Grants and Cooperative Agreements to Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington Agencies, Tribes, and IHEs to Manage Natural Resources

Grants and Cooperative Agreements to Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and
Washington Agencies, Tribes, and IHEs to Manage Natural Resources

Region 10 Wetland Program Development Grant (WPDG)

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United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Deadline Date:

01/21/22 8:59 PM PT (11:59 PM ET)

Description:

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Grants and cooperative agreements to Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington agencies, tribes, and institutions of higher education to improve programs that restore and conserve natural resources. Applicants are advised that required registrations may take a month or more to complete. Funding is intended for projects that develop or refine state, territorial, tribal, and local government wetland programs.

Wetland Program Development Grants assist state, tribal, local government agencies and interstate/intertribal entities in developing or refining programs which protect, manage, and restore wetlands. The primary focus of these grants is to develop or refine state and tribal wetland programs. A secondary focus is to develop or refine local (e.g., county or municipal) programs.

The goals of the EPA’s wetland program include increasing the quantity and quality of wetlands in the U.S. by conserving and restoring wetland acreage and improving wetland condition. In pursuing these goals, the EPA seeks to develop the capacity of all levels of government to develop and refine effective, comprehensive programs for wetland protection and management. These programs are meant to:

Develop the capacity of state/territorial/tribal/local governments to increase the quantity and quality of wetlands in the U.S. by conserving and restoring wetland acreage and improving wetland condition.
Use one or more of the following “Core Elements” to achieve this goal. These four core elements are monitoring and assessment, voluntary restoration and protection, regulatory approaches including CWA Section 401 certification, and wetland-specific water quality standards.

Under this announcement, the EPA will have two separate applicant tracks for eligible applicants.

Under Track One, states, territories, and tribes must submit applications for either: 1) carrying out grant-eligible actions from a current EPA-approved WPP or 2) developing or updating a WPP (and, if they so choose, also carrying out actions that develop or refine a wetland program described in the CEF at https://www.epa.gov/wetlands/wetland-program-development-grants-eligible-activities).
Under Track Two, states, territories, tribes, local governments, interstate agencies, intertribal consortia, and colleges and universities that are agencies of a state must submit applications that will develop or refine a states, territorial, tribe, or local government’s wetland program by either carrying out one or more action(s): 1) under a core element(s) from the CEF or 2) that advance the grant-eligible actions articulated in an EPA-approved WPP.

GrantWatch ID#:

GrantWatch ID#: 196298

Estimated Total Program Funding:

$600,000

Number of Grants:

Estimated Size of Grant:

Awards will likely range from $25,000 to $200,000 in federal funds.

Term of Contract:

It is anticipated that the assistance agreements awarded under this announcement will have one to three-year project periods. The project period for assistance agreements under this announcement should be no more than four years.

Eligibility:

See RFP and/or Grant Guidelines for full eligibility

Additional Eligibility Criteria:

States, territories, tribes, local government agencies, colleges and universities that are agencies of a state, interstate agencies, and intertribal consortia are eligible to apply for WPDGs under this announcement. Tribes must be federally-recognized, although “Treatment as a state” status is not required.

Under this announcement, the EPA will have two separate applicant tracks for eligible applicants.
• States, territories, and tribes can apply under Track One or Track Two.
• Local governments, interstate agencies, intertribal consortia, and eligible colleges and universities that are agencies of a state government can apply under Track Two only.

Non-profit organizations are not eligible to compete under this RFA.

For ineligible activities, see 15 of the RFP document in Supporting Documents, below.

Pre-Application Information:

Applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov by January 21, 2022 at 8:59pm PT (11:59pm ET).

Questions about this RFA must be submitted in writing via e-mail and must be received by the Agency Contact identified in Section VII, AGENCY CONTACTS, before June 18, 2021 at 4:59 P.M. PDT.

Applicants may submit more than one application under this RFA under the applicable tracks.

Please note that the Grants.gov registration process requires that your organization have a DUNS and a current registration with the System for Award Management (SAM) and the process of obtaining both could take a month or more. Applicants must ensure that all registration requirements are met in order to apply for this opportunity through grants.gov and should ensure that all such requirements have been met well in advance of the submission deadline.

All applicants must describe in their application submission how they will contribute a minimum of 25 percent of the total project cost in cost-share/matching funds.

View this opportunity on Grants.gov: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=336919

For a list of relevant application documents, see the Package tab (click Preview) on the link listed above.

Contact Information:

Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates/changes/addendums/conferences/LOIs.

Regional Coordinator-Krista Rave-Perkins
EPA Region 10
1200 Sixth Ave., Suite 155 (OCE-201)
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206-553-6686
Email: rave-perkins.krista@epa.gov

Alaska, Idaho, and Oregon Coordinator-Yvonne Vallette
EPA Region 10, Oregon Operations Office
805 SW Broadway, Ste. 500
Portland, OR 97205
Phone: 503-326-2716
Email: vallette.yvonne@epa.gov

Washington Coordinator-Annie Whitley
EPA Region 10
1200 Sixth Ave., Suite 155 (OERA-140)
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206-553-0058
Email: whitley.annie@epa.gov

Tribal Coordinator-Linda Storm
EPA Region 10
1200 Sixth Ave, Suite 155 (OERA-140)
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206-553-6384
Email: storm.linda@epa.gov