Central Utah Project

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Direct Federal SpendingFunding Mechanism
WaterCategory
Department of the InteriorAgency
$50,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description Funding will be used to continue construction of the Utah Lake System Pipeline to deliver 30,000 acre-feet of water to the communities in South Utah County, continued construction of a water flow control structure at Sixth Water on the Diamond Fork System to allow for minimum stream flows for fishery purposes, and continued development of the Provo River Delta Restoration Project for habitat development for the threatened June sucker fish.
Eligible Uses Funding will be transferred to and be used by the Central Utah Water Conservancy District and the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission.
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Clean Water State Revolving Fund-Emerging Contaminants

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
GrantFunding Mechanism
WaterCategory
Environmental Protection AgencyAgency
$1,000,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description Clean Water State Revolving Fund funding as described in the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program, with eligible projects limited to those that address emerging contaminants, such as PFAS.
Eligible Uses States apply for a capitalization grant with no State match required. The States provide loans with principal forgiveness or grants to fund clean water infrastructure projects to address emerging contaminants, including PFAS. Further information will be forthcoming.
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Dam Safety Program

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Direct Federal SpendingFunding Mechanism
WaterCategory
Department of the InteriorAgency
$500,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description Reclamation's Dam Safety Program is in place to ensure Reclamation dams do not present unreasonable risk to people, property, and the environment.
Eligible Uses Project work at identified dams needing corrective action to reduce risk
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Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
GrantFunding Mechanism
WaterCategory
Environmental Protection AgencyAgency
$238,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description The Environmental Protection Agency's Chesapeake Bay Program awards competitive grants and cooperative agreements to States, Tribal and local governments, non-governmental organizations, interstate agencies and academic institutions to reduce and prevent pollution and to improve the living resources in the Chesapeake Bay. Grants are awarded for implementation projects, as well as for technical assistance, monitoring, environmental education, and other related activities. The Environmental Protection Agency's funding priority is to achieve the goals and objectives established in the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement through the implementation of the management strategies.
Eligible Uses Ecosystem and wetland restoration, stormwater treatment and control, nature-based infrastructure, community resilience, resilient shorelines, and environmental education.
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Geographic Programs - Columbia River Basin Restoration Program

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
GrantFunding Mechanism
WaterCategory
Environmental Protection AgencyAgency
$79,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description This program is intended to improve water quality in the Lower Columbia River Basin through specific actions to reduce toxics, increase monitoring, and/or increase public education and outreach. The Columbia River Basin Restoration Program will assist Tribal, State and local governments; non-government entities, and others as they implement the Columbia River Basin Toxics Reduction Action Plan and the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan and conduct activities to support Environmental Protection Agency national goals for the Columbia River Basin.
Eligible Uses Cleaning up contaminated sites, reducing runoff, monitoring and improving water quality, habitat protection, education, reducing stormwater and agricultural runoff, pollution prevention, implementing agricultural best management practices.
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Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
GrantFunding Mechanism
WaterCategory
Environmental Protection AgencyAgency
$1,000,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description The goal of the Great Lakes Program is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem. The Environmental Protection Agency leads a consortium of programs, agencies, and public and private institutions in attaining specific objectives and actions that will address the most significant Great Lakes ecosystem problems and efforts in five major focus areas: Toxic Substances and Areas of Concern; Invasive Species; Nonpoint Source Pollution Impacts on Nearshore Health; Habitats and Species; and Foundations for Future Restoration Actions.
Eligible Uses Addressing toxic substances and Areas of Concern; reduction of nonpoint source pollution; invasive species prevention; reduction of runoff contributing to HABs; ecosystem and wetland restoration, stormwater treatment and control, nature-based infrastructure, resilient shorelines, and more.
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Geographic Programs - Gulf of Mexico

