&EPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office Of Water
(WH550G)
EPA 440/6-90-008
September 1990
Compendium Of
Federal Financial
Assistance Programs
Targeting Programs For
State And Local
Ground-Water Protection
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Compendium of
Federal Financial Assistance Programs:
Targeting Programs for State and Local
Ground-Water Protection
Office of Ground-Water Protection
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
September 1990
Printed on Recycled Paper
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Acknowledgements
This document was prepared under the direction of Marian Mlay, Director of the Office of Ground-Water
Protection (OGWP). Steve Ainsworth of OGWP was Project Manager. The Document was prepared
under EPA contract no. 68-cS-0003.
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION. 1
AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION
Agricultural Conservation Program (ACP) 2
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 4
Great Plains Conservation 6
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION/TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Cooperative Extension Service 8
AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL
Rural Clean Water Program 10
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
Low Input Farming Systems -- Research and Education ... 12
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants 14
Community Development Block Grants/Small Cities Program 16
Community Development Block Grants/State’s Program 18
Community Services Block Grant -- Discretionary Awards 20
Economic Development -- Grants for Public Works and
Development Facilities 22
Indian Community Development Block Grant Program 25
DRINKING WATER PROTECTION
Safe Drinking Water Research and Demonstration 26
State Public Water System Supervision 28
State Underground Water Source Protection 31
EMERGENCY WATER ASSISTANCE
Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants . . . . 32
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Environmental Protection Consolidated Grants
-- Program Support . 34
Environmental Protection -- Consolidated Research .. 36
FARM OWNERSHIP CREDIT
Farm Ownership Loans 38
Interest Rate Reduction Program 40
Soil and Water Loans (SW Loans) 42
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund 44
Hazardous Waste Management State Program Support 46
PESTICIDES CONTROL
Consolidated Pesticide Compliance Monitoring and
Program Cooperative Agreements 48
Pesticides Control Research 51
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Business and Industrial Loans 52
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SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Solid Waste Disposal Research 55
Solid Waste Management Assistance 56
SUPERFUND
Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation Program 58
Superfund Permanent Relocation Assistance Program 60
Superfund Technical Assistance Grants for Citizen
Groups at Priority Sites 62
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
Toxic Substances Research 64
UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS
State Underground Storage Tanks Program 66
Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program 67
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
Nonpoint Source Implementation 68
Nonpoint Source Reservation 70
Pollution Prevention Incentives for States 72
Water Pollution Control -- Research, Development
and Demonstration 74
Water Pollution Control -- State and Interstate
Program Support (106 Grants) . 76
Water Quality Management Planning . 78
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Loans 80
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes
(Water Research Institute Program) 82
Geological Survey -- Research and Data Acquisition 84
National Water Resources Research Program 86
WATER TREATMENT/WASTE DISPOSAL
Capitalization Grants for State Revolving Funds 88
Construction Management Assistance 90
Technical Assistance and Training Grants 92
Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities 94
INDEX BY PROGRAM TITLE 97
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Introduction
This Compendium was compiled to assist local and State ground-water managers (and
others) in identifying existing Federal programs that may provide financial assistance for some
aspects of ground-water protection. We do not claim that the programs listed include all the
relevant Federal assistance programs, nor that the information compiled here addresses all your
particular ground water-related financial needs. We do hope that we have saved you time and
effort by narrowing your search to programs likely to be of interest to you.
The information presented here was excerpted from the 1990 Federal Catalog of Domestic
Assistance Programs prepared by the Office of Management and Budget (0MB). These program
descriptions, organized by functional category, do not in all cases contain all of the information
provided by the Federal Catalog. If you believe that any of the programs described here might
offer funding opportunities for your ground-water protection needs, please refer to the 1990
Federal Catalog or contact the offices cited in the program descriptions for more information
about specific program activities, fund uses and restrictions, and eligibility requirements.
Please note while reviewing the following program summaries that, in some instances, a
program’s relevance to ground-water protection may not be obvious. For instance, grants under
the Community Development Block Grants/Small Cities Program (see page 16) may be used to
support the construction of public works facilities, which could preclude or mitigate ground-water
contamination problems. In order to better show or imply a program’s possible relevance to
ground-water protection, we have highlighted pertinent words (e.g., “water quality,” “pollution
abatement”) by putting them in italics. Please contact the offices listed in the program summaries
for confirmation of a program’s relevance to ground-water protection.
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Agricultural Conservation
PROGRAM Agricultural Conservation Program (ACP)
AGENCY Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Department of
Agriculture; P.O. Box 2415, Washington D.C. 20013. (202) 447-6221
AUTHORIZATION Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936, as amended;
Agricultural Act of 1970, as amended; Agriculture and Consumer
Protection Act of 1973, as amended; Food and Agriculture Act of
1977, as amended; Energy Security Act of 1980.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Direct Payments for Specified Use.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES Control of erosion and sedimentation, encourage voluntary
compliance with Federal and State requirements to solve point and
nonpoint source pollution, improve water quality, and encourage energy
conservation measures. The program will be directed toward the
solution of critical soil, water, energy, wood land, and pollution
abatement problems on farms and ranches.
USES AND Conservation practices are to be used on agricultural land and must
RESTRICTIONS be performed satisfactorily and in accordance with applicable
specifications. The wildlife conservation practices must also conserve
soil or water. Program participants are responsible for the upkeep
and maintenance of practices installed with cost-share assistance.
The cost-share assistance does not apply if the primary purpose is to
bring new land into production.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: Any person who as owner, landlord, tenant, or
REQUIREMENTS sharecropper on a farm or ranch, including associated groups, bears a
part of the cost of an approved conservation practices is eligible to
apply for cost-share assistance. This program is available to farmers
and ranchers in the 50 States, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Consolidated
Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Same as above.
CredentialsfDocumentation: Identification as an eligible person and
proof of contribution to the cost of performing the practices. This
program is excluded from coverage under 0MB Circular No. A-87.
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ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: Cost-share payments.
CONSiDERATIONS Payment rates range up to 75 percent of cost.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Practice cost-share
approvals are given on a fiscal year basis as specified in approvals.
Long-term agreements of 3 to 10 years are also available. Cost-
shares are paid when the practice is performed.
EXAMPLES OF In 1990, $10.9 million was allocated for water quality special projects.
FUNDED PROJECTS Tangipahoa parish in Louisiana received $500,000 for addressing
animal waste problems in the Tangipahoa River Basis. This project
was originally approved in 1989 and continues through 1990. The
South Fork Palouse River Water Quality Special Project in
Washington received $500,000 to treat the sediment problems
affecting the Palouse River and its tributaries. Approximately $8
million will be available to fund priority water quality initiatives
including $900,000 for eight USDA demonstration projects and $7.1
million for 37 USDA non-point source hydrologic units.
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Direct payments) FY 89 $184,114,485; FY 90 est
$226,837,125; and FY 91 est $176,000,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $3 to $3,500; $990.
Pooling agreement $3 to $10,000; $1,600.
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Agricultural Conservation
PROGRAM Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
AGENCY Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, Department of
Agriculture; P.O. Box 2415, Washington D.C. 20013. (202) 447-6221
AUTHORIZATION Food Security Act of 1985, as amended.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Direct Payments for Specified Use.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To protect the Nation’s long-term capability to produce food and
fiber; to reduce soil erosion; to reduce sedimentation; to improve
waler quality; to create a better habitat for fish and wildlife; to curb
production of some surplus commodities; and to provide some
needed income support for farmers.
USES AND Eligible owners or operators may place highly erodible or
RESTRICTIONS environmentally sensitive cropland into a 10 year contract. The
participant, in return for annual payments, agrees to implement a
conservation plan approved by the local conservation district for
converting highly erodible cropland or environmentally sensitive land
to a less intensive use. The participant agrees to reduce the
aggregate total of acreage bases allotments, and quotas for the
contract period for each farm which contains land that is subject to a
Conservation Reserve Program contract by an amount based on the
ratio of the total cropland acreage on each farm, and the total
acreage on each farm subject to the CRP contract. Financial and
technical assistance are available to participants to assist in the
establishment of a permanent vegetative cover.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: An individual, partnership, association,
REQUIREMENTS corporation, estate, trust, other business enterprises or other legal
entities and, whenever applicable, a State, a political subdivision of a
State, or any agency thereof owning or operating private croplands,
and State or local government croplands may apply.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Same as above.
Credentials/Documentation: The cropland must be owned or
operated for not less than three years prior to the close of the annual
sign-up period, unless the land was acquired by will or succession or
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Agricultural Conservation (continued)
the Department determines that ownership was not acquired for the
purpose of placing the land in the conservation reserve. This
program is excluded from coverage under 0MB Circular No. A-87.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: Annual rental payments are
CONSIDERATIONS made at the rate set in the accepted bid. A one time cost-share
payment is made when approved conservation practices are
established.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Annual rental payments in
cash or generic commodity certificates will be made for 10 years. A
one time cost-share payment of 50 percent of the cost of establishing
conservation practices will be made after the practice is established.
EXAMPLES OF Not applicable.
FUNDED PROJECTS
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: FY 89 $1,372,204,507; FY 90 est. $1,765,322,000; and
FY 91 est. $2,253,606,266.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $50 to $50,000; $5,324.
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Agricultural Conservation
PROGRAM Great Plains Conservation
AGENCY Soil Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture; P.O. Box 2890
Washington D.C. 20013. (202)447-4527
AUTHORIZATION Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936, Public Law
74-46, as amended; Great Plains Act of 1956, Public law 84-1021;
Public Law 86-793; Public Law 91-1 18; Public Law 96-263.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Direct Payments for Specified Use; Advisoly Services and
Counseling.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To conserve and develop the Great Plains soil and waler resources by
providing technical and financial assistance to farmers, ranchers, and
others in planning and implementing conservation practices.
USES AND Cost-share funds are available only for soil and water conservation
RESTRICTIONS measures determined to be needed to protect and stabilize a farm or
ranch unit against climatic and erosion hazards of the Great Plains
area, and applied in accordance with a conservation plan for the
entire operating unit. At the option of the producer, auxiliary
features may be included in the plan for agriculture-related pollution
abatement, enhancement of fish, wildlife, recreational resources, and
promotion of economic use of land.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: Applicants must have control of the land for
REQUIREMENTS the period of the contract running from a minimum of 3 years to a
maximum of 10 years. Land must be located in one of 518
designated counties within the States of Colorado, Kansas, Montana,
Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota,
Texas and Wyoming.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Same as above.
Credentials/Documentation: Evidence that applicant has control
over land to be entered into contractual arrangement, and has an
adequate plan of farming operation or land use that incorporates
needed soil and water conservation practices. This program is
excluded from coverage under 0MB Circular No. A-87.
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ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: Cost sharing to participant
CONSIDERATIONS ranges for specified conservation practices from 80 percent of the
cost to 50 percent for practices where need is less urgent.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Contract period runs from
a minimum of 3 years to a maximum of 10 years. Obligations
forassistance are tied to a long-term contract detailing the 3 to 10
year schedule in which needed land use changes and conservation
practice installation will be made.
EXAMPLES OF Not applicable.
FUNDED PROJECTS
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants) FY 89 $12,251,587; FY 90 est $12,654,000;
and FY 91 est $15,451,000. (Salaries and expenses) FY 89
$8,228,227; FY 90 est $8,281,000; and FY 91 est $9,186,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Up to $35,000 per farm
operating unit over a contract period running from 3 to 10 years.
The average obligation in FY 89 was $14,606.
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Agricultural Education/Technical Assistance
PROGRAM Cooperative Extension Service
AGENCY Extension Service, Department of Agriculture; Washington D.C.
20250. (202) 447-3377
AUTHORIZATION Smith-Lever Act, as amended; District of Columbia Public
Postsecondary Education Reorganization Act; Food and Agriculture
Act of 1977, as amended; Renewable Resources Extension Act of
1978; Public Law 95-113; Public Law 97-98; Agriculture and Food
Act of 1981; Food Security Act of 1985, as amended; Public Law 99-
198.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Formula Grants.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To help people and communities identify and solve their farm, home,
and community problems. To provide educational programs that focus
on issues critical to the economic, socw4 and environmental progress of
all Americans.
