66.441: Healthy Watersheds Consortium Grant Program

66.441

Active

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Sept. 2, 2022

Sept. 2, 2022

To support strategically protecting healthy watersheds across the country. The focus of the grant program is to protect freshwater ecosystems and their watersheds. Additional background information on the Healthy Watersheds Program and priorities can be found at the following website: https://www.epa.gov/hwp. Funding Priority - Fiscal Year 2021: Through the Healthy Watersheds Consortium Grant, EPA funds an intermediary organization to provide subawards to eligible sub-awardees for projects to support strategic protection of freshwater ecosystems through capacity development and local demonstration and training projects. No additional awards are anticipated in FY 2021.

B - Project Grants (Discretionary)

Universities, colleges and institutions of higher education and hospitals are not eligible under this announcement. Non-profit, non-governmental organizations, interstate agencies, and intertribal consortia which are capable of undertaking activities that advance watershed protection programs are eligible to compete in this program. The term interstate agency is defined in CWA Section 502 as an agency of two or more States established by or pursuant to an agreement or compact approved by the Congress, or any other agency of two or more States, having substantial powers or duties pertaining to the control of pollution as determined and approved by the Administrator. Intertribal consortia must meet the requirements of 40 CFR Part 35.504. Non-profit organization, as defined by 2 CFR Part 200, means any corporation, trust, association, cooperative or other organization that: (1) is operated primarily for scientific, educational, service, charitable or similar purposes in the public interest; (2) is not organized primarily for profit; and (3) uses its net proceeds to maintain, improve and/or expand its operations. For certain competitive funding opportunities under this assistance listing, the Agency may limit eligibility to compete to a number or subset of eligible applicants consistent with the Agency's Assistance Agreement Competition Policy

Public and private nonprofit institutions/ organizations, federally recognized Indian tribal governments, states, local governments, U.S. territories and interstate agencies.

66.454 - Water Quality Management Planning

66.460 - Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants

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