The Environmental Protection Agency is soliciting applications to provide training and technical assistance to rural, small, and Tribal municipalities, publicly owned wastewater treatment works, and decentralized wastewater treatment systems for the prevention, reduction, and elimination of pollution.
Donor Name: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/25/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
All communities deserve access to safe, clean, and reliable water. Yet too many communities across America face challenges in providing clean and safe water to their residents. The Clean Water Rural, Small, and Tribal (RST) grant program is part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Water Technical Assistance (WaterTA) efforts that supports communities’ efforts to identify water challenges, develop plans, build technical, financial, and managerial capacity, comply with the Clean Water Act, and access water infrastructure funding.
Funding Information
The total amount of federal funding potentially available under this announcement is approximately $49,000,000, depending on Agency funding levels, the quality of applications received, agency priorities, and other applicable considerations.
- Acquisition of Finance/Funding
- Funding Range: $1,000,000 – $6,000,000
- Total Available: $16.5 million
- Protect Water Quality and Compliance Assistance
- Funding Range: $1,000,000 – $6,000,000
- Total Available: $16.5 million
- Tribal
- Funding Range: $1,000,000 – $4,000,000
- Total Available: $8 million
- Decentralized
- Funding Range: $1,000,000 – $4,000,000
- Total Available: $8 million
Grant Period
It is anticipated that cooperative agreements funded under this announcement will have up to three-year project periods, depending on the amount requested and the overall size and scope of the project(s).
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants under this competition are public and private nonprofit organizations, including public or nonprofit Institutions of Higher Education, subject to CWA 104(w), that are qualified and experienced in providing on-site training and technical assistance to rural, small, and Tribal municipalities and/or small publicly owned treatment works and/or decentralized wastewater treatment systems.
- Consistent with the definition of nonprofit organization at 2 CFR § 200.1, the term nonprofit organization means any corporation, trust, association, cooperative, or other organization that is operated mainly for scientific, educational, service, charitable, or similar purpose in the public interest and is not organized primarily for profit; and uses net proceeds to maintain, improve, or expand the operation of the organization. The term includes taxexempt nonprofit neighborhood and labor organizations. Note that 2 CFR 200.1 specifically excludes Institutions of Higher Education from the definition of non-profit organization because they are separately defined in the regulation. While not considered to be a nonprofit organization(s) as defined by 2 CFR 200.1, public or nonprofit Institutions of Higher Education are, nevertheless, eligible to submit applications under this NOFO. For-profit colleges, universities, trade schools, and hospitals are ineligible.
- Nonprofit organizations that are not exempt from taxation under section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code must submit other forms of documentation of nonprofit status; such as certificates of incorporation as nonprofit under state or Tribal law. Nonprofit organizations exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that lobby are not eligible for EPA funding as provided in the Lobbying Disclosure Act, 2 U.S.C. § 1611. EPA may ask applicants to demonstrate that they are eligible for funding under this announcement.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