USES AND Payments are made to land-grant institutions which, through State
RESTRICTIONS and county extension service personnel, provide educational and
technical assistance in the following nine National Priority Initiatives:
(1) Competitiveness and Profitability of American Agriculture; (2)
Alternative Agricultural Opportunities; (3) Water Quality; (4)
Conservation and Management of National Resources; (5)
Revitalizing Rural America; (6) Improving Nutrition, Diet and
Health; (7) Family and Economic Well-Being; (8) Building Human
Capital; and (9) Youth at Risk.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: By law, payments are made to the designated
REQUIREMENTS land-grant institutions in the 50 States and Puerto Rico, Guam, the
Virgin Islands; American Samoa, Micronesia, Northern Marianas,
and the District of Columbia, and are administered by the Director
of the State Extension Service and the Administer- 1890 and
Tuskegee Extension Programs. State and local governments, other
organizations, and individuals are not eligible for these payments.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Programs of State and county extension
services are available to the general public.
Credentials/Documentation: None. This program is excluded from
coverage under 0MB Circular No. A-87.
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Agricultural Education/Technical Assistance
(continued)
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: Smith-Lever formula funds
CONSIDERATIONS are distributed to States based on farm and rural population.
EFNEP funds use the number of people below the poverty level.
Formula funds are matched as required by Congress through the
appropriation process. Currently, the required matching on such
funds is approximately 56 percent. The statistical factor used for
eligibility does not apply to this program.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: This is a continuing
program each year. Funds are made available through the electronic
transfer system. States are permitted to carry over unexpended
balances to the next year.
EXAMPLES OF Not applicable.
FUNDED PROJECTS
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Payments) FY 89 8352,295,008; FY 90 est
$363,212,000; and FY 91 est $339,979,000.
Range and Average Financial Assistance: S698,000 to S 18,472,000;
$6,244,246.
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Agricultural Pollution Control
PROGRAM Rural Clean Water Program (RCWP)
AGENCY Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, Department of
Agriculture; P.O. Box 2415, Washington D.C. 20013. (202) 447-6221
AUTHORIZATION Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies
Appropriations Acts of 1980.
tYPES OF ASSISTANCE Direct Payments for Specified Use.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To achieve improved water quality in the most cost-effective manner
possible, and to develop and test programs, policies, and procedures
for the control of agrkukural , nonpoint source pollution.
USES AND The RCWP provides financial and technical assistance to private
RESTRICTIONS landowners and operators in approved project areas. The assistance
is provided through long-term contracts of. to 10 years to install
best management practices to solve critical water quality problems
resulting from agricultural nonpoint source pollution. The project area
must reflect the water quality priority concerns developed through
the established water quality management process. Participation is
voluntary.
ELIGIBILflY Applicant Eligibility: RCWP is only applicable to privately owned
REQUIREMENTS agricultural lands in approved project areas. Any landowner or
operator in an approved project area whose land or activity
contributes to the area’s water quality problems and who has an
approved water quality plan may enter into an RCWP contract. An
individual partnership, corporation (except corporations whose stock
is publicly traded), Indian tribe, irrigation district, or other entities
are eligible. Federal, State, or local governments, or subdivisions
thereof, except irrigation districts, are not eligible.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Same as above.
Credentials/Documentation: Identification as an eligible person, and
proof of contribution to the cost of performing the practice. This
program is excluded from coverage under 0MB Circular No. A-87.
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Agricultural Pollution Control (continued)
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: Cost-share payment.
CONSiDERATIONS Payment rates range up to 75 percent of the cost.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Practice cost-share
approvals are given on a fiscal basis as specified in approvals.
EX4MPLES OF The RCWP provided technical and cost-share funds for the
FUNDED PROJECTS installation of Best Management Practices to reduce bacterial count,
control sediment, nutrients, pesticides, animal waste and similar
pollutants. Examples of selected projects are: Westport River
Watershed, Massachusetts, $648,283 to treat 473 critical acres; Rock
Creek Project, Idaho, $5,220,492 to treat 28,159 critical acres;
Highland Silver Lake, Illinois Project, $3,894,518 to treat 6,525
critical acres which contribute to pollute the 600 acre lake.
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Direct payments) FY 89 $57,389; FY 90 est
$2,557,806; and FY 91 est. $0.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Maximum payment
limited to $50,000 per individual for life of contract.
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Agricultural Research
PROGRAM Low Input Farming Systems -- Research and Education
AGENCY Cooperative State Research Service, Department of Agriculture,
Washington D.C. 20250. (202) 382-1632
AUTHORIZATION National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act
Amendments of 1985.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To maintain the productivity of land, reduce soil erosion, loss of waler
and plant iud,ients, and conserve energy and natural resources. To
facilitate the conduct of research projects in order to study
agricultural production systems that are located, to the extent
practicable, in areas that possess various soil, climatic, and physical
characteristics; have been, and will continue to be, managed using
farm production practices that rely on items purchased for the
production of an agricultural commodity and a variety of
conservation practices.
USES AND Subtitle C funds may not be used to pay indirect costs or tuition.
RESTRICTIONS Funds may be used for transportation, per diem, salaries, office
supplies, printing, and other direct costs for conducting activities
approved in cooperative agreements or interagency reimbursable
transfers.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: Land-grant colleges or universities, other
REQUIREMENTS universities, State agricultural experiment stations, nonprofit
organizations, or Federal or State governmental entities, that have
demonstrated appropriate expertise in agricultural research and
technology transfer.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Same as above.
Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance
with 0MB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments and
0MB Circular No. A-21 for educational institutions.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: There are no statutory
CONSIDERATIONS formula or matching requirements.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Agreements will be
supported for periods of one to 5 years. Agreements are released by
the electronic transfer system and reimbursement by Treasury check.
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EXAMPLES OF Projects cover research and education on the feasibility and
FUNDED PROJECTS economics of a range of alternative low-input practices for field crop,
horticultural, and livestock producers, to the development and
delivery of educational materials for farmers. Examples: Options for
reducing production inputs in the cereal and legume growing regions
of the Northwest, assessing soil phosphorus availability in low-input
systems, low-input beef cattle production, the role of cereal grain
cover crops in nitrogen management for the Chesapeake Bay region,
low-input ridge tillage systems for the corn belt, the use of living
mulch in the production of small fruits, and the development of a
network information system to link farmers with sources of
information on the feasibility and profitability of low-input
approaches.
PROGRAAi’I FUNDING Obligations: (Cooperative Agreements) FY 89 $4,262,544; FY 90 est
$4,208,903; and FY 91 est $4,262,544.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $12,000 to $1,053,000;
$1,014,767.
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Community Development
PROGRAM Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants
AGENCY Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and
Urban Development; 451 7st., SW, Washington D.C. 20410.
(202) 755-5977
AUTHORIZATION Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, Housing and
Community Development Act of 1987.
7YPES OF ASSISTANCE Formula Grants.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To develop viable urban communities, by providing decent housing
and a suitable living environment, and by expanding economic
opportunities, principally for persons of low and moderate income.
USES AND Recipients may undertake a wide range of activities directed toward
RESTRICTIONS neighborhood revitalization, economic development, and provision of
improved community facilities and services. Entitlement
communities develop their own programs and funding priorities as
long as programs/activities conform to the statutory standards and
program regulations. Some of the specific activities that can be
carried out with Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
funds include acquisition of real property, relocation and demolition,
rehabilitation of residential and nonresidential structures, and
provision of public facilities and improvements, such as water and sewer
facilities which require reviews by the State single point of contact or
a Regional Planing Agency in accordance with Executive Order
12372, streets, and neighborhood centers. All eligible activities must
either benefit low and moderate-income persons, aid in the
prevention or elimination of slums and blight, or meet other
community development needs having a particular urgency.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: Cities in Metropolitan Statistical Areas with
REQUIREMENTS populations at least 50,000; qualified urban counties of at least
200,000 (excluding the population in entitlement cities located within
the boundaries of such counties) and cities with populations of under
50,000 which have been designated by 0MB as a central city of a
Metropolitan Statistical Area are eligible to receive CDBG
entitlement grants determined by a statutory formula.
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Beneficiary Eligibility: The principal beneficiaries of CDBG funds
are low and moderate income persons. The grantee must certif ’ that
at least 60 percent of the grant funds received are expended for
activities that will principally benefit low and moderate income
persons.
Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance
with 0MB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: Entitlements are based on a
CONSIDERATIONS dual formula under Section 106 of the Act using statistical factors.
Each metropolitan city and urban county is entitled to receive an
amount equaling the greater of the amounts calculated under two
formulas. Questions concerning the formula should be addressed to
John Nagoski, Division of Data Systems and Statistics, Office of
Management, Community Planning and Development, 451 Seventh
Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20410. Telephone: (202) 755-7390.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Assistance is for an annual
program of activities generally may be continued beyond one year
until completed.
EXAMPLES OF Not applicable.
FUNDED PROJECTS
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants) FY 89 S2,053,100,000; FY 90 est
$1,972,254,000; and FY 91 est $1,885,936,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Determined by formula.
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Community Development
PROGRAM Community Development Block Grants/Small Cities Program
AGENCY Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and
Urban Development; 451 7th St., SW, Washington D.C. 20410.
(202) 755-5977
AUTHORIZATION Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES The primary objective of this program is the development of viable
urban communities by providing decent housing, a suitable living
environment, and expanding ecoflomic opportunities, principally for
persons of low and moderate income.
USES AND Small Cities develop their own programs and funding priorities.
RESTRICTIONS Generally, as in the case of entitlement grants. most activities
previously eligible under the categorical program consolidated under
the Act, and defined by the statute and regulations may be carried
out, i.e., acquisition, rehabilitation or construction of certain public works
facilities and improvements, clearance, housing rehabilitation, code
enforcement, relocation payments and assistance, administrative
expenses, economic development, completing existing urban renewal
projects, and certain public services within certain limits.
Communities are restricted from constructing or rehabilitating public
facilities for the general conduct of government and from making
housing allowances or other income maintenance-type payments.
The projected use of funds must be developed to give maximum
feasible priority to activities which benefit ow and moderate income
persons or aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight.
At least 60 percent of each grant made available to a unit of general
local government must benefit low and moderate income persons.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: Under the CDBG Program/State Program each
REQUIREMENTS State may now elect to administer all aspects of the Small Cities
Program for the nonentitlement communities within its jurisdiction.
However, HUD will continue to administer the Small Cities Program
in States not electing to do so.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Local governments in New York and Hawaii.
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Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance
with 0MB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: Allocations to States are
CONSIDERATIONS based on a dual formula under Section 106 of the Act (24 CFR 570,
Subpart B) using statistical factors. Allocations for each State are
based on an amount equaling the greater of the amounts calculated
under two formulas. Address questions concerning the formula to
John Nagoski, Division of Data Systems and Statistics, Office of
Management, Community Planning and Development, 451 Seventh
Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20410. Telephone: (202) 755-6042.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Competition is held on an
annual basis, but it is not unusual for a single purpose or a
comprehensive program to take more than 12 months to complete,
depending on activities undertaken.
EXAfl.’IPLES OF Neighborhood revitalization projects emphasizing rehabilitation of
FUNDED PROJECTS private homes, and including appropriate improvements of public
facilities; economic development projects for expanded employment
opportunities; and projects to address serious deficiencies in public
facilities such as water and sewer.
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (General purpose discretionary) FY 89 $38,395,000; FY
90 est $36,328,000; and FY 91 est $35,235,000. These are total
amounts for CDBG small cities and include only funds awarded by
HUD.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: In fiscal year 1989,
averages were approximately - $330,000 for Single Purpose and
$500,000 for Comprehensive.
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Community Development
PROGRAM Community Development Block Grants/State’s Program
AGENCY Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and
Urban Development; 451 7th. St., SW, Washington D.C. 20410
(202) 755-5977
AUTHORIZATION Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, Title I, as
amended.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Formula Grants.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES The primary objective of this program is the development of viable
urban communities by providing decent housing, a suitable living
environment, and expanding economic opportunities, principally for
persons of low and moderate income.
USES AND States develop their own programs and funding priorities. Each
RESTRICTIONS State may elect to administer Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) funds for areas which do not receive CDBG entitlement
grants (14.218). Each State may use up to $100,000 plus two percent
of its grant to administer the program and must match each Federal
dollar in excess of $100,000 used for administration with a dollar of
its own. Units of general local government funded by the State may
undertake a wide range of activities directed toward neighborhood
revitalization, economic development, or provision of improved
community facilities and services. Specific activities that can be
carried out with block grant funds include acquisition of real
property, relocation and demolition, rehabilitation of residential and
nonresidential structures, and provision of public facilities and
improvements, such as water and sewer facilities, streets, and
neighborhood centers. In addition, block grant funds may be used to
pay for certain public services within certain limits. The aggregate
use of funds over a period specified by the State, but not exceeding
three years, must ensure that not less than 60 percent of the funds
received benefit low and moderate income persons.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: State governments. States must distribute the
REQUIREMENTS funds to units of general local government to nonentitlement areas.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Units of general local government in
nonentitlement areas.
