Deadline: 25-May-22
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is soliciting applications for the Nevada Environmental Quality and Protection Program 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.
Extractive industry activities of the past, including both underground and surface mining and oil and gas drilling, have left degraded watersheds and airsheds on public lands throughout Nevada. Unrestored sites may pose a threat to wildlife, biota, groundwater, surface water, soil as well as to risks to the health and safety of public land users.
Goals
- Reclaim abandoned hardrock mine lands to productive uses including, but not limited to, recreation, fish and wildlife habitat, and preservation of historical/cultural resources.
- Reduce inventory of unreclaimed abandoned mines and orphaned wells.
- Reduce liabilities by eliminating or reducing human health and ecological risks posed by abandoned mines and orphaned wells.
- Reduce environmental degradation caused by abandoned mines and orphaned wells.
- Establish partnerships, where possible, with States, local governments, Tribes, and voluntary environmental and citizen groups, non-governmental organizations to pool resources and expertise to address abandoned mines.
- Ensure that remediation and reclamation actions are effective and that lessons learned through post-project monitoring and study benefit risk- and pollution-reducing efforts.
- Manage air quality for the protection of public health and sensitive ecosystems.
Core Programs
Mitigation measures are implemented through core programs such as:
- Abandoned Mine Land (AML) program, which addresses physical safety hazards and human health and ecological risks through restoration of abandoned hardrock mines.
- Orphan Well Program, which remediates oil and gas wells improperly abandoned, and seeks to plug them in accordance with state regulations and rules;
- Educational outreach about the potential dangers posed to the public and recreationists from AML and orphaned well sites.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $150,000
- Maximum Award: $30,000
- Minimum Award: $5,000
Eligibility Criteria
- 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
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=338838
