Grants
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Important
Announcement Solicitation of Projects for 2012 Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Program |
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| Coastal Resources Management Program, Water Planning Office, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, will begin accepting project proposals for its 2012 Coastal Non-point Pollution Program (CNPP) from August 19, 2011 to October 17, 2011. The grant award period will run from - October 1, 2012 to March 31, 2014* * NOTE!!! County Conservation Districts will be funded from October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013 (12 month grant) contingent upon federal appropriations. CNPP projects must be located within the boundaries of Pennsylvania's Coastal Non-point Program management area. This includes watersheds of all streams flowing into Pennsylvania's coastal waters within Pennsylvania (tidal Delaware River tributaries, except for the Christiana basin, and Lake Erie tributaries, except for Conneaut Creek). See CNPP PDF Map under About the Program on the left menubar. Eligible Applicants: State agencies, local and county governments and authorities, schools, colleges and universities and other registered non-profit organizations. Potential applicants should first discuss their proposed project with one of DEP's Watershed Managers located in Central Office, the Southeast Regional Office (for the Delaware Coastal Zone) or the Northwest Regional Office (for the Lake Erie Coastal Zone). DEP technical advisors are: Southeast Regional Office: Kevin Munley : (484) 250-5825
e-mail: kmunley@state.pa.us Northwest Regional Office: Donald Benczkowski : (814)
217-9634 e-mail: dbenczkows@state.pa.us (Note: Some CNPP watershed areas may be served by the Southcentral or Northeast Regional Offices of DEP) Additional technical assistance can be obtained from your County Conservation District Office or the Philadelphia Water Department. Please consult your local listing for contact information. Applications must be submitted electronically using the Environmental eGrants system accessible at: https://www.grants.dcnr.state.pa.us Please refer to the CRM "Grant Application Instruction Guide" (as revised in May 2011) for more detailed program information. The eGrants website also provides a Help section for technical assistance on using the online application. We recommend that you consult both of these sources before starting an application. In addition, you may visit the EPA's website at http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/MMGI/ to review the Management Measures that the CNPP and CRM Programs may fund. Applications must be submitted
no later than October 17 at 4:00 PM! You may obtain a digital or hard copy of the Grant Application Instruction Guide, as well as administrative assistance, by contacting:
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Box 8465 400 Market Street Harrisburg, PA 17105-8465 Phone: (717) 772-4785 Fax: (717) 783-4690 |