Credentials/Documentation: The State must certify that with respect
to nonentitlement areas the State will: (1) engage in planning for
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community development activities, (2) provide technical assistance,
(3) consult with local officials from nonentitlement areas
indetermining method for distributing funds and (4) each unit of
general local government to receive funds must identify its housing
and community development needs, the needs of low and moderate
income persons, and the activities to be undertaken to meet such
needs. the State must submit a final statement which consists of its
community development objectives and its method of distributing
CDBG funds. The State must also certify that (1) it has met the
statutory citizen participation requirements, (2) it will conduct its
grant in conformance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair
Housing Act, (3) all activities will meet one of the three national
objectives described under ‘OBJECTIVES,” and (4) it will comply
with the other provisions of Title I and all applicable laws. This
program is covered under 0MB Circular No. A-87 or comparable
cost principles established by the States.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: (1) Allocations to States are
CONSIDERATIONS based on a dual formula under Section 106 of the Act (24 CFR 570,
Subpart B) using statistical factors. Allocations for each State based
on an amount equaling the greater of the amounts calculated under
two formulas. Address questions concerning the formula to John
Nagoski, Division of Data Systems and Statistics, Office of
Management, Community Planning and Development, 451 Seventh
Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20410. Telephone: (202) 755-6042.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Assistance provided on
annual basis.
EXAMPLES OF Projects are selected by States.
FUNDED PROJECTS
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants) FY 89 $841,505,000 (in 49 States including
Puerto Rico); FY 90 est $808,924,000 (in 49 States including Puerto
Rico); and FY 91 est $784,594,000 (in 49 States including Puerto
Rico).
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Amount determined by
formula.
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Community Development
PROGRAM Community Services Block Grant -- Discretionaiy Awards
AGENCY Office of Community Services, Family Support Administration,
Department of Health and Human Services; 370 L’Enfant
Promenade, SW, Washington D.C. 20447. (202) 252-5242
AUTHORIZATION Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, as amended;
Community Services Block Grant Act; Community Economic
Development Act of 1981, as amended; Human Services
Reauthorization Act of 1984; Human Services Reauthorization Act
of 1986.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Direct Payments for Specified Use.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To support program activities of national or regional significance to
alleviate the causes of poverty in distressed communities.
USES AND Federal funds awarded under the Secretary’s Discretionary Authority
RESTRICTIONS may be used for activities that: improve the quality of the economic
and social environment of low-income residents by providing
resources to eligible applicants, by arresting tendencies toward
dependency, chronic unemployment and community deterioration in
urban and rural areas; address the two major needs of housing repair
and rehabilitation, and water and waste-water treatment; focus on the
special needs of migrant and seasonal farm workers to improve their
quality of life and advance self-sufficiency; provide national or
regional recreational programs for low-income youth; and involve
significant new combinations of resources.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: For economic development projects, eligibility
REQUIREMENTS is restricted to private, locally initiated, nonprofit community
development corporations (or affiliates of such corporations)
governed by a board consisting of residents of the community and
business and civic leaders. For all other projects, the Secretary is
authorized to make direct grants to States, cities, counties, and
private nonprofit organizations.
Beneficiary Eligibility: A project must be targeted to address the
needs of a specific segment of low-income individuals or families.
The official poverty line established by the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget, published annually by the Department of
Health and Human Services is used as a criterion of eligibility.
Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance
with the provisions of Title 45 CFR, Part 74.
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ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: This program has no
CONSIDERATIONS statutory formula or matching requirements.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Generally, financial
assistance made available in this program will be for a period not to
exceed 17 months, except for construction projects which may extend
to 24 months, and each project will have an expiration date.
Generally, funds are released in amounts required for a 30-day
period.
EXAMPLES OF Not applicable.
FUNDED PROJECTS
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Discretionary Awards) FY 89 $37,120,000; FY 90 est
$37,939,000; and FY 91 est $0.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $50,000 to $500,000;
$350,000.
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PROGRAM Economic Development -- Grants for Public Works and
Development Facilities
AGENCY Economic Development Administration, Department of Commerce;
Washington D.C. 20230. (202) 377-5265
AUTHORIZATION Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, Public Law
89- 136, as amended; Public Law 98-166.
1YPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To promote long-term economic development and assist in the
construction of public works and development facilities needed to
initiate and encourage the creation of retention of permanent jobs in
the private sector in areas experiencing severe economic distress.
USES AND Grants for such public fadilihes as water and sewer systems, industrial
RESTRICTIONS access roads to industrial parks, port facilities, railroad sidings and
spurs, tourism facilities, vocational schools, business incubator
facilities, and infrastructure improvements for industrial parks.
Qualified projects must fulfill a pressing need of the area. Proposed
projects must be consistent with the currently approved Overall
Economic Development Program for the area, and for the Economic
Development District, if any, in which it will be located, and must
have adequate local share of funds with evidence of firm commitment
and availability. Projects must be capable of being started and
completed in a timely manner.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: States, cities, counties, and other political
REQUIREMENTS subdivisions, Indian tribes, the Federated States of Micronesia, the
Republic of the Marshall Islands, Commonwealths and territories of
the U.S. flag, and private or public nonprofit organizations or
associations representing a redevelopment area or a designated
Economic Development Center are eligible to receive grants.
Corporations and associations organized for profit are not eligible.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Business creating or retaining jobs for the
local economy, unemployed and underemployed persons and/or
members of low-income families.
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Credentials/Documentation: Application must describe the type of
proposed facility, estimated costs, extent of proposed project,
permanent private sector job impact, (estimated payrolls, estimated
private investment) estimated time for construction
implementationand completion, and assurances that the project will
satisfy statutory requirements. Most important, documentation must
demonstrate how the project will have a positive impact on the
economic development of the community. This program is excluded
from coverage under 0MB Circular No. A-87.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: The basic grant rate may be
CONSIDERATIONS up to 50 percent of the project cost. Severely depressed areas may
receive supplementary grants to bring the Federal contribution up to
80 percent of the project cost; designated Indian Reservations may be
eligible for up to 100 percent assistance. Additionally,
redevelopment areas located within and actively participating in and
supporting the operations of designated Economic Development
Districts may, subject to the 80 percent maximum Federal grant limit,
be eligible for a 10 percent bonus on grants for public works
projects. On average, EDA grants cover approximately 50 percent of
project costs.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: EDA grant funds are
disbursed for costs incurred only after all contracts for construction
have been awarded.
EXAMPLES OF 1) Infrastructure for industrial park development; 2) port
FUNDED PROJECTS development and expansion; 3) infrastructure necessary for economic
development (e.g. water/sewer facilities); 4) renovation and recycling
of old industrial buildings; 5) construction of vocational-technical
facilities and skill centers; and 6) construction of incubator facilities.
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants) FY 89 $123,843,000; FY 90 eat $122,636,000;
and FY 91 est SO. (This program is being proposed for termination
in fiscal year 1991.)
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: No specific minimum or
maximum project amount - $95,000 to $3,750,000; $625,000.
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PROGRAM Indian Community Development Block Grant Program
AGENCY Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and
Urban Development; 451 7th St., SW, Washington D.C. 20410.
(202) 755-6092
AUTHORIZATION Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To provide assistance to Indian Tribes and Alaskan Native Villages
in the development of viable Indian communities.
USES AND Indian Tribes and Alaskan Native Villages may use bock grants to
RESTRICTIONS improve the housing stock, provide community facilities, make
infrastructure improvements, and expand job opportunities by
supporting the economic development of their communities.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: Any Indian tribe, band, group, or nation,
REQUIREMENTS including Alaskan Indians, Aleuts, and Eskimos, and any Alaskan
Native Village which is eligible for assistance under the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages are
defined above.
Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance
with 0MB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: This program has no
CONSIDERATIONS statutoly formula and no matching requirements.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Assistance is available until
project completion, usually within two years.
EXAMPLES OF Fire station; housing rehabilitation grant program; cooperative store
FUNDED PROJECTS development; water lines and storage facility.
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Allocations) FY 89 $27,000,000; FY 90 est
$26,236,000; and FY 91 est $27,000,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Average grant in FY 88
$250,000.
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Drinking Water Protection
PROGRAM Safe Drinking Water Research and Demonstration
AGENCY Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection
Agency; Washington D.C. 20460. (202) 382-7473
AUTHORIZATION Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, as amended; Public Law 93-523.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements).
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To conduct research relating to the causes, diagnosis, treatment,
control, and prevention of physical and mental diseases and other
impairments of man resulting directly or indirectly from contaminates
in water or to the provision of a dependably safe supply of drinking
water. Development and demonstration of any project which will
demonstrate a new or improved method, approach, or technology for
providing a dependably safe supply of drinking water to the public or
which will investigate and demonstrate health implications involved
in the reclamation, recycling, and reuse of waste waters for drinking
and/or preparation of safe and acceptable drinking water.
USES AND Available for the allowable direct cost expenditures incident to
RESTRICTIONS research performance plus allocable portions of allowable indirect
costs of the institutions, in accordance with established policies of
EPA.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: This program is available to each State,
REQUIREMENTS territory and possession of the U.S., including the District of
Columbia, for public or private State colleges and universities, public
agencies, State and local governments, other organizations and
individuals. Profit-making organizations are not eligible.
Beneficiary Eligibility: State and local agencies, U.S. territories and
possessions, colleges and universities, individuals.
Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance
with 0MB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments and
0MB Circular No. A-21 for educational institutions.
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ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: Section 1442; minimum of 5
CONSIDERATIONS percent cost sharing is required. Section 1444: Total costs of
construction of any facility shall not exceed 66 2/3 percent Federal
and 75 percent of any other costs.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Grants normally funded on
a 12-month basis (yearly). Total approved project period may not
exceed five years.
EXAMPLES OF None.
FUNDED PROJECTS
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants and Cooperative Agreements) FY 89
$5,891,799; FY 90 $6,111,727; and FY 91 est $6,814,702.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: (FY 89) $9,000 to
$550,401; $101,583. (FY 90) to date $25,000 to $230,168; $27,584.
(FY 91 est) average $111,716.
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Drinking Water Protection
PROGRAM State Public Water System Supervision
AGENCY Office of Water, Environmental Protection Agency; Washington D.C.
20460. (202) 382-5556
AUTHORIZATION Public Health Service Act, as amended; Safe Drinking Water Act of
1974, as amended; Public Law 95-190; Public Law 96-16; Public Law
96-502; Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1986.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Formula Grants.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To foster development and maintenance of State programr which
implenzeni the Safe Drinking Water Act.
USES AND The funds are to be used to develop and implement a public water
RESTRICTIONS system supervision program adequate to enforce the requirements of
the Safe Drinking Water Act.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: State agencies designated by the Governor or
REQUIREMENTS Chief Executive Officer, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, or the Trust Territory of the
Pacific islands.
Beneficiary Eligibility: State agencies responsible for supervision of
water supply within State will receive funds.
Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance
with 0MB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: Funds appropriate each year
CONSIDERATIONS are allotted on the basis of State population (20 percent); State land
area (10 percent); the number of community water systems in the
State (56 percent) and the number of non-community water systems
in the State (14 percent). No State except American Samoa, Guam,
the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territories of the Pacific,
and the Virgin Islands may be allotted less than 1 percent of the FY
89 appropriation. The five territories noted shall not be allotted less
than 1/3 percent of the FY 89 appropriation, 3% of the National
total available grant funds are set-aside for Indian land activities in
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accordance with the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1986. Federal
assistance is limited to 75 percent of eligible costs, not to exceed the
State allotment.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Annual grants. There is no
restriction placed upon the time permitted to spend the award.
Awards released through letters of Credit or reimbursement.
EXAMPLES OF Not available.
FUNDED PROJECTS
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants) FY 89 $33,450,000; FY 90 est $39,311,500;
and FY 91 est $47,450,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: (FY 89) $111,500 to
S2,089,100; $586,800. (FY 90) $111,800 to $2,255,900; $689,700.
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PROGRA] f State Underground Water Source Protection
AGENCY Office of Water, Environmental Protection Agency; 401 M. St., SW,
Washington D.C. 20460. (202) 382-5530
AUTHORIZATION Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, Public Law 93-523, as amended;
Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1986.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Formula Grants (Cooperative Agreements).
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To foster development and implementation of underground injection
control (UIC) programs under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).
USES AND The funds are to be used to develop and implement an underground
RESTRICTIONS injection control program adequate to enforce the requirements of
the SDWA Major program elements and outputs are listed in the
Annual Program Guidance.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: States and Indian Tribes that qualify as States
REQUIREMENTS that have delegated primary Enforcement Authority pursuant to
SDWA amendments of 1986.
