Deadline: 31-Jan-23
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10 (EPA), is issuing a Request for Applications (RFA) from eligible Columbia River Basin tribal governments to improve water quality in the Columbia River Basin, through specific actions to reduce toxics, and/or increase public education and outreach.
The Columbia River Basin Restoration Program (CRBRP) will assist tribes as they implement the Columbia River Basin Toxics Reduction Action Plan and the Lower Columbia River Estuary Plan – Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan and conduct activities to support EPA national goals for the Columbia River Basin.
Project Categories
- Eliminating or reducing pollution including strategies or projects to reduce toxics into streams of the Columbia River Basin, including agricultural best management practices such as Pesticide Stewardship Partnerships, stormwater and sediment management, and pesticide collection and take back programs.
- Cleaning up contaminated sites including targeted small-scale clean-up actions which do not duplicate similar work efforts of other EPA funded programs, including but not limited to CERCLA, RCRA, and Brownfields.
- Improving water quality to reduce toxics in the Columbia River Basin.
- Reducing runoff through agricultural best management practices and/or sediment and stormwater runoff controls, including green infrastructure.
- Protecting habitat to reduce the impact of toxics on Columbia River Basin fish and wildlife.
- Promoting citizen engagement or knowledge by increasing engagement and communication with individual community members (such as local, state and tribal environmental managers, and/or NGOs), creating bi-lingual outreach and education materials on the topic of toxics reduction, green chemistry pilot projects, and/or sharing examples of successful toxics reduction efforts.
Funding Information
EPA anticipates awarding up to $20,000,000 of CRBRP IIJA funding under this announcement. Awards will be issued and managed through EPA’s Region 10 Office, and are subject to the availability of funds, the quantity and quality of applications received, and other applicable considerations. For this single funding announcement, EPA is limiting eligible applicants to federally recognized tribal governments only. Applicants may request up to $2,000,000 per application. Approximately 10 to 20 cooperative agreements, ranging from $750,000 to $2,000,000 will be awarded, and are subject to the availability of funds, the quality of applications received, and other applicable considerations.
Eligibility Criteria
Under this funding opportunity, federally recognized Tribal Governments are eligible to apply.
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For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=344258