The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is requesting applications for its Coastal Storm Damage Mitigation Fund.
Donor Name: North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
State: North Carolina
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/08/2022
Details:
Session Law 2021-180 allocated $18,000,000 to DWR’s Coastal Storm Damage Mitigation Fund to be used to provide grants to units of local government during the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium.
Who is Eligible?
Unit of local government.
Selection Criteria
The funding selection criteria are as follows:
- Environmental Benefits/ Mitigation Measures
- Improves the ecological function of the beach and dune system.
- Restores degraded dune habitat.
- Restores habitat used by threatened or endangered species.
- Project is designed to avoid significant adverse impacts to threatened and endangered species and fish, shellfish & wildlife resources.
- Social Benefits
- Protects existing or historic public recreation areas.
- Improves the public accessibility to the beach.
- Provides or enhances full and complete public access.
- Economic Benefits
- Protects public property or infrastructure, or historic or culturally significant structures.
- Protects economically important land uses.
- Reduces potential storm damage to private property.
- Expected useful life of project
- Anticipated life expectancy of project benefits.
- Time to complete project and time required for stabilization of beach in years.
- Longevity of previous nourishment projects.
- Project has a long-term nourishment plan in place.
- Financial Resources
- Availability of funds to complete the project
For more information, visit Coastal Storm Damage Mitigation Fund.
