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United States: Puget Sound Stewardship & Mitigation Fund

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Deadline: 18-Sep-20

The Rose Foundation has launched the Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund to mitigate past pollution runoff by supporting community-based efforts to protect or improve the water quality of Puget Sound.

The Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund was created by a record legal settlement between the Puget Sound keeper Alliance (Sound keeper) and Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway, and has since been supplemented by several other pollution mitigation payments involving Sound keeper and other Clean Water Act enforcers.

Since inception in 2012, over $5.7 million in grants have been awarded for projects in Puget Sound related to conservation, restoration, citizen science, environmental justice, shoreline access, and environmental education.

The Puget Sound keeper Alliance’s Clean Water Act enforcement program enforces federal water quality laws against serious violators. Lawsuits are brought on behalf of Sound keeper’s citizen members, each of whom has a legal right to swimmable and fishable waterways. In bringing pollution-related lawsuits, Sound keeper’s goal is to achieve negotiated settlements that bring polluters into compliance with the law and the permitting system. Settlement funds are then donated to local environmental groups to help them repair damage done to the Sound. The $1.5 million BNSF Balmer Yard settlement which launched the Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund is one of the largest ever in a citizen enforcement action involving storm water discharges.

Funding Information

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for a Puget Sound Stewardship & Mitigation Fund Grant, the applicant and project must meet the following criteria:

For more information, visit https://rosefdn.org/puget-sound-stewardship-mitigation-fund/

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