Beneficiary Eligibility: States and Indian Tribes.
Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance
with 0MB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: Except for Indian Tribes,
CONSIDERATIONS Federal assistance is limited to 75 percent of eligible costs, not to
exceed the State allotment. The statistical factors used for allocation
include 1) population of State; 2) State land area; 3) injection
practices by State. For Indian Tribes, Federal assistance is limited to
90 percent of eligible costs.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Annual grants.
EXAMPLES OF Grant funds are utilized by the States for such purposes as State
FUNDED PROJECTS regulation review, program plan developments, data management,
inventory of injection facilities, identification of aquifers, public
participation, technical assistance and review, permit approval and
enforcement, and surveillance and investigation.
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants) FY 89 $9,879,200; FY 90 est $11,177,800; and
FY 91 est $10,500,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: FY 89 $32,300 to
$1,144,500. FY 90 $31,700 to $963,200.
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Emergency Water Assistance
PROGRAM Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants
AGENCY Farmers Home Administration, Department of Agriculture;
Washington D.C. 20250. (202) 382-9583
AUTHORIZATION Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended;
Disaster Assistance Act of 1989.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES Through the Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant
Program, the Farmers Home Administration is authorized to help
rural residents who have experienced a sign (icant decline in quantity or
quality of water to obtain adequate quantities of water that meet the
standards of the Safe Drinking Water Act.
USES AND Grant funds may be used to extend waterlines on existing systems; to
RESTRICTIONS construct new waterlines; to repair existing systems; to perform
significant maintenance on existing systems; to construct new wells,
reservoirs, transmission lines, treatment plants, storage tanks, etc.; to
replace equipment; to provide connection and/or tap fees; to pay
costs incurred within six months of the date an application was filed
with FmHA to correct an emergency situation that would have been
eligible for funding under this program; to provide funds for any
other appropriate related purposes, such as legal fees; engineering
fees; recording costs; environmental impact analyses, archaeological
surveys; possible salvage or other mitigation measures; planning,
establishing, or acquiring rights associated with developing sources of
treating, storing, or distributing water; and to assist rural water
systems in complying with the requirements of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act or the Safe Drinking Water Act, when failure
to comply is directly related to a recent decline in quality of potable
water. Grants provided under this program shall not be used to
assist a rural area or community with a population in excess of
15,000. Grants made to alleviate a significant decline in quantity or
quality of water available from the water supplies in rural areas that
occurred within two years of filing an application with FmHA cannot
exceed $500,000. Grants for repairs, partial replacement, or
significant maintenance on an established system cannot exceed
$75,000.
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ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: Farmers Home Administration may make
REQUIREMENTS grants to private nonprofit corporations and political subdivisions of
a State, as well as Indian tribes.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Private nonprofit corporations and political
subdivisions of a State, as well as Indian tribes.
Credentials/Documentation: This program is excluded from coverage
under 0MB Circular No. A-87.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: Not applicable.
CONSIDERATIONS Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Not applicable.
EX4MPLES OF This is a new program authority. No examples are available.
FUNDED PROJECTS
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants) FY 89 50; FY 90 est $0; and FY 91 est $0.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $75,000 to $500,000.
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Environmental Protection
PROGRAM Environmental Protection Consolidated Grants -- Program Support
AGENCY Office of Administration, Environmental Protection Agency;
Washington D.C. 20460. (202) 245-4078
AUTHORIZATION Clean Air Act of 1963, as amended; Clean Water Act, as amended;
Water Quality Act of 1987; Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended;
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended;
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; Public Law 92-
516, as amended; Public Laws 94-140 and 95-396; Safe Drinking
Water Act Amendments of 1986; Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974,
as amended.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Formula Grants.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES The consolidated program support grant is an alternative assistance
delivery mechanism which allows a State or local agency responsible
for continuing pollution control programs to develop an integrated
approach to pollution control.
USES AND The following pollution control programs are eligible for
RESTRICTIONS consolidation: 66.001, Air Pollution Control Program Support;
66.419, Water Pollution Control -- State and Interstate Program
Support; 66.432, State Public Water System Supervision; 66.433,
State Underground Water Source Protection; 66.438, Construction
Management Assistance; 66.454, Water Quality Management
Planning; 66.700, Pesticides Enforcement Program; 66.801,
Hazardous Waste Management State Program Support (see 1990
Federal Catalog).
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: Any State or local agency eligible to receive
REQUIREMENTS and administer funds for more than one pollution control program.
See the appropriate program descriptions for specific applicant
eligibility.
Beneficiary Eligibility: State and local agencies.
CredentialsJDocnmentation: Costs will be determined in accordance
with 0MB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments.
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ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: See applicable program
CONSIDERATIONS descriptions for the Formula and Matching Requirements of each.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Assistance is usually
awarded for a one-year period. Letter of Credit with quarterly
release of funds is the preferred payment method.
EX41sIPLES OF Projects have been funded which combined as few as two of the
FUNDED PROJECTS eligible pollution control programs and as many as four.
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants) FY 89 $44,366,056; FY 90 est $40,000,000;
and FY 91 est $40,000,000. (Note that these amounts do not
represent additional appropriations, but levels of consolidated effort
within Agency’s total grant appropriation.)
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: FY 89 range of
assistance: $2,698 to S4,169,670. Average assistance: $837,095.
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Environmental Protection
PROGRAM Environmental Protection -- Consolidated Research
AGENCY Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection
Agency; Washington D.C. 20460. (202) 382-7473
AUTHORIZATION Clean Air Act of 1963, as amended; Clean Water Act, as amended;
Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended; Safe Drinking Water Act of
1974, as amended; Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act; Public Law 92-516, as amended; Public Laws 94-140 and 95-396;
Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements).
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To support research to determine the environmental affects and
hence the control requirements associated with energy, to identify,
develop, and demonstrate necessary polluLürn control techniques, and
to evaluate the economic and social consequences of alternative
strategies for pollution control of energy systems. To support
research to explore and develop strategies and mechanisms for those
in the economic, social, government and environmental systems to
use in environmental management.
USES AND Available for allowable direct cost expenditures incident to research
RESTRICTIONS performance plus allocable portions of allowable indirect costs of the
institutions, in accordance with the established policies of EPA.
Projects which include research, but also contain other types of grant
assistance, such as training, planning, etc., may be funded through the
Environmental Protection Consolidated Grants-Special Purpose,
which is described in 66.602 (see 1990 Federal Catalogue).
ELIGIBIlITY Applicant Eligibility: This program is available to each State,
REQUIREMENTS territory and possession of the U.S. including the District of
Columbia, public and private State universities and colleges,
hospitals, laboratories, State and local government departments,
other public or private nonprofit institutions and individuals who
have demonstrated unusually high scientific ability.
Beneficiary Eligibility: State and local governments, U.S. territories
and possessions, universities and colleges, hospitals, individuals.
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Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance
with 0MB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments and
0MB Circular No. A-21 for educational institutions.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: A minimum of 5 percent cost
CONSIDERATIONS sharing is required.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Grants normally funded on
a 12-month basis (yearly). Total approved project period may not
exceed five years.
EXAMPLES OF None.
FUNDED PROJECTS
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants and Cooperative Agreements) FY 89
$31,106,214; FY 90 est S33,429,101; and FY 91 est 840,6126,919.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: (FT 89) $2,605 to
$991,666; $137,638 (FY 90). (FY 90) 85,826 to $1,000,000; $502,913.
(FT 91 est) average $246,163.
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Farm Ownership Credit
PROGRAM Farm Ownership Loans
AGENCY Farmers Home Administration, Department of Agriculture;
Washington D.C. 20250. (202) 382-1632
AUTHORIZATION Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Direct Loans; Guaranteed/Insured Loans.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To assist eligible farmers, ranchers, and aquaculture operators,
including farming cooperatives, corporations, partnerships, and joint
operations, through the extension of credit and supervision.
USES AND Loan funds may be used to: (1) enlarge, improve, and buy family
RESTRICTIONS farms; (2) refinance and restructure debts to reestablish the farming
operation on a sound financial base; (3) provide necessary water and
waler facilities; (4) provide base soil treatment and land conservation
measures; (5) construct, repair, and improve essential buildings; (6)
construct or repair farm dwellings; (7) improve, establish, or buy a
farm-forest enterprise; (8) provide facilities to produce fish under
controlled conditions; (9) finance nonfarm enterprises, including
recreation on part of the farm; (10) develop energy conserving
measures; (11) finance pollution abatement and control facilities; and
(12) acquire farmland by socially disadvantaged individuals.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: An applicant must: (1) be unable to obtain
REQUIREMENTS suitable credit from other sources at reasonable rates and terms; (2)
be a U.S. citizen and possess the legal capacity to incur the
obligations of the loan; (3) be of good character as related solely to
debt repayment ability and reliability, managerial ability and industry;
(4) have the necessary experience, training, and managerial ability
(within one of the past five years) to operate a family farm or a
nonfarm enterprise; (5) realistically project the ability to repay the
loan and honestly try to carry out the conditions and terms of the
loan; (6) be the owner-operator of a not larger than family farm after
the loan is closed; and (7) if an individual, the applicant must not
have a combined farm ownership, soil and water, and recreation loan
indebtedness to Fml-IA of more than 8200,,000, for insured loans;
and $300,000 for a guaranteed loan(s), or a combination of insured
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and guaranteed indebtedness; or a total indebtedness against the
property securing the loan(s) of more than the market value of
thesecurity, whichever is the lesser amount. If a cooperative,
corporation, joint operation or partnership, the entity must be
controlled by farmers or ranchers engaged primarily and directly in
farming in the U.S. after the loan is made, and must consist of
members, stockholders, partners, or joint operators. Assistance is
authorized for eligible applicants in the 50 States, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United
States, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, and to the extent the Secretary determines it to be
feasible and appropriate the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands.
Applicants must also comply with the highly erodible land and
wetland conservation provisions of Public Law 99-198 of the Food
Security Act of 1985 (FSA).
Beneficiary Eligibility: Applicants/borrowers are the direct
beneficiaries and must meet the applicant eligibility requirements.
Families, individuals, and entities who are farmers, ranchers or
aquaculture operators are the beneficiaries.
Credentials/Documentation: Applicants must establish that credit is
not available elsewhere for the requested purpose; that they possess
sufficient training or farm experience and need to rely on farm
income to provide reasonable standards of living. This program is
excluded from coverage under 0MB Circular No. A-87.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: The selected criteria identify
CONSIDERATIONS essential elements considered necessary to compare the needs of the
various States, and to make the best use of available program funds.
This program has no statutory formula or matching requirements.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Loans are usually
scheduled for 30 year repayment but may reach up to 40 years.
EKAMPLES OF Not applicable.
FUNDED PROJECTS
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Direct Loans) FY 89 $94,933,000; FY 90 est
$80,000,000; and FY 91 est $38,500,000. (Guaranteed Loans) FY 89
$724,000,000; FY 90 est $725,500,000; and FY 91 est $150,000,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Maximum insured
$200,000 maximum guaranteed $300,000. Average insured $81,100,
guaranteed $143,400.
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Farm Ownership Credit
PROGRAM Interest Rate Reduction Program
AGENCY Farmers Home Administration, Department of Agriculture;
Washington D.C. 20250. (202) 447-7967
AUTHORIZATION Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Guaranteed/Insured Loans.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To aid not larger than family sized farms in obtaining credit when
they are temporarily unable to project a positive cash flow without a
reduction in the interest rate.
USES AND Interest rate buydowns can be used on any of the three types of
RESTRICTIONS guaranteed loans. The three types and loan purposes are as follows:
(1) Farm Ownership (FO) Loans - to buy, improve, or enlarge farms;
(2) Operating Loans (OL) - to pay for items needed for farm
operations, including livestock, farm and home equipment, feed, seed,
fertilizer, fuel, chemicals, hail and other crop insurance, family living
expenses, minor building improvements, water sy s1em development,
hired labor, pollution abatement, and methods of operation to comply
with the Occupational Safety and Health Act; and (3) Soil and Water
(SW) - to develop, conserve, or make proper use of land and water
resources, including development of welLc and other sources of water,
irrigation systems, drainage improvements, and improvements associated
with forestry, fish farming, land protection, or pollution control. Loan
limits are as follows: Real estate loans (FO and SW) - 5300,000.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: Individuals, partnerships, or joint operations,
REQUIREMENTS legal resident aliens, corporations and cooperatives that do, or will,
conduct family size farming or ranching operations.
