UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REGION IX ; 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94105 MEMORANDUM DATE: April 22, 2003 SUBJECT: CWA 319 Grant Manual FROM: Audrey Shileikis .(X^ EPA Region 9 NPS Coordinator Co-Chair, Grants Management Work Group Norm Marcotte ob -K- ^ Maine Department of Environmental Protection Co-Chair, Grants Management Work Group TO: State Nonpoint Source Managers EPA Regional NPS Coordinators EPA Nonpoint Source Branch Chief Attached for your use are two copies of the Section 319 Grants Manual, titled "Applying for and Administering CWA Section 319 Grants: A Guide for State Nonpoint Source Agencies"(document $ 909B03001). This manual was prepared under contract for the State-EPA NPS Partnership, Grants Management Work Group. An electronic version of this manual with hot links to the citations will also be on EPA's NPS web page in the next few weeks. The link to the document is from EPA's web page under State-EPA NPS Partnership or under Funding at http://www.epa.gov/owQw/nps/partnership.html or http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/funding.html. i - ' - • . . This manual provides an overview of federal grant requirements that will guide state and territory nonpoint source agency staff when applying for and administering grants awarded under the Clean Water Act Section 319. Additional hard copies can be ordered from NCEPI by phone: 1 (800) 490-9198; by fax: 1 (513) 489-8695; or email: ncepimal(a)one.net. We would like to thank everyone that reviewed and commented on the draft versions of this document. We are confident this new tool will help EPA and States improve our understanding of the administration of 319 grant funds and NPS Management programs. Attachment cc: NPS Grants Management Work Group ------- |