Funding-Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) - FY 2015 National Priority Activities for the Section
303(d) Program, the Nonpoint Source (Section 319) Program, the Wetlands
Program, and the Water Quality Monitoring Program; March 24, 2015
Agency
Environmental
Protection Agency
Description
The
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting proposals from
eligible applicants to provide support for training and technical assistance activities
to build the capacity of state and tribal officials and nongovernmental
stakeholders in the Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 303(d) Program, the Nonpoint
Source (CWA Section 319) Program, the Wetlands Program, and the Water Quality
Monitoring Program. The seven National Priority Activities identified in this
announcement are:
(I)
plan,
prepare, and conduct five annual CWA Section 303(d) National Listing and Total
Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) Training Workshops;
(II)
provide
training and technical assistance to advance CWA Section 303(d) Program
Implementation;
(III)
plan,
prepare, and conduct five to ten State and Tribal Aquatic Resource Monitoring
Technical Training Workshops on aquatic resource specific (i.e.,
rivers/streams, lakes, coastal waters, and wetlands) issues, and up to two
national State and Tribal Aquatic Resource Monitoring Technical Training
Workshops covering all aquatic resource types on a biennial basis (e.g., one
national workshop in Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 and one national workshop in FY
2018);2
(IV)
plan,
prepare and conduct four State and Tribal Data Management and Data Sharing
Workshops in support of CWA Section 303(d), CWA Section 305(b), TMDLs, and
water quality monitoring and assessment;
(V)
plan,
prepare and conduct two State and Tribal Nonpoint Source Training Workshops on
a biennial basis (e.g., one in Calendar Year (CY) 2016 and one in CY 2018);
(VI)
plan,
prepare, and conduct five to ten Nonpoint Source Agricultural Technical
Training Workshops for Technical Service Providers (TSPs), Certified Crop
Advisors (CCAs), and other agricultural industry consultants on conservation
practice systems to protect water quality; and
(VII)
plan, prepare, and conduct two to six
Wetland Program Training Workshops on a variety of topics related to wetland
regulatory, monitoring and assessment, restoration, and/or water quality
standards.
Announcement
Number:
EPA-OW-OWOW-15-02
Closing
Date:
Mar
24, 2015
Link
to Full Announcement
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=273251
Contact
Information
Concepcion
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