Beneficiary Eligibility: This program aids both the borrower and the
lender. The borrower is able to continue to get credit and the lender
receives up to a 90 percent guarantee on the loan.
Credentials/Documentation: None. This program is excluded from
coverage under 0MB Circular No. A-87.
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ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: Not applicable.
CONSIDERATIONS Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Interest Rate Buydowns are
for up to 3 years.
EX4MPLES OF This is a new program, no examples are available.
FUNDED PROJECTS
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Loans) FY 89 $16,515,487; FY 90 est $15,376,000; and
FY 91 est $50,000,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $1 to $400,000.
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Farm Ownership Credit
PROGRAM Soil and Water Loans (SW Loans)
AGENCY Farmers Home Administration, Department of Agriculture;
Washington D.C. 20250. (202) 382-1632
AUTHORIZATION Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Direct Loans; Guaranteed/Insured Loans.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To facilitate improvement, protection, and proper use of farmland by
providing adequate financing and supervisory assistance for soil
conservation; waler resource deve!op r.ent, conservation and use;
forestation; drainage of farmland; the establishment and
improvement of permanent pasture; the development of pollution
abatement and control facilities on farms; development of energy
conserving measures and other related conservation measures.
USES AND Loan funds may be used to: level land; carry out basic land
RESTRICTIONS treatment practices, including liming, fertilizing, and seeding;
establish permanent pastures and farm forests; establish forestry
practices; improve irrigation; develop water supplies for home use
and livestock; develop energy conserving measures; purchase pumps,
sprinkler irrigation systems and other irrigation equipment; acquire
water rights; restore and repair ponds, tanks, ditches, and canals for
irrigation; dig ditches and install tile to drain farmland; develop
ponds and water control structures for the production of fish, under
controlled conditions; and carry Out pollution control and abatement
on farms.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: Loans may be made to eligible farming
REQUIREMENTS partnerships, joint operations, cooperatives, or corporations, as well
as individual farm owners or tenants. Applicant must: (1) be unable
to obtain credit from other sources under reasonable terms and
conditions; (2) be a citizen and possess the legal capacity to incur the
obligations of the loan. If a partnership, joint operation, cooperative
or corporation, the entity must be controlled by individuals engaged
primarily and directly in farming; (3) be of good character as related
solely to debt repayment ability reliability, managerial ability and
industry; (4) have the necessary experience, training and managerial
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ability to cariy out the proposed operation; (5) have a combined soil
and water, recreation, and farm ownership loan indebtedness to
FmHA of no more than $200,000 for insured loans and $300,000 for
guaranteed loan(s), or a combination of insured and guaranteed
indebtedness, or a total indebtedness against the property securing
the loan(s) of not more than the market value of the security,
whichever is the lesser amount. Assistance is authorized for eligible
applicants in the 50 States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands, and, to the extent the Secretary
determines it to be feasible and appropriate, the Trust Territories of
the Pacific Islands. Applicants must also comply with the highly
erodible land and wetland conservation provisions of Public Law 99-
198 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (FSA).
Beneficiary Eligibility: Applicants and Borrowers are the direct
beneficiaries and must meet the applicant eligibility requirements.
Farmers and ranchers benefit from this program.
Credentials/Documentation: Applicants must establish that credit is
not available elsewhere for the requested purpose. This program is
excluded from coverage under 0MB Circular No. A-87.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: Funds are obligated on a first
CONSIDERATIONS come, first served basis, subject to availability. This program has no
statutory formula or matching requirements.
EXAMPLES OF Not applicable.
FUNDED PROJECTS
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Loans) FY 89 $5,499,000; FY 90 est $5,500,000; and
FY 91 est $0.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $4,000 to $101,000;
$15,700.
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Hazardous Waste Management
PROGRAM Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund
AGENCY Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Environmental
Protection Agency; Washington D.C. 20460. (202) 382-2443
AUTHORIZATION Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), Public Law 96-510, as amended;
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA),
as amended.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements).
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To deterinine level of hazard at sites listed in the CERCLA
Information System (CERCLIS); To undertake remedial planning and
remedial implementation actions in response to releases on the
National Priorities List (NPL) contained in the National Oil and
Hazardous Substance Contingency Plan (40 CFR 300); to clean up the
hazardous waste sites that are found to pose the most imminent
hazards to human health.
USES AND The Fund may be used (a) to perform preliminaly assessments and
RESTRICTIONS site inspections at sites listed in CERCLIS; (b) to help investigate,
study, and clean up uncontrolled hazardous waste sites as listed in
the NPL; (c) to support CERCLA implementation activities; and (d)
to identify Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs), conduct
settlement negotiations, take enforcement actions against PRPs, and
oversee PRP clean-ups.
ELIGIBIUTY Applicant Eligibility: States (and political subdivisions thereof), U.S.
REQUIREMENTS Territories, and Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Same as above.
Credentials/Documentation: State Attorney General’s or Governor’s
statement. Costs will be determined in accordance with 0MB
Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments and other
supporting documentation provided by the Agency.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: None required for pre-NPL
CONSIDERATIONS activities at any site or for remedial planning if site was privately
owned and operated at the time of disposal of hazardous wastes.
Matching Requirements: 10 percent State, 90 percent Federal, for
remedial action only if site is privately owned and operated at the
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time of disposal of hazardous wastes. Minimum 50 percent State, 50
percent Federal, of all response costs if site was State/locally
operated at time of any disposal of hazardous waste. (Note
percentage may valy.) For non-site specific activities, 5 percent.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Funds awarded for duration
of project. Subject to time constraints imposed by EPA. Money is
released on a draw-down or a letter of credit basis.
EX 4MPLES OF Preliminary Assessments/Site Inspections, Remedial Investigation,
FUNDED PROJECTS Feasibility Study, Remedial Design, Remedial Action (i.e., clean up).
Example of Enforcement Projects; PRP searches, RIIFs negotiations;
RD/RA Negotiations, PRP oversight.
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants) FY 89 $135,582,576; FY 90 est $134,293,100;
and FY 91 est $100,331,300.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $30,000 to $45,000,000;
$522,000.
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Hazardous Waste Management
PROGRAM Hazardous Waste Management State Program Support
AGENCY Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Environmental
Protection Agency; Washington D.C. 20460. (202) 382-2210
AUTHORIZATION Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended; Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act of 1976, as amended.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Formula Grants.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To assist State governments in the developnzent and implementation of
an authorized hazardous waste nzanagenzent program for the purpose of
controlling the generation, transportation, treatment, storage and
disposal of hazardous wastes.
USES AND Under Section 3011, funds may be used for development and
RESTRICTIONS implementation of authorized State hazardous waste programs.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: State agencies responsible for hazardous waste
REQUIREMENTS management within the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are
eligible.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Same as above.
Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance
with 0MB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments. State
work plan is to be sent to the appropriate EPA Regional Office by
the date 60 days before the beginning of the budget period.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: This program operates under
CONSIDERATIONS a formula. By law, all states and territories are funded, a base grant
was awarded to each Region for this reason; no source of data
indicated. The formula is based on each State’s population (15
percent); (LQG) amount of waste produced (15 percent); and
number of hazardous waste management facilities (70 percent).
Matching Requirement: Maximum Federal share of approved costs
is 75 percent; State must provide at least 25 percent of approved
costs. (Regional Administrators will determine each State
allotment.)
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Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Grants are normally funded
on a 12-month basis. Total project period varies according to
program requirements. Assistance is awarded by advance payment
method.
EXAMPLES OF State project to develop a hazardous waste program designed to meet
FUNDED PROJECTS the substantive and procedural requirements of an “authorized”
program.
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants) FY 89 $66,737,500; FY 90 est $68,034,400;
and FY 91 est $88,000,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: FY 89 $1,283,413 avg.
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Pesticides Control
PROGRAM Consolidated Pesticide Compliance Monitoring and Program
Cooperative Agreements
AGENCY Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Environmental Protection
Agency; Washington D.C. 20460. (202) 382-3807
AUTHORIZATION Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended;
Public Laws 94-140 and 95-396.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements).
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To (a) assist States, territories and possessions of the U.S., including
the District of Columbia in developing and maintaining comprehensive
pesticide program that address all aspects of pesticide enforcement,
certification of pesticide applicators, and special pesticide initiatives;
(b) sponsor cooperative surveillance, monitoring and analytical
procedures; (c) encourage regulatory activities within the States.
USES AND Available for costs specifically incurred in purchasing inspectional
RESTRICTIONS supplies and equipment; reimbursing State travel and per diem
expenses associated with the performance of grant outputs;
purchasing essential laboratory equipment and supplies; completing
pesticide program activities (addressing specified issues such a ground
water, worker protection, and endangered species); paying salaries for
personnel performing inspectional, analytical and/or managerial
functions related to grant activities, and for administrative costs
associated with the performance of grant outputs.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: State agencies having pesticide program
REQUIREMENTS responsibilities in each State (including pesticide applicator
certification and compliance responsibilities), territory and possession
of the U.S., including the District of Columbia, and Indian tribes.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Same as above.
CredentialsfDocumentation: The application must supply evidence of
legal authority to conduct pesticide program, pesticide applicator
certification and pesticide compliance activities contemplated under
the grant and a workable program officially adopted for the agency.
Costs will be determined in accordance with 0MB Circular No. A-87
for State and local governments.
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ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: Statutory 50 percent
CONSIDERATIONS matching share for certification and training activities. For other
programs that have no statutory matching requirements, annual
guidance requires a minimum of 15 percent cost sharing.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Projects are normally
funded for a 12-month period.
EXAMPLES OF State agencies participating in the Federal/State cooperative
FUNDED PROJECTS agreement program receive funds to support and strengthen their
pesticide programs, including pesticide compliance monitoring,
inspection and enforcement activities as well as pesticide applicator
certification activities and special pesticide initiatives activities.
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants) Enforcement: FY 89 $8,803,400; FY 90 est
$12,400,000; and FY 91 est $15,444,000. Certification: FY 89
$1,820,000; FY 90 est $2,320,000; and FY 91 est $3,570,000.
Initiatives: FY 89 $0; FY 90 est $7,000,000; and FY 91 est
$7,750,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Enforcement/States;
$115,700 to $540,800; $315,170. Certification: $22,200 to $104,100;
$63,150. Initiatives: $22,000 to $226,600; $124,300.
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PROGRAIs’I Pesticides Control Research
AGENCY Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection
Agency; Washington D.C. 20460. (202) 382-7473
AUTHORIZATION Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; Public Law 92-
516, as amended; Public Laws 94-140 and 95-396.
1YPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements).
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To support and promote the coordination of research projects
relating to human and ecological effects from pesticides, pesticide
degradation products, and alternatives to pesticides.
USES AND Available for the allowable direct cost expenditures incident to
RESTRICTIONS research performance plus allocable portions of allowable indirect
costs of the institutions, in accordance with the established policies
of EPA.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: This program is available to each State,
REQUIREMENTS territory and possession of the U.S., including the District of
Columbia, for public or private State colleges and universities, State
and local governments, and individuals.
Beneficiary Eligibility: State and local governments, U.S. territories
and possessions, colleges and universities, individuals.
Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance
with 0MB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments, and
0MB Circular No. A-21 for educational institutions.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: A minimum of 5 percent cost
CONSIDERATIONS sharing is required.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Grants normally funded on
a 12-month basis (yearly). Total approved project period may not
exceed five years.
EXAMPLES OF None.
FUNDED PROJECTS
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants and Cooperative Agreements) FY 89
S3,609,428; FY 90 est $4,161,505; and FY 91 est $4,511,544.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: (FY 89) $3,504 to
S171,261; $112,795. (FY 90) to date $75,000 to $80,000; $77,500.
(FY 91) average S77,785.
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Rural Development
PROGRAM Business and Industrial Loans
AGENCY Farmers Home Administration, Department of Agriculture;
Washington D.C. 20250-0700. (202)447-7967
AUTHORIZATION Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended;
Disaster Assistance Act of 1988; Disaster Assistance Act of 1989.
TYPES OFb4SSISTANCE Guaranteed/Insured Loans.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To assist public, private, or cooperative organizations (profit or
nonprofit), Indian tribes or individuals in rural areas to obtain
quality loans for the purpose of improving, developing or financing
business, industry, and employment and improving the economic and
environmental climate in rural communities including pollution
abatement and control.
USES AND Financial assistance may be extended for: (a) business and industrial
RESTRICTIONS acquisition, construction, conversion, enlargement, repair,
modernization, development costs; (b) purchasing and development
of land, easements, rights-of-way, buildings, facilities, leases or
materials; (C) purchasing equipment, leasehold/improvements,
machinery and supplies; and (d) pollution control and abatement.
