[Federal Register: February 15, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 32)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Notice of Availability of FY 2002 Funds for Water Quality
Cooperative Agreements
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of Water Quality Cooperative Agreement
funds.
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SUMMARY: EPA Region 4 (Atlanta) announces that $300,000 to $450,000 in
FY 2002 funds is available to fund Water Quality Cooperative
Agreements. Project proposals are being solicited from state water
pollution control agencies, interstate agencies, tribes, and other
public or nonprofit private agencies, institutions, and organizations.
Through this solicitation, EPA expects to fund from two to nine
projects to support the restoration of impaired water bodies in
priority watersheds. Applicants may request $50,000 to $150,000 per
project proposal, and a five percent nonfederal match is encouraged.
DATES: Project proposals must be postmarked or sent by electronic mail
by 5 p.m. on April 2, 2002, in accordance with guidelines provided in
the solicitation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The complete solicitation is available
through the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/region4/water/pgtab/
cooperativeagreement.html or by contacting Dorothy Rayfield, Chief,
Grants and Technical Assistance Section, at 404/562-9278 or
rayfield.dorothy@epa.gov. Written inquiries may be sent to the Grants
and Technical Assistance Section, Water Management Division, EPA Region
4, Sam Nunn Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia
30303-8960.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Eligible Project Areas: All projects must be
implemented within the geographic boundaries of EPA Region 4, which
includes the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee and some
Tribal lands. To be eligible, the project area must be located within a
watershed that contains one or more priority water bodies identified on
a 303(d) List of Impaired Waters or documented as impaired by an Indian
Tribe in the Region. Priority will be given to watersheds which are 11-
digit or 14-digit Hydrologic Unit Codes, and watersheds with
established implementation plans for improving or restoring water
quality. Examples of acceptable implementation plans include local
watershed plans, total maximum daily load implementation plans, and
river basin plans.
Eligible Project Areas: Eligible activities are those that support
the restoration of impaired waters in priority watersheds. Examples of
eligible activities include watershed coordination, education, and
evaluation of the effectiveness of best management practices in
preventing or reducing water pollution. EPA will give priority to
projects which actively involve stakeholders and focus on one of the
following program areas: Concentrated animal feeding operations,
sanitary sewer overflows, combined sewer overflows, storm water,
wetlands protection, or biosolids management. Further priority will be
given to activities that directly support the implementation of
existing implementation plans to improve or restore water quality. In
order to receive maximum benefits from the limited funds available,
additional consideration will be given to projects which build capacity
to protect the watershed, and projects which result in methodologies or
outputs that can be used in other watersheds.
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1254(b)(3) Pub. L. 100-4.
Dated: February 1, 2002.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 02-3770 Filed 2-14-02; 8:45 am]
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