with additional subsidy because of the stimulus funds, through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for drinking water infrastructure projects. Learn more about Drinking Water State Revolving Fund  

Bob Holmden
850/245-8394
Robert.Holmden@dep.state.fl.us

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