Maximum loan size is $10,000,000. Under the Disaster Assistance
Act of 1988 loan guarantees up to $500,000 are available for eligible
rural businesses. Drought and disaster (D&D) loans may not be
used for business expansion or acquisition of real estate, machinery,
equipment, inventory, or other goods or services, or for any other
purpose unless related to the financial distress or loss that is the
basis for the D&D guaranteed loan. Also, the Disaster Assistance
Act of 1989, provides for loan guarantees up to $10,000,000 for rural
business enterprises which have experienced financial distress or have
had losses as a result of drought, freeze, storm, excessive moisture or
related conditions occurring in 1988 or 1989. Completed
applications for the disaster assistance and D&D guaranteed loan
programs must be submitted by September 30, 1991. Interested
parties should contact the Farmers Home Administration Office
nearest them.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: An applicant may be a cooperative,
REQUIREMENTS corporation, partnership, trust or other legal entity organized and
operated on a profit or nonprofit basis; an Indian Tribe; a
municipality, county, or other political subdivision of a State; or
individuals in rural areas. Applicant must be located in rural areas
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other than cities having a population of 50,000 or more and
immediately adjacent to urbanized and urbanizing areas with a
population density of more than 100 persons per square mile.
Preference is given to loans in open countly, rural communities and
towns of 25,000 or less, and, on applications of equal priority, to
veterans. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or reside in the United
States and, if corporations, at least 51 percent ownership must be
held by U.S. citizens.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Cooperatives, corporations, partnerships,
trust or legal entities organized and operated for profit or nonprofit,
Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments and individuals in
rural areas of less than 50,000 population.
Credentials/Documentation: Evidence of legal capacity, economic
feasibility and financial responsibility relative to the activity for which
assistance is requested. This program is excluded from coverage
under 0MB Circular No. A-87.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: Matching funds are not
CONSIDERATIONS required. Applicants are required to provide a minimum of 10
percent tangible balance sheet equity. For new businesses and those
businesses which cannot offer personal/corporate guarantees, or for
energy-related businesses, 20-25 percent equity is required. For
guaranteed loans for disaster assistance, tangible balance sheet equity
must be positive. Feasibility studies are normally required. On loans
of $2 million or less, feasibility studies may be waived in some cases.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: The conditional
commitment for the FmHA guaranteed loan specifies the time for
the use of funds. The loan note guarantee will be issued when all of
the requirements have been met.
EX4MPLES OF Loans made by lending institutions have been guaranteed in order to
FUNDED PROJECTS assist the raising of capital by a wide variety of manufacturing, retail,
wholesale, and service businesses. Disaster Assistance Acts of 1988
and 1989 have assisted a farm implement dealer, a fertilizer and
pesticide dealer; an excavation and drainage system company with
working capital and refinancing of debt to allow them to meet their
financial obligations; and a company that grows, packs, processes, and
ships fresh and frozen vegetables with working capital.
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Guaranteed Loans) FY 89 $95,676,540; FY 90 est
S95,700,000; and FY 91 est $0. For loans guaranteed under the
Disaster Assistance Act of 1988 (D&D); FY 89 $3,445,000; FY 90 est
S 10,000,000; and FY 91 est $5,000,000. For loans guaranteed under
the Disaster Assistance Act of 1989; FY 89, program implemented in
FY 1990; estimate $30,000,000 for FY 90 and $50,000,000 for FY 91.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $50,000 to $5,000,000;
$1,087,000 (average size) for B&I guaranteed loans. For D&D
guaranteed loans, S35,000 to $500,000; $313,000 (average size).
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Solid Waste Management
PROGRAM Solid Waste Disposal Research
AGENCY Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection
Agency; Washington D.C. 20460. (202) 382-7473
AUTHORIZATION Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended; Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act of 1976, as amended; Public Law 94-580.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements).
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To support and promote the coordination of research and
development in the area of collection, storage, utilization, salvage or
final disposal of solid waste.
USES AND Available for the allowable direct cost expenditures incident to
RESTRICTIONS research performance plus allocable portions of allowable indirect
costs of the institutions, in accordance with established EPA policies.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: This program is available to each State,
REQUIREMENTS territory and possession of the U.S., including the District of
Columbia, for public or private agencies, public, private, State
universities and colleges, State and local governments, and
individuals. Profit-making organizations are not eligible.
Beneficiary Eligibility: State and local governments, public and
private agencies, individuals.
Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance
with 0MB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments, and
0MB Circular No. A-21 for educational institutions.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: A minimum of 5 percent cost
CONSIDERATIONS sharing is required.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Grants normally funded on
a 12-month basis (yearly). Total approved project period may not
exceed five years.
EX4MPLES OF None.
FUNDED PROJECTS
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants and Cooperative Agreements) FY 89
S9,312,401; FY 90 est S9,642,918; and FY 91 est Sl0,506,202.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: (FY 89) S3,114 to
S2,800,000; S120,940. (FY 90) to date S7,002 to S322,706; S164,854.
(FY 91 est) average 5114,198.
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Solid Waste Management
PROGRAM Solid Waste Management Assistance
AGENCY Office of Solid Waste, Environmental Protection Agency;
Washington D.C. 20460. (202)382-4682.
AUTHORIZATION Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended; Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act of 1976, as amended.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements).
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To promote use of integrated solid waste management systems to solve
municipal solid waste generation and management problems at the
local, regional and national levels.
USES AND Available for the allowable direct cost expenditures incident to
RESTRICTIONS program performance plus allocable portions of allowable indirect
costs of the institution, in accordance with established EPA policies.
Projects can include the following types of activities: training,
surveys, public education programs, studies, and demonstrations.
Projects cannot include State program development activities under
Subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: These funds can be awarded to the following
REQUIREMENTS types of nonprofit entities: public authorities, public agencies and
institutions; private agencies, institutions and individuals; and Indian
Tribes. Profit-making organizations are not eligible.
Beneficiary Eligibility: State and local governments, U.S. territories
and possessions, and interstate agencies.
Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance
with 0MB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments, and
0MB Circular No. A-21 for educational institutions.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: A minimum of 5 percent cost
CONSIDERATIONS sharing is required.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Grants will normally be
funded on a 12-month basis (yearly). Total approved project period
may not exceed three years.
EXAMPLES OF None.
FUNDED PROJECTS
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PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants and Cooperative Agreements) FY 89
$2,800,000; FY 90 est $3,950,000; and FY 91 est $2,000,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: FY 89 85,000 to
$170,000; $80,000.
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Superfund
PROGRAM Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation Program
AGENCY Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection
Agency; 401 M St., SW (RD-681) Washington D.C. 20460.
(202) 382-2583
AUTHORIZATION Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), Section 311(b), as amended;
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA);
as amended.
1YPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements)
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To establish a comprehensive and coordinated Federal program of
research, development and demonstration of the purpose of promoting
the development of alternative and innovative treatment technologies
that can be used in response actions under CERCL4 and to provide
incentives for the development and use of such technologies.
USES AND The demonstration program provides cost sharing opportunity and
RESTRICTIONS assistance to developers of new technologies at pilot- or full-scale to
reach commercialization through actual field demonstrations at
uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. The emerging technology program
assists developers of technologies at bench-scale in achieving pilot-
scale and acceptance into the demonstration program. The purpose
of the Emerging Technologies Program (ETP) is to foster the further
development of technologies that are not yet ready for full-scale
demonstration. The goal is to ensure that a steady stream of more
permanent, cost-effective technologies will be ready to be
demonstrated in the field, thereby increasing the number of viable
alternatives available for use in Superfund cleanups. The ETP will
deal with innovative technologies for treatment, recycling, separation,
detoxification, destruction, and stabilization of hazardous chemical
wastes. The ETP will pay up to $150,000 per year, for a maximum of
$300,000 over 2 years, available to any individual technology
developer.
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ELIGIBILITY Applièant Eligibility: This program is available to any person or
REQUIREMENTS private sector developer who has a new or innovative technology for
recycling, separation, detoxification, destruction, or stabilization of
hazardous constituents.
Beneficiwy Eligibility: Private enterprises and the general public
benefit from this program.
Credentials/Documentation: This program is excluded from coverage
under 0MB Circular No. A-87.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: The total Federal funds for
CONSIDERATIONS any full-scale field demonstration is limited to 50 percent of the total
cost of the project, not to exceed $3,000,000 per single project. An
applicant must demonstrate that it cannot obtain private financing on
reasonable terms and conditions sufficient to carry out the
demonstration project without Federal terms.
Length and Timing Phasing of Assistance: The cooperative
agreement will include a mutually agreed upon testing duration and
schedule. Assistance is limited to the duration of the project.
EXAMPLES OF The Shirco Infrared System was evaluated at two Superfund sites, i.e.,
FUNDED PROJECTS the Peak Oil site in Brandon, Florida, and the Rose Township site in
Michigan. The Hazcon solidification/stabilization process was
evaluated at the Douglassville, Pennsylvania, Superfund site and the
International Waste Technologies in site stabilization process at a
Miami, Florida, PCB site. Terra Vac’s in situ vacuum extraction
process was tested in Groveland, Massachusetts. To evaluate the
American Combustion burner, waste from the Stringfellow site in
California was brought to the USEPA’s Combustion Research
Facility in Jefferson, Arkansas.
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: FY 89 $15,261,000; FY 90 $18,061,000; and FY 91 est
$19,188,900.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Not applicable, new
program.
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Superfund
PROGRAM Superfund Permanent Relocation Assistance Program
AGENCY State and Local Programs and Support, Federal Emergency
Management Agency; Washington D.C. 20472. (202) 646-4262
AUTHORIZATION Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition
Policies Act of 1970, as amended; Executive Order 12580, Superfund
Implementation; CERCLA. as amended; Superfund Amendments
and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA).
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Direct Payments for Specified Use; Direct Payments with
Unrestricted Use; Advisory Services and Counseling.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To provide permanent relocation to eligible residenLs, businesses, and
community facilities which are displaced for public health and safety
reasons in connection with a Superfund hazardous substance response
action and/or to allow the EPA or its agents to conduct clean-up
activities.
USES AND Permanent relocation assistance shall not be provided to relocate
RESTRICTIONS individuals, businesses and community facilities if such benefits would
duplicate assistance which has been or will be provided by any other
government source.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: Any individuals, businesses and community
REQUIREMENTS facilities that are identified by EPA for permanent relocation are
eligible.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Superfund and Permanent Relocation
Assistance will assist all individuals, businesses and community
facilities that are being displaced by a Superfund remedial action.
Credentials/Documentation: Not applicable.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: The affected State must sign
CONSIDERATIONS a cooperative agreement with FEMA to provide at least 10 percent
cost share.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Assistance is initiated after
EPA has identified the eligible relocatees and the State and FEMA
have executed a Cooperative Agreement. The program is provided in
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two parts, acquisition of real property and relocation assistance. The
acquisition phase is first and sometimes overlapped by the relocation
phase. The program can take anywhere from three months to over a
year to complete.
EXAMPLES OF Permanent Relocation Projects.
FUNDED PROJECTS
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants) FY 89 $500,000; FY 90 est $3,700,000; and
FY 91 est $0. (Contracts) FY 89 $85,000; and FY 90 est $200,000;
and FY 91 est $0. (Salaries and expenses) FY 89 $340,400; FY 90
est $393,000; and FY 91 est $340,400.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: The range and average
financial assistance depends on the price of real estate in the project
area. For fiscal year 1989, the average financial assistance was
$80,000.
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Superfund
PROGRAM Superfund Technical Assistance Grants for Citizen Groups at
Priority Sites
AGENCY Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Environmental
Protection Agency; 401 M St., SW, Washington D.C. 20460.
(202) 382-2443
AUTHORIZATION Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended; Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To provide resources for community groups to hire technical advirors
who can assist them in interpreting technical information concerning
the assessment of potential hazardr and the selection and design of
appropriate remedies at sites eligible for cleanup under the Superfund
program.
USES AND Federal funds may be used to obtain technical assistance in
RESTRICTIONS interpreting information with regard to the nature of the hazard,
remedial investigation and feasibility study, record of decision,
selection and construction of remedial action, operation and
maintenance, or removal action at a Superfund site. Federal funds
may not be used to develop new information, such as conducting
independent testing and monitoring activities at a site. Grant funds
also are not available for use in underwriting legal actions, including
the preparation of court testimony and hiring of expert witnesses.
ELIGIBILI1Y Applicant Eligibility: EPA is authorized to make technical assistance
REQUIREMENTS grants (TAG) available to any group of individuals which may be
affected by a release or threatened release at any Superfund facility.
“Affected” individuals are those who can demonstrate direct effects
from the site, such as actual or potential health or economic injury.
Beneficiary Eligibility: This program will benefit groups of
individuals affected by hazardous waste sites. This may include
homeowners, land/property owners, as well as any other individuals
in the general public who live near a site or are otherwise affected by
It.
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Credentials/Documentation: At the time of the award, a recipient
must either be incorporated or demonstrate that it has taken all
necessary and appropriate actions to do so. This program is excluded
from coverage under 0MB Circular No. A-87.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: 1) One grant per site, 2)
CONSIDERATIONS $50,000 maximum, and 3) 20 percent match (including in-kind
contributions).
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Duration of Superfund
clean-up activities (six years on the average).
EXAJ’IPLES OF Each project provides funds to local groups of citizens active at
FUNDED PROJECTS Superfund clean-up sites to hire independent technical advisors.
Citizens are looking to the advisors to help them understand
proposed clean-up remedies, to better understand the technical
problem at the site, and to respond to EPA actions.
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants) FY 89 $1,000,000; and FY 90 est $5,000,000;
and FY 91 est $5,000,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Up to a maximum of
$50,000. We expect most grants awarded prior to the
commencement of a remedial investigation to be $50,000.
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Toxic Substances
PROGRAM Toxic Substances Research
AGENCY Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection
Agency; Washington D.C. 20460. (202) 382-7473
AUTHORIZATION Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended; Public Law 94-469.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements)
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To support and promote the coordination of research projects
relating to the effects, extent, prevention, and control of toxic chemical
substances or ,nfrtures.
USES AND Available for the allowable direct cost expenditures incident to
RESTRICTIONS research performance plus allocable portions of allowable indirect
costs of the institutions, in accordance with the established policies
of EPA.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: This program is available to each State,
REQUIREMENTS territory and possession of the U.S., including the District of
Columbia, for public or private State universities and colleges,
hospitals, laboratories, State and local government departments,
other public or private nonprofit institutions and individuals who
have demonstrated unusually high scientific ability.
Beneficiary Eligibility: State and local governments, U.S. Territories
and possession, universities and colleges, individuals.
Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance
with 0MB Circular No. A-87 for Stateand local governments and
0MB Circular No. A-21 for educational institutions.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: A minimum of 5 percent cost
CONSIDERATIONS sharing is required.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Grants normally funded on
a 12-month basis (yearly). Total approved project period may not
exceed 5 years.
EXAMPLES OF None.
FUNDED PROJECTS
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PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants and Cooperative Agreements) FY 89
$3,801,469; FY 90 $7,901,216; and FY 91 est $8,333,642.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: (FY 89) $8,502 to
$275,149; $102,742, (FY 90) to date $20,000 to $275,104; $147,552.
(FY 91 est) average $114,160.
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Underground Storage Tanks
PROGRAM State Underground Storage Tanks Program
AGENCY Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Environmental
Protection Agency; 401 M St., SW (02-420) Washington D.C. 20460.
(202) 382-7601
AUTHORIZATION Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1976, as amended; Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976; Public Law 94-580, as
amended; Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To assist States in development and implementation of their own
underground storage tank (UST) programs to operate in lieu of the
Federal program.
USES AND High priority tasks for fiscal years 1990 and 1991 include: (1)
RESTRICTIONS Developing State programs, (2) Developing draft or final applications
for State program approval; (3) Promoting compliance through
outreach efforts; and (4) 1dentif ring, investigating and resolving
violations of the Federal regulations and operating and enforcing
existing State UST Programs.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: Agency designated by State or Territorial
REQUIREMENTS Governor to receive UST notifications.
Beneficiary Eligibility: General Public.
Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance
with 0MB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments.
ASSISTANCE Fonnuta and Matching Requirements: A minimum of 25 percent
CONSIDERATIONS cost share is required.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: The terms of the grant
shall be determined at the time of the grant award.
EXAMPLES OF Implementation of UST Notification programs in 54 States.
FUNDED PROJECTS
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (State Grants) FY 89 $9,084,900; FY 90 est $9,000,000;
and FY 91 est $9,000.000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $50,000 to $200,000;
S162,500.
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PROGRAM Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program
AGENCY Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Environmental
Protection Agency; 401 M St., SW, Washington D.C. 20460.
(202) 382-7601
AUTHORJZ.4TION Solid Waste Disposal Att, as amended; Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act of 1976; Public Law 94-580, as amended; Superfund
Amendment and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended.
7YPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements).
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To support Stale corrective action and enforcenwnt programs that
address releases from underground storage tanks containing petroleum.
USES AND Program funds are to be used to pay the costs of correcting releases
RESTRICTIONS of petroleum from underground storage tanks and conducting related
compliance, enforcement and cost recovery activities. Funds are
restricted to use by States that have entered into a cooperative
agreement with EPA.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: State governments that have demonstrated the
REQUIREMENTS capability to undertake effective corrective actions and enforcement
activities and that have entered into a cooperative agreement with
EPA describing the State’s uses of the Fund.
Beneficiary Eligibility: General public.
Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance
with 0MB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: For funds awarded after
CONSIDERATIONS January 24, 1989 a 10 percent State cost share is required.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: The cooperative agreement
will place a time restriction on funds.
EXAMPLES OF Not applicable.
FUNDED PROJECTS
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Cooperative Agreements) FY 89 S40,060,000; FY 90
est $65,000,000; and FY 91 est S65,000,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Anticipated: S300,000
to $6,000,000; Si ,500,000.
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Water Pollution Control
PROGRAM Nonpoint Source Implementation
AGENCY Office of Water, Environmental Protection Agency; 401 M St., SW,
Washington D.C. 20460. (202) 382-7085
AUTHORIZATION Clean Water Act, as amended.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Formula Grants.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To assist States in implementing EPA-approved Section 319 nonpoint
source management programs.
USES AND Funds are provided to States to carty out EPA-approved State
RESTRICTIONS nonprofit source management programs pursuant to Section 319 of
the Clean Water Act as amended by the Water Quality Act of 1987.
Under Section 319(h), Sections 205(j)(5) and 201(g)(1)(B) funds
awarded for implementing a State’s nonpoint source State
management program remain available for obligation by the State for
the Federal fiscal year in which they are awarded. Other
requirements under Section 319(h) include: matching funds of at
least 40 percent of project costs; maintenance of effort; financial
assistance to persons restricted to costs of demonstration projects
only; limit on administration costs; annual reporting; and EPA
determinations of adequate State progress before additional funding.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: States, the District of Columbia, American
REQUIREMENTS Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico, Pacific Trust
Territories, and Virgin Islands.
Beneficiary Eligibility: State and local governments, interstate and
intrastate agencies, public and private nonprofit organizations and
institutions.
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ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: Section 205(j)(5) directs the
CONSIDERATIONS Administrator to reserve annually one percent of a State’s allotment
under Section 205(c) of the Clean Water Act or $100,000, whichever
is greater, for the purposes of developing and implementing the
State’s nonpoint source program. Section 201(g)(1)(B) allows a
State to use up to 20% of Section 205(c) allotments for these
purposes. Section 319(h) grants allocated to the Regions are
formula; final grant awards are determined by EPA Regional Offices
based on the quality of past and anticipated grantee performance in
implementing State Management Programs.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: As determined in
accordance with Section 205(j)(5) or Section 201(g)(1)(B) of Public
Law 100-4, Section 319(h).
EXAMPLES OF Nonpoint source implementation projects funded include best
FUNDED PROJECTS management practices (BMP) installation and evaluation for poultry
wastes and hard rock mining; design and implementation of BMP
systems for lake watersheds; and basin-wide landowner education
programs.
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants) Section 205(j)(5); FY 89 $2,000,000; FY 90 est
$10,600,000; and FY 91 est $0. Section 201(g)(1)(B); FY 89
$3,000,000; FY 90 est $5,000,000; and FY 91 est $0. Section 319(h);
FY 89 $0; FY 90 est $36,933,000; and FY 91 est $14,500,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Section 205(j)(5),
$100,000 to $1,300,000; $200,000 (estimated). Section 201(b)(1)(B),
$1,000,000 to $2,000,000; $1,500,000 (estimated).
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Water Pollution Control
PROGRAM Nonpoint Source Reservation
AGENCY Office of Water, Environmental Protection Agency; 401 M St. SW,
Washington D.C. 20460. (202) 382-7085
AUTHORIZATION Clean Water Act, as amended.
7YPES OF ASSISTANCE Formula Grants.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To assist States in improving nonpoint source-problem assessment
reports and management programs. To cany out other nonpoint source
planning and development activities.
USES AND Funds are provided to States to revise and improve nonpoint source
RESTRICTIONS problem assessments and State management programs and to
conduct other planning and development activities required by
Section 319 of the Clean Water Act as amended by the Water
Quality Act of 1987. Pursuant to Section 319(h), Section 205(j)(5)
funds remain available for obligation by the State for Federal fiscal
year in which they are awarded. Other restrictions under Section
319(h), applicable to Section 205(j)(5) funds used to support
implementation of approved nonpoint source management programs
(See CFDA 66.460 Nonpoint Source Implementation) do not apply.
ELIGIBILIfl’ Applicant Eligibility: States, the District of Columbia, American
REQUIREMENTS Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico, Pacific Trust
Territories, and Virgin Islands.
Beneficiary Eligibility: State and local governments, interstate and
intrastate agencies, public and private nonprofit organizations and
institutions.
Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance
with 0MB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: Section 205(j)(5) directs the
CONSIDERATIONS Administrator to reserve annually one percent of a State’s allotment
under Section 205(c) of the Clean Water Act or $100,000, whichever
is greater, for nonpoint source purposes. There is no match required
for Section 205(j)(5) and 201(g)(1)(B) funds used for planning and
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development programs. (For requirements applicable to use of these
funds for implementation of EPA-approved Section 319 State
management programs, see CFDA 66.460.)
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: As determined in
accordance with Section 205(j)(5) of Public Law 100-4.
EX4J.IPLES OF Currently, funding is being used primarily to update and improve
FUNDED PROJECTS State nonpoint source assessments and State nonpoint source
management programs and to cariy out other nonpoint source
planning activities.
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants) FY 89 est $18,400,000; FY 90 est $10,000,000;
and FY 91 est $0.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $100,000 to $1,300,000;
$200,000 (estimated).
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Water Pollution Control
PROGRAM Pollution Prevention Incentives for States
AGENCY Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Environmental Protection
Agency; 401 M St., SW, Washington D.C. 20460. (202) 245-4164
AUTHORIZATION Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended; Clean Water
Act, as amended; Clean Air Act; Toxic Substances Control Act, as
amended; Safe Drinking Water Act.
IYPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To support State and regional level pollution prevention programs that
address the reduction of pollutants across all environmental media:
air, land, surface water, ground water, and wetlands.
USES AND Grant funds may be used for costs specifically incurred in the
RESTRICTIONS conduct of a State/Interstate pollution program in accordance with
the purposes enumerated in the approved application. These include
personnel costs, supplies, equipment, training of personnel, travel,
and other necessaty expenditures during the approved project period.
Funds may not be used for construction facilities, nor for expenses
incurred other than during each approved award period.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: Congressional appropriations language
REQUIREMENTS indicates that these funds are to be used to support “State” pollution
prevention efforts. “State” includes State and interstate agencies and
other instrumentalities of the State such as State universities.
Federally recognized Indian Tribal Governments are also eligible to
apply for funding.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Any interstate, State and local
agency/organization/university. Federally Recognized Indian Tribal
Government, public nonprofit organization/institution, profit
organization, private organization, and quasi-public nonprofit
organization.
Credentials/Documentation: The applicant must provide proof that
the applicant is indeed a State or interstate agency/organization.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: Recipients must contribute at
CONSIDERATIONS least 10 percent of the total cost of their project (in dollars or in-
kind goods/services). Maximum awards available are $300,000.
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Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Grants are awarded for a
project period not to exceed three years. Funds are released by a
letter of credit on a 12 month basis.
EXAMPLES OF 1) Technical assistance; 2) Data collection and dissemination; 3)
FUNDED PROJECTS Education for and outreach to business/government/academic
personnel; 4) Curriculum development; 5) Environmental auditing;
6) Recycling projects; 7) Waste exchange service; 8) Research; 9)
Demonstration projects; and 10) Planning, or combinations thereof.
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants) FY 89 $3,925,460; FY 90 est $6,074,540; and
FY 91 est $3,000,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $197,000 to $300,000;
$300,000.
