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EPA-OW-OWM-24-01: Training and Technical Assistance for Rural, Small and Tribal Municipalities and Wastewater Treatment Systems for Clean Water Act Prevention, Reduction, and Elimination of Pollution

Closed Closed November 25, 2024 Opportunity EPA-OW-OWM-24-01 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$4.0 million
• Total funding$49.0 million
• Expected awards28
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

See Section III of the Notice of Funding Opportunity for eligibility information.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Technical Assistance for Treatment Works (Clean Water Act [CWA] Section 104(b)(8)) awards averaged $3.8 million; this notice allows up to $4.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (72% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The EPA is soliciting applications to provide training and technical assistance to rural, small, and Tribal municipalities, publicly owned wastewater treatment works, and decentralized wastewater treatment systems for the prevention, reduction, and elimination of pollution. Eligible activities include training and technical assistance only. Each application submitted under this announcement must address one, and only one of the four Priority Areas. Only one application may be submitted for each Priority Area per applicant. Eligible organizations may submit more than one application under this competition as long as each one is separately submitted and addresses only one Priority Area. Priority area 1: Acquisition of Finance/Funding: Training and technical assistance for rural, small, and Tribal municipalities for planning, developing and acquisition of financing/funding for CWSRF eligible activities. Priority area 2: Protect Water Quality and Compliance Assistance: Training and technical assistance for rural, small, and Tribal publicly owned treatment works and decentralized wastewater systems to help improve water quality and to achieve and maintain compliance. Priority area 3: Tribal: Training and technical assistance focused specifically on Tribes for planning, developing and acquisition of financing/funding, to help improve water quality and achieve and maintain compliance, and/or to support emerging contaminants project development. Priority area 4: Decentralized Systems: Information Dissemination, Training and Technical Assistance focused specifically on decentralized wastewater treatment systems to support planning, development and acquisition of finance.

Category: Environment.

Applying now

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