ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD
This agreement provides American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds as additional financial assistance source for the recipient's efforts to assess and cleanup petroleum releases from the Leaking Underground Storage Tanks (LUST) sites in Puerto Rico. The cooperative agreement will fund several activities such as shovel-ready projects (sites ready for assessment and cleanup) that are typically orphan or abandoned sites, were the owners/operators of the sites are unknown or unable to pay, of which there are approximately 200,000 in the U.S. an its territories, and staff management and oversight activities that will leverage additional cleanups. The overall purpose is to cleanup contaminated LUST sites effectively, maximize job creation/retention, and provide economic and environmental benefits to the citizens of Puerto Rico.
| AWARD OVERVIEW |
| Award Number |
97233809 |
Funding Agency |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| Total Award Amount |
$1,030,000 |
Project Location - City |
San Juan |
| Award Date |
08/10/2009 |
Project Location - State |
PR |
| Project Status |
Completed |
Project Location - Zip |
00926-2604
|
| Jobs Reported |
1.17 |
Congressional District |
98 |
| Project Location - Country |
US |
|
|
Recipient Information
(Grants)
| Recipient Information (Grants) |
|
Recipient Name
|
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD |
| Recipient DUNS Number |
091073510
|
| Recipient Address |
AVE. PONCE DE LEON 1308 CARR ESTATAL 8838 KM 6.3 |
| Recipient City |
RIO PIEDRAS |
| Recipient State |
Puerto Rico |
| Recipient Zip |
00926-2604 |
| Recipient Congressional District |
98 |
| Recipient Country |
USA |
Required to Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials |
No |
Projects and Jobs Information
| Projects and Jobs Information |
| Project Title |
Puerto Rico LUST Fund ARRA of 2009 Project |
| Project Status |
Completed |
| Final Project Report Submitted |
Yes |
| Project Activities Description |
Environmental Hazards Control |
| Quarterly Activities/Project Description |
The following activities were performed for El Paraíso Service Station: (1) The final closure report from ERTEC was approved; (2) The field activities for the groundwater delineation (characterization of the site) were performed; (3) The Closure/Corrective Action Activities contract was amended to include the Remediation Pilot Test based on the preliminary results obtained from the sampling performed for delineate the contamination; (4) Two injection events of RegenOx and one injection event of ORC Advance were performed to continue the cleanup activities; and (5) The Final Characterization Report and the Final Corrective Action Plan were submitted. The cleanup activities at El Paraíso Service Station will continue using other funds. No Site Assessments or Clean-ups initiated or completed during this quarter. |
| Jobs Created |
1.17 |
| Description of Jobs Created |
One (1) Environmental Quality Specialist II job position was retained and was responsible for the following activities, among others: (1) Responsible for writing the Request for Proposals (RFP) used by the contracted consulting firms to perform direct site assessments and site cleanups, (2) Oversight of field activities performed by the contracted consulting firms on eligible LUST sites, and (3) Revise all reports, work plans, documents and calculations of all allocable and allowable activities under the RFP, LUST/ARRA guidance, and all applicable laws and regulations. ERTEC retained five part time job positions, two environmental consultants, and one draftperson responsible for the oversight of the project at El Paraíso Service Station and responsible to prepare the Final Characterization Report and the Final Corrective Action Plan, two administrative supervisors responsible to oversight the administrative aspects of the project; and to transcribe the report and plan. Also, six part time employees were contracted (one Environmental Consultant, one Environmental Technician, and four Drillers) to performed the different closure/corrective action activities required at El Paraíso Service Station. |
Purchaser Information
(Grants)
| Purchaser Information |
| Contracting Office ID |
Not Reported |
| Contracting Office Name |
Not Available |
| Contracting Office Region |
Not Available |
| TAS Major Program |
68-8196 |
| Award Information |
| Award Date |
08/10/2009 |
| Award Number |
97233809 |
| Order Number |
|
| Award Type |
Grants |
| Funding Agency ID |
68 |
| Funding Agency Name |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| Funding Office Name |
Not Available |
| Awarding Agency ID |
68 |
| Awarding Agency Name |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| Amount of Award |
$1,030,000 |
| Funds Invoiced/Received |
$843,099 |
| Expenditure Amount |
$1,030,000 |
| Infrastructure Expenditure Amount |
$0 |
| Infrastructure Purpose and Rationale |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Name |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Email |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Phone |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Address |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact City |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact State |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Zip |
Not Reported |
Product or Service Information
(Grants)
| Product or Service Information |
| Primary Activity Code |
C06.04 |
| Activity Description |
Environmental Hazards Control |
| Sub-Awards Information |
| Sub-awards to Organizations |
0 |
| Sub-award Amounts to Organizations |
$0 |
| Sub-Awards to Individuals |
0 |
| Sub-Award Amounts to Individuals |
$0 |
| Number of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
0 |
| Amount of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
$0 |
| Number of payments to vendors greater than $25,000 |
4 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors greater than $25,000/award |
$492,047 |
| Number of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
15 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
$127,008 |
CR Environmental Inc. - Award Number 97233809 - CR Environmental Inc.
| Award Number |
97233809 |
| Sub-Award Number |
N/A |
| Vendor DUNS Number |
Not reported |
| Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 |
00926-6013 |
| Vendor Name |
CR Environmental Inc. |
| Product and Service Description |
Garage Central Utuado Closure Activities, including lab services, results validation, closure on site of two USTs, removal and disposal of two USTs, the content of the USTs, and the contaminated soil at the site. |
| Payment Amount |
$91,805 |
Environmental Resource Technologies - Award Number 97233809 - Environmental Resource Technologies
| Award Number |
97233809 |
| Sub-Award Number |
N/A |
| Vendor DUNS Number |
Not reported |
| Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 |
00919-5336 |
| Vendor Name |
Environmental Resource Technologies |
| Product and Service Description |
El Paraíso Service Station Closure Activities, including lab services, results validation, removal and disposal of three USTs, the content of the USTs, and the contaminated soil at the site. |
| Payment Amount |
$328,673 |
Environmental Resource Technologies - Award Number 97233809 - Environmental Resource Technologies
| Award Number |
97233809 |
| Sub-Award Number |
N/A |
| Vendor DUNS Number |
Not reported |
| Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 |
00919-5336 |
| Vendor Name |
Environmental Resource Technologies |
| Product and Service Description |
El Paraíso Service Station Delination of the Contamination Activities, including installation of wells, sampling of groundwater at the wells, borings to sampling the soil, lab services, results validation, and disposal of solid wastes. |
| Payment Amount |
$35,498 |
Environmental Resource Technologies - Award Number 97233809 - Environmental Resource Technologies
| Award Number |
97233809 |
| Sub-Award Number |
N/A |
| Vendor DUNS Number |
Not reported |
| Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 |
00919-5336 |
| Vendor Name |
Environmental Resource Technologies |
| Product and Service Description |
Las Colinas Service Station - Lab Services, Results Validation, and Final Report of the Environmental Assessment. El Paraiso Service Station - Field Activities, Lab Services, Results Validation and Final Report of the Environmental Assessment. |
| Payment Amount |
$36,071 |
| Location Information |
| Latitude, Longitude |
18º 23' 31",
-66º 3' 33" |
| Congressional District |
98 |
| Address 1 |
San Jose Industrial Park Urb. |
| Address 2 |
1375 Ponce de Leon Avenue |
| City |
San Juan |
| County |
San Juan |
| State |
PR |
| Zip |
00926-2604 |
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