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Water Pollution Control
PROGRAM Water Pollution Control -- Research, Development, and
Demonstration
AGENCY Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection
Agency; Washington D.C. 20460. (202) 382-7473
AUTHORIZATION Clean Water Act, as amended; Public Law 95-217.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements).
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To support and promote the coordination and acceleration of
research, development, and demonstration projects relating to the
causes, effect.s, extent, prevention, reduction and elimination of water
pollution.
USES AND Available for allowable direct cost expenditures incident to research
RESTRiCTIONS performance plus allocable portions of allowable indirect costs of the
institution, in accordance with established EPA policies.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: This program is available to each State,
REQUIREMENTS territory and possession of the U.S., including the District of
Columbia, for public or private State and community universities and
colleges, hospitals, laboratories, State water pollution control
agencies, interstate agencies, State and local governments, other
public or private nonprofit agencies, institutions; organizations;
grants may also be awarded to individuals who have demonstrated
unusually high scientific ability. Grants under certain sections of this
law may be awarded to profit-making organizations.
Beneficiary Eligibility: State and local governments, U.S. territories
and possessions, interstate agencies, individuals.
Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance
with 0MB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments and
0MB Circular No. A-21 for educational institutions.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: Sections 104 and 107; a
CONSIDERATIONS minimum of 5 percent cost sharing is required. Section 105(a), (c),
(d): Federal funds shall not exceed 75 percent.
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Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Grants normally funded on
a 12-month basis (yearly). Total approved project period may not
exceed five years.
EXAMPLES OF None.
FUNDED PROJECTS
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants and Cooperative Agreements) FY 89
$2,581,207; FY 90 $4,366,706; and FY 9) est $5,214,216.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: (FY 89) $8,101 to
$200,000; $80,663. (FY 90) to date $27,000 to $200,000; $113,500.
(FY 91 est) average $98,381.
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Water Pollution Control
PROGRAM Water Pollution Control -- State and Interstate Program Support
(106 Grants)
AGENCY Office of Water, Environmental Protection Agency; Washington D.C.
20460. (202) 382-5386
AUTHORIZATION Clean Water Act, Section 106, as amended, Public Law 95-217, 33
U.S.C. 1251 et seq.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Formula Grants.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To assist States (including territories, the District of Columbia, and
Indian Tribes qualified under Section 5 18(e)) and interstate agencies
in establishing and maintaining adequate measures for prevention and
control of surface and ground water pollution.
USES AND Broad support for the prevention and abatement of surface ground
RESTRICTiONS water pollution from point and nonpoint sources including
permitting, pollution control studies, planning, surveillance and
enforcement; advice and assistance to local agencies; training; and
public information. Funds cannot be used for construction,
operation, or maintenance of waste treatment plants, nor can they be
used for costs financed by other Federal grants.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: State and interstate water pollution control
REQUIREMENTS agencies as defined in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
Agencies making application for funds must submit annually their
pollution-control program to the appropriate EPA Regional
Administrator for approval. Requirements of the program are based
on Section 106 of the Act, and 40 CFR Parts 35 and 130.
Beneficiary Eligibility: State and interstate water pollution control
agencies.
Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance
with 0MB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments. State
and interstate agencies show compliance with 40 CFR 35, Subpart G.
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ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: This program has no
CONSIDERATIONS statutory formula. As stated in the Clean Water Act, appropriated
funds are allotted among the State and Interstate Water Pollution
Control agencies on the basis of the extent of the water pollution
problems in the respective states.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: One year; payments are
approved quarterly and disbursed monthly.
EXAMPLES OF Grants to States for the administration of State programs for the
FUNDED P ROJECTS prevention, reduction and control of pollution. Activities funded
include administration of State NPDES permit programs; compliance
and enforcement, monitoring, and hazardous materials spills
response.
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants) FY 89 $67,1000,000; FY 90 est $72,600,000;
and FY 91 est $81,700,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $40,000 to $3,455,000.
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Water Pollution Control
PROGRAM Water Quality Management Planning
AGENCY Office of Water, Environmental Protection Agency; 401 M St. SW,
Washington D.C. 20460. (202) 382-5389
AUTHORIZATION Clean Water Act, Section 205 (j), as amended; Water Quality Act of
1987.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Formula Grants.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To assist States (including territories and the District of Columbia),
Regional Public Comprehensive Planning Organizations (RPCPOs)
and Interstate Organizations (lOs) in carrying out water quality
management (WQM) planning.
USES AND Section 205(j)(1) and Section 604(b) funds are awarded under
RESTRICTIONS Section 205(j)(2), to State water quality management agencies to
carry out water quality management planning. Beginning in fiscal
year 1988. States are required to allocate at least 40 percent of funds
awarded to eligible RPCPOs and lOs, EPA may approve a State’s
request to pass through ‘ess than 40 percent if, after consultation
with its RPCPOs and lOs, the Governor determines that pass
through of at least 40 percent will not: (1) result in significant
participation by RPCPOs and lOs in WQM planning; and (2)
significantly assist in development and implementation of the State’s
WQM plan.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: State Water Quality Management Agencies.
REQUIREMENTS Beneficiary Eligibility: State Water Quality Management Agencies.
Credentials/Documentation: Compliance with 40 CFR 35, Subpart A
and Guidance issued August 18, 1987. Costs will be determined in
accordance with 0MB Circular No. A-87 for State and local
governments.
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ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: Each fiscal year, the
CONSIDERATIONS Administrator shall reserve an amount not to exceed one percent of
the amount allotted and available for obligation for construction
grants or $100,000, whichever is greater, for the purposes of making
grants to the States to carry out water quality management planning.
Beginning in fiscal year 1989, each State shall reserve one percent of
the sum allotted to such State for such fiscal year, or $100,000,
whichever amount is greater, to carry out planning. Beginning in
fiscal year 1988, at least 40 percent of a State’s annual award must be
allocated to eligible RPCPOs and lOs, unless EPA approves a lesser
amount.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: As determined in
accordance with Section 205 (j) of Public Law 97-117.
EXAMPLES OF Grants to States for revising water quality standards; performing
FUNDED PROJECTS wasteload allocations/total maximum daily loads, nonpoint source
activities and planning.
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants) FY 89 $21,400,000; FY 90 est $21,900,000;
and FY 91 $15,800,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $100,000 to $2,500,000;
$300,000.
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Water Resources Development
PROGRAM Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Loans
AGENCY Farmers Home Administration, Department of Agriculture;
Washington D.C. 20250. (202) 382-1490
AUTHORIZATiON Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, as amended; Flood
Control Act, as amended.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Direct Loans.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To provide loan assistance to sponsoring local organizations in
authorized watershed areas for share of cost for works of
improvement.
USES AND Loan funds may be used to help local sponsors provide the local
RESTRICTIONS share of the cost of watershed works of improvement for f1ood
prevention, irri rztion, drainage, water quality management,
sedimentation control, fish and wildlife development, public water
based recreation, and water storage and related costs. The total
amount of WS loans outstanding in any one watershed cannot exceed
$10,000,000.
ELIGiBILITY Applicant Eligibility: To be eligible for a watershed loan an
REQUIREMENTS applicant must: (1) be a sponsoring local organization, such as
municipal corporation, soil and water conservation district, or other
organization not operated for profit in the approved watershed
project; and (2) have authority under State law to obtain, give
security for, and raise revenues to repay the loan and to operate and
maintain the facilities to be financed with the loan. Assistance is
authorized for eligible applicants in approved watershed areas in
States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Farmers, ranchers, rural residents and other
residents in the authorized watershed area.
Credentia(sfDocumentation: Evidence of legal capacity, economic
feasibility and financial responsibility relative to the activity for which
assistance is requested. This program is excluded from coverage
under 0MB Circular No. A-87.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: This program has no
CONSIDERATIONS statutory formula.
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Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: A time limitation is not
specified for the use of FmHA loan funds. Funds will be awarded
when all FmI-JA requirements are met and the project can be
completed on a timely basis. Funds may be advanced on an as
needed basis by FmHA.
EXAMPLES OF Loans were made to: 1) install or improve facilities to store and
FUNDED PROJECTS convey irrigation water to farms; treat and distribute water for farm
use, and drain farm areas; 2) install structures and equipment for
flood prevention; 3) install or improve a municipal water supply
reservoir with recreation, fish and wildlife improvement; 4) establish
recreational developments in or adjacent to reservoirs, lakes, streams,
or shorelines; and 5) provide fish and wildlife developments.
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Loans) FY 89 $0; FY 90 est $4,000,000; and FY 91 est
$0.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $19,800 to $300,000;
$133,276.
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Water Resources Research
PROGRAM Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes (Water
Research Institute Program)
AGENCY Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; Geological Survey,
MS 424 National Center, Reston, VA 22092. (703) 648-6800
AUTHORIZATION Water Resources Research Act of 1984.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Formula Grants.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To provide financial support to Water Resources Research Institutes
located at designated State universities for research, information
transfer and student training on one or more aspects of priority water
problems.
USES AND To provide the State institutes with funds to support a State and
RESTRICTIONS regional program of problem/oriented water resources research and
information transfer. This may include basic or applied research,
setting up conferences to discuss research needs or results, conduct
of research, information dissemination, and training of students as a
byproduct of research. In general the funds are used to study
regional, State, or local water problems, but the results may often
have national significance. Federal funds cannot be used for (1)
formal instructional activities and general education, and (2) the cost
of permanent buildings, either directly or indirectly.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: One University Water Research Institute is
REQUIREMENTS authorized in each State and other jurisdictions specified in Section
104. Other colleges and universities within a State are encouraged to
participate in the program in cooperation with the designated
Institute.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Researchers at qualified universities and
colleges in the State through the designated institute for the State.
Credentials/Documentation: Proposed Research and Information
Transfer Program application responsive to instructions issued by the
Geological Survey. Costs will be determined in accordance with
0MB Circular No. A-21, as applicable to the recipient or any
subrecipient.
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ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: Amount to each State Water
CONSIDERATIONS Research Institute is on a basis of one Federal share to not less than
two nonfederal shares for fiscal year 1990. An equal amount of the
total appropriation is available to each qualified institute.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Assistance is on fiscal year
basis. Payments are advanced at least quarterly upon application and
consistent with Financial Plan submitted previously by institute for
use of grant.
E4 4MPLES OF Model of Porosity Development in a Coastal Carbonate Aquifer
FUNDED PROJECTS System; Planning Sustained Ground Water Yield with Contaminant
Management; Removal of Nonpoint Source Pollution by Buffer
Areas; Ground Water Contamination from Agricultural Pesticides;
Evaluation of Evaporation Ponds for Saline Drainage Waters;
Optimal Conjunctive Use Mode for Managing Water Supply Systems.
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants) FY 89 $5,677,000; FY 90 est $5,600,000; and
FY 91 est $2,802,000 (pending reauthorization).
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Research projects
funded by program grant range from $4,000 to $88,000; Average
funding is about $15,000.
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Water Resources Research
PROGRAM Geological Survey -- Research and Data Acquisition
AGENCY Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; 12201 Sunrise Valley
Drive Mail Stop 104, Reston, VA 22092. (703) 648-4451
AUTHORIZATION Organic Act of 1879.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements).
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To collect, organize, interpret, and publish geological, topographic
and hydrologic information. This information consists of maps, data
bases, and descriptions and analyses of water, energy, and mineral
, sources, land surface, underlying geologic structure, and the dynamic
processes of the Eailh.
USES AND Applications must be for scientific research projects which are within
RESTRICTIONS the Survey’s area of responsibility. Conferences and symposia will be
supported only if it is clear that equivalent results cannot be obtained
at regular meetings of professional societies. Office furniture, office
equipment, and foreign travel are not normally considered for
support. Cost-sharing is encouraged.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: Colleges, universities, profit-making and non-
REQUIREMENTS profit organizations, and State and local governments may make
applications for support by a named principal investigator.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Research scientists, engineers, and the
general public will ultimately benefit from the program.
Credentials/Documentation: Proposals must furnish evidence of the
applicant’s qualifications for performance of the proposed research.
Costs will be determined in accordance with 0MB Circular No. A-87
for State and local governments, 0MB Circular No. A-21 for
educational institutions; 0MB Circular No. A-122 for nonprofit
organizations; and Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 31.2 for
private firms, individuals, and other nonprofits excluded from
coverage under 0MB Circular No. A-122.
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ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: Generally, no statutory
CONSIDERATIONS requirement. Recipients are encouraged to share in the cost of each
research project. Appropriations language requires cooperating State
and local governments to contribute