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EPA-OW-OWOW-23-02: Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Request for Applications from Indian Tribes and Intertribal Consortia for Nonpoint Source Management Grants Under Clean Water Act Section 319

Closed Closed February 14, 2023 Opportunity EPA-OW-OWOW-23-02 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Funding Opportunity for Indian Tribes and Intertribal Consortia for Nonpoint Source Management Grants Under Clean Water Act Section 319 (EPA-OW-OWOW-26-01). Status: Closes November 9, 2026 (2 days left). It is in our archive of Environmental Protection Agency notices from 2022.

• Award ceiling$125,000
• Total funding$3.0 million
• Expected awards24
• Cost sharingRequired
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement, Grant

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 funding oppotunity announcement for eligibility information.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants awards averaged $2.0 million; this notice allows up to $125,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (98% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• The notice requires cost sharing or matching funds, so you must contribute part of the project cost.

What the grant funds

This Request for Applications (RFA) is issued pursuant to Clean Water Act (CWA) §319(h), which authorizes EPA to award grants to eligible Tribes and intertribal consortia to implement approved NPS management programs developed pursuant to CWA §319(b)(1) “for controlling pollution added from nonpoint sources to the navigable waters” and “improving the quality of such waters.”2 NPS management programs must identify “best management practices and measures which will be undertaken to reduce pollutant loadings resulting from each category, subcategory, or particular nonpoint source” identified in the Tribe’s NPS assessment report developed pursuant to CWA §319(a). After allocating CWA §319 Tribal funds for Tribal base grant work plans, EPA allocates the remaining CWA §319 Tribal funds to eligible entities according to the competitive procedures in this RFA. NPS Projects Solicited Under This Announcement: The funding available through this RFA will support Tribal projects primarily focused on implementing on-the-ground best management practices (BMPs) that will help protect or restore waters from sources of NPS pollution. All applications must include an on-the-ground project to implement NPS BMPs. As described below, applicants may also use up to 25 percent of requested federal funds to support other eligible project activities, including the development of a nine-element watershed-based plan (i.e., up to $31,250 of a $125,000 federal grant request). Tribal staff time supporting the implementation of NPS BMPs is not included in this 25 percent cap. Please note the narrow definition of a “nine element watershed-based plan” specific to EPA’s NPS Program, described in Section I of the funding opportunity announcement.

Category: Environment.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, EPA-OW-OWOW-26-01, which is open now.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.