The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting applications pursuant to Section 319 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) from eligible tribes and intertribal consortia to develop and/or implement watershed-based plans and complete watershed projects that will result in significant steps towards solving nonpoint source (NPS) water quality impairments or threats on a watershed-wide basis.
Donor Name: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Country: U.S.
State: All States
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 01/27/2022
Size of the Grant: $100,000
Details:
Eligible entities are strongly encouraged to submit applications that develop and/or implement watershed-based plans designed to restore NPS impaired waters and protect waters from NPS pollution.
Project Types
All applications must address one of the following four project types:
- Project Type i. The work plan develops or continues work on a nine element watershed-based plan and implements a nine element watershed-based plan.
- Project Type ii. The work plan develops or continues work on a nine element watershed-based plan and complete a watershed project (that does not implement the watershed-based plan) that is a significant step towards addressing NPS water quality impairments or threats on a watershedwide basis.
- Project Type iii. The work plan implements a nine element watershed-based plan.
- Project Type iv. The work plan complete a watershed project that is a significant step towards addressing NPS water quality impairments or threats on a watershed-wide basis.
Funding Information
Eligible tribes and intertribal consortia may submit an application for up to a maximum of $100,000 of federal Section 319 funding (plus the additional required non-federal cost share/match of the total project cost).
Eligible Applicants
To be eligible for a CWA Section 319 grant under this RFA, a tribe or intertribal consortium must: (1) be federally recognized; (2) have an EPA-approved NPS assessment report in accordance with CWA Section 319(a); (3) have an EPA-approved NPS management program in accordance with CWA Section 319(b); and (4) have “Treatment-in-a-manner-similar-to-a-State” (TAS) status in accordance with CWA Section 518(e).
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
