The New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) is offering $325 million in grants for clean and drinking water projects to selected municipalities with infrastructure projects that protect public health and/or water quality.
Donor Name: New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation
State: New York
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/14/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
EFC and the NYS Department of Health (DOH) will evaluate all applications based on factors including protection of public health and water quality; median household income; population served; governmental and community support; environmental justice considerations; and the readiness of the project to proceed.
WIIA Clean Water Projects
- An applicant with an eligible clean water project may receive a WIIA grant award as described below:
- A project, including all phases of the project, may be awarded the lesser of $25 million or 25% of net eligible project costs (total eligible project costs less any third-party grants awarded in respect of the project)
- Any grants administered through EFC will not be used to calculate net eligible project costs.
- Projects serving small, rural, and disadvantaged communities with a population of 3,500 or less may qualify for an enhanced WIIA award which will fund 50% of net eligible project costs.
- If a municipality applies for more than one project during the current round, EFC will prioritize the awards based on the scores of the projects until all the projects have received 25% of net eligible project costs or the $5 million cap per municipality has been reached. If the highest scoring project submitted by the municipality is awarded a grant that exceeds $5 million, the remaining applications will not be eligible for additional grant in the current round.
WIIA Drinking Water Projects
An applicant with an eligible drinking water project may receive WIIA grant funding as described below:
- A project addressing an emerging contaminant (EC) above the current State determined Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) may be awarded 70% of net eligible project costs with no cap.
- All other projects, which include all phases of the project, and including a project that addresses an EC below the State MCL may be awarded the lesser of $5 million or 60% of net eligible project costs.
- A Municipality may apply for a WIIA grant on more than one project, but each municipality is limited to receiving no more than $5 million per year, unless they have a project(s) that address an EC above the current State determined MCL.
IMG Clean Water and Drinking Water Projects
- Cooperating municipalities with an eligible project may receive an IMG grant award as described below:
- The lesser of $30 million or 40% of net eligible project costs.
- A municipality is limited to receiving one IMG grant per year. If a municipality is awarded grant funds totaling more than $10 million for a project the grant(s) will be allocated over multiple years in increments not to exceed $10 million per year.
Eligibility Criteria
- A WIIA grant or IMG grant is available only to a municipality, which is defined to include a county, city, town, village, district corporation, county or town improvement district, school district, Indian nation or tribe recognized by the state or the United States with a reservation wholly or partly within the boundaries of New York State, any public benefit corporation or public authority established pursuant to the laws of New York or any agency of the State that is empowered to construct and operate a water quality infrastructure project. Eligible projects include water quality infrastructure projects at municipally-owned sewage treatment works2 OR municipally-owned public water systems3 for:
- Construction, replacement, or repair of infrastructure; or
- Upgrades to comply with environmental and public health laws and regulations related to water quality;
- System upgrades and innovative pilot technologies to combat one or more EC, such as PFOA, PFOS and 1,4 dioxane; and
- System upgrades to address combined and/or sanitary sewer overflow impacts from sustained rain events
- Each WIIA and IMG project must meet the following criteria: Result in construction for the requested scope;
- Not be for the construction of infrastructure that exclusively supports residential or commercial development;
- Must not have issued a Notice to Proceed before October 1, 2022 for construction of the project;
- Not have completed construction before June 14, 2024; and
- Include the applicable EFC terms and conditions in all contracts.
- Each IMG project must meet the following criteria:
- Serve multiple municipalities;
- Be a shared drinking water or sewage treatment infrastructure project, such as:
- More than one municipality jointly undertaking a capital improvement project,
- Consolidation of intermunicipal facilities,
- Joint upgrades to shared water quality infrastructure,
- Regional wastewater or water facilities, or
- Interconnection of multiple municipal water systems.
- Have a valid and binding project Intermunicipal Agreement (IMA) between at least two cooperating municipalities for the financing and implementation of the IMG project that describes the proposed project, the role of each municipality, and the costs attributable to each municipality; and
- Designate a “lead municipality” that applies on behalf of all cooperating municipalities.
For more information, visit NYSEFC.
