Clean Vessel Act Grant Program (CVA) provides funding to the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Commonwealths, and territories of the United States of America (States). Funding allows States to construct, renovate, operate, and maintain pumpout stations and waste reception facilities for recreational boaters and to inform boaters about the use, benefits, and availability of pumpout stations and waste reception facilities. Subsequent reauthorizations of the Acts have allowed for the continuation of the CVA.
Donor Name: Fish and Wildlife Service
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/22/2022
Size of the Grant: $1,500,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
Recreational boating is a popular activity in the United States. There are approximately 11.8 million registered motorized recreational boats in the United States, and each year over 141 million people, adults and children, enjoy a host of water-based recreational opportunities, such as fishing, cruising, waterskiing, and spending time with family and friends. Many recreational boats are equipped with on-board toilets and wastewater holding tanks, known as Marine Sanitation Devices (MSDs). Proper disposal of sewage from recreational boats is important in preserving and improving water quality in the country’s vital aquatic ecosystems. The Clean Vessel Act (CVA) grant program provides funding to the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, and the territories of Guam, American Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands (hereafter States) to support their ongoing efforts to improve recreational boating opportunities and provide boaters with clean, efficient facilities to prevent waste disposal into public waterways and other ecosystems.
Funding comes from the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund and consists of excise taxes on fishing equipment, motorboat and small engine fuels, import duties, and interest on the fund. Four percent of the trust fund, after sequestration, is divided between the CVA and Boating Infrastructure Grants (BIG) programs each fiscal year.
WSFR’s vision is of healthy, diverse, and accessible fish and wildlife populations that offer recreation, economic activity, and other societal benefits, in addition to sustainable ecological functions. WSFR’s guiding principle is that society benefits from conservation-based management of fish and wildlife, their habitats and opportunities to use and enjoy them. The CVA Program aligns with WSFR’s mission, vision, and guiding principle, and supports the Administration’s priorities and incorporates them where appropriate and consistent with authorizing statutes and regulations.
Funding Information
- Awards typically range from $30,000 up to $1,500,000 with an average award of approximately $565,000.
- Funding approvals are expected to occur during May 2023 with grants being awarded as compliance and permitting efforts are completed over the following 12 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments
- Eligible applicants are the Governor-designated State agencies in the United States, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, and the territories of Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands and the Mayor-designated agency in the District of Columbia (States).
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
