66.962: Columbia River Basin Restoration (CRBR) Program

66.962

Active

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Sept. 21, 2022

Sept. 21, 2022

To support the protection and restoration of the Columbia River Basin, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established the Columbia River Basin Restoration Program (CRBRP). CRBRP promotes ecosystem protection and restoration activities and strategies by working with federal agencies, states, tribes, regional water pollution control agencies and entities, local governments, non-governmental entities and soil and water conservation districts to improve water quality and support environmental protection and restoration. Funding Priorities-Fiscal Year 2020: Projects which address Eliminating or reducing pollution • Cleaning up contaminated sites • Improving water quality • Monitoring to evaluate trends • Reducing runoff • Protecting habitat • Promoting citizen engagement or knowledge . Building off existing successful efforts in the Columbia River Basin to address toxics and that leverage or expand on existing partnerships. Across all priorities, there is a focus on toxics and their impact on human health and fish and wildlife. 1. Increased monitoring and access to data from monitoring in the Columbia River Basin with a focus on toxics with an impact on human health and fish and wildlife. 2. Reducing stormwater and agricultural runoff by using strategies such as green infrastructure to reduce the toxicity and/or quantity of runoff and/or implementing agricultural best management practices (BMPs) such as Pesticide Stewardship partnerships. 3. Promoting citizen engagement or education to promote pollution prevention, for example, increasing knowledge on pollution prevention strategies and actions that can be taken by communities, businesses and government to reduce toxics in the Basin. 4. Reducing toxic pollutants from mining activities by using strategies such as monitoring and assessment of mining-impacted streams, stabilization of mining wastes to prevent runoff, and clean-up or remediation of mining-contaminated sediments and other mine-related waste.

B - Project Grants (Discretionary)

Eligible entities include state governments, tribal governments, regional water pollution control agencies and entities, local government entities, nongovernmental entities, or soil and water conservation districts. 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.

Not Applicable

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