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• Projects located within the boundaries of Pennsylvania's Coastal Non-point Program management area, which 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).

• Projects that implement the management measures specified by EPA and NOAA to prevent or reduce non-point source pollution to Pennsylvania's coastal waters and streams within the CNPP management area.

• Projects that improve management of onsite disposal systems (septic systems) by ensuring proper design, installation and maintenance of the systems to better protect water quality and public health.

• Projects that encourage use of non-point source pollution prevention and control methods in recreational marinas and by recreational boaters.

• Projects that develop and support adoption of model codes/ordinances and local water quality programs or that educate local government officials regarding adoption and implementation of coastal non-point management measures.

• Projects that develop and conduct outreach, specifically about the management measures, which are targeted at specific groups that implement or are affected by the measures.

• Projects that accomplish elements of the CNPP 5-year plan/15-year implementation strategy that NOAA and EPA have required Pennsylvania to develop.

• Extent to which projects implement specific coastal non-point pollution management measures or educate broad audiences about the measures and related issues. Preference will be given to qualified projects that:

  • Support development, implementation or enforcement of Act 167 Stormwater Management plans, implement water quality improvement/enhancement projects recommended in the Act 167 plan, or implement innovative structural or non-structural BMP demonstration projects; or that

  • Foster education of the general public and municipal officials about the effects of runoff on streams and methods of runoff management that address these effects.

• Extent to which projects build upon or support previous or ongoing watershed-based activities, including watershed management plans, to further watershed management goals.

• Qualifications and experience of applicants with similar projects.

• Quality of grant management and administration previously displayed by the applicant