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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
EPA-R9-WTR1-09-006
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Jun 25, 2009
Creation Date:
Jun 25, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Sep 23, 2009
Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates.
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Sep 23, 2009
Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates.
Archive Date:
Oct 23, 2009
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Environment
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
5
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$5,000,000
Award Ceiling:
$1,000,000
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s):
66.202
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Congressionally Mandated Projects
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
Yes
Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
See Section III of the announcement for additional eligibility information.
Agency Name
Environmental Protection Agency
Description
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 (EPA) is soliciting proposals under this announcement to protect and restore the water quality of the San Francisco Bay and its watersheds through comprehensive watershed management. This announcement seeks to fund implementation projects that achieve significant and measurable improvement in water quality and attainment of beneficial uses. We are also seeking to encourage partnerships among agencies and organizations that have purview over water quality and land use decisions to protect and restore watershed functions and values. Furthermore, this announcement is seeking proposals based on sound plans to achieve significant results concerning one or more of the following SF Bay water quality priorities:
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Reducing polluted run-off from urban development and agriculture.
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Implementing TMDLs to restore impaired waterbodies.
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Protecting and restoring habitat including riparian corridors, floodplains, wetlands, and the Bay.
