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.
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     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.

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cc:  NPS Grants Management Work Group

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