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
GrantFunding Mechanism
WaterCategory
Environmental Protection AgencyAgency
$53,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description The Gulf of Mexico Program, housed within the Gulf of Mexico Division, is a non-regulatory program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency founded to facilitate collaborative actions to protect, maintain, and restore the health and productivity of the Gulf of Mexico in ways consistent with the economic well-being of the Region. To carry out its mission, the Gulf of Mexico Program continues to maintain and expand partnerships with State and Federal agencies, Federally recognized Tribes, local governments and authorities, academia, regional business and industry, agricultural and environmental organizations, and individual citizens and communities.
Eligible Uses Ecosystem and wetland restoration, stormwater treatment and control, nature-based infrastructure, community resilience, resilient shorelines, and environmental education.
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Geographic Programs - Lake Champlain

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
GrantFunding Mechanism
WaterCategory
Environmental Protection AgencyAgency
$40,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description The Lake Champlain Basin Program coordinates and funds efforts that benefit the Lake Champlain Basin's water quality, fisheries, wetlands, wildlife, recreation, and cultural resources, in partnership with government agencies from New York, Vermont, and Québec, private organizations, local communities, and individuals.
Eligible Uses Ecosystem and wetland restoration, stormwater treatment and control, nature-based infrastructure, community resilience, resilient shorelines, and environmental education
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Geographic Programs - Lake Pontchartrain Restoration Program

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Cooperative Agreement (Discretionary Grants)Funding Mechanism
WaterCategory
Environmental Protection AgencyAgency
$53,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description This program carries out the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Comprehensive Management Plan under the authority of the Clean Water Act Section 121 and Section 320. Program activities include conducting water quality monitoring of Lake Pontchartrain, educating basin residents on water protection and pollution prevention, evaluating sewer system designs and developing plans to upgrade or replace them in order to prevent or reduce water pollution.
Eligible Uses Program activities include conducting water quality monitoring of Lake Pontchartrain, educating basin residents on water protection and pollution prevention, evaluating sewer system designs and developing plans to upgrade or replace them in order to prevent or reduce water pollution.
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Geographic Programs - Long Island Sound

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Cooperative Agreement (Discretionary Grants)Funding Mechanism
WaterCategory
Environmental Protection AgencyAgency
$106,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description The Long Island Sound Program supports the implementation of a comprehensive plan to protect and restore water quality, habitat, and living resources in Long Island Sound, working with State and local governments, the private sector, user groups, and the general public.
Eligible Uses The Long Island Sound Program implements the Long Island Sound Study Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. The program also assists the States of Connecticut and New York and other public or nonprofit entities in implementation, research, planning, enforcement, and citizen involvement and education related to reducing pollution and improving the quality of the environment to sustain living resources in the Long Island Sound.
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Geographic Programs - Northwest Forest

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Grants and Interagency AgreementsFunding Mechanism
WaterCategory
Environmental Protection AgencyAgency
$4,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description The Northwest Forest Geographic Program addresses water quality impairments from non-point sources related to pacific northwest forest practices and works to improve the quality and quantity of surface water so that beneficial uses and drinking water/source water protection goals are met. Climate change is increasing the demands on the program due to the increase of catastrophic wildfire and resulting impacts to water quality and municipal drinking water.
Eligible Uses Monitoring of aquatic and riparian management in the Northwest Forest Plan; groundwater restoration to improve sources of drinking water; post-wildfire water quality monitoring; education and capacity-building for States and drinking water providers.
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Geographic Programs - Puget Sound

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
GrantFunding Mechanism
WaterCategory
Environmental Protection AgencyAgency
$89,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description Puget Sound has been designated as one of 28 estuaries of National Significance under section 320 of the Clean Water Act. The goal of the National Estuary Program is to attain and maintain water quality in designated estuaries that will assure protection of public water supplies and the protection and propagation of a balanced, indigenous population of shellfish, fish and wildlife and allows recreational activities in and on the water. The Puget Sound National Estuary Program's approved Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan, the Action Agenda, has a goal to restore and maintain the Puget Sound Estuary's environment by meeting 2018-2022 ecosystem targets.
Eligible Uses Ecosystem and wetland restoration, stormwater treatment and control, nature-based infrastructure, community resilience, resilient shorelines, and environmental education, Tribal support.
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