Deadline: 14-Apr-23
The Department of the Interior – Bureau of Land Management is seeking applications for New Mexico (NM) Environmental Quality and Protection Program.
The Bureau of Land Management New Mexico and its partners mitigate hazards to protect public health and safety and the environment, and restore watersheds for resources, recreation, fish, wildlife and domestic animals, and manage air quality for the protection of public health and sensitive ecosystems, and return lands to productive uses including, but not limited to, recreation, fish and wildlife habitat, and preservation of historical/cultural resources.
AML program identifies and inventories abandoned hardrock mines, prioritizes those mines that pose a risk to public safety, human health, and the environment, and seeks funding to address those high risk mine features and sites. Specifically, AML program addresses physical safety hazards through a variety of closure methods including fencing, signing, backfilling, installation of bat-friendly grates, etc., and addresses risks to human health and the environment through a variety of response actions.
Funding Information
- Maximum Award $1,000,000.
- Minimum Award $20,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Applicants
- State governments.
- County governments.
- City or township governments.
- Special district governments.
- Independent school districts.
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized).
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities.
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments).
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education.
- Individuals and For-Profit Organizations are ineligible to apply for awards under this NOFO.
- This program NOFO does not support entities hiring interns or crews under the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993. The Public Lands Corps Act of 1993, 16 USC, Chapter 37, Subchapter IIPublic Lands Corps, is the only legislative authority that allows BLM to “hire” interns under this authority. Therefore, eligible Youth Conservation Corps may only apply for projects developed under NOFO 15.243 – BLM Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.