The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality is accepting applications for its Water Resources Development Grant Program to provide cost-share grants and technical assistance to local governments throughout the state.
Donor Name: North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
State: North Carolina
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 06/30/2022
Grant Size: $200,000
Details:
Grants may be made for the nonfederal share of water resources development projects for the following purposes:
- Stream Restoration: Restoration or stabilization of degraded streams & shorelines, aquatic barrier removals, etc.
- Water Management: Stormwater control measures, drainage, flood control, hydrologic restoration, etc.
- Water-based Recreation Sites: Greenways, Trails, Boardwalks; Paddle Access, Fishing Docks/Piers; land acquisition for water-based recreation sites operated by local governments.
- Preliminary Feasibility or Engineering Study
- NRCS Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Stream Restoration Projects
Project Eligibility: Projects planned and constructed by a federal agency with a local cost-share and projects without federal assistance are both eligible for state financial assistance provided that the applicant is a unit of local government. Non-eligible purposes include projects directly associated with maintenance, meeting an existing permit requirement (i.e., NPDES Phase I and Phase II Stormwater), generating nutrient credits, environmental regulatory enforcement actions and small watershed projects of the NRCS (reviewed by the N.C. Soil and Water Conservation Commission). Compensatory mitigation projects and the generation of compensatory mitigation credits for impacts to aquatic resources per the Federal Mitigation Rule (33 CFR Part 332) are non-eligible purposes.
Funding Information
Based on limited annual funding received for grant awards statewide, Applicants are generally encouraged to not exceed a $200,000 funding request; however larger awards may be granted.
Eligibility Criteria
Units of local government and local political subdivisions.
For more information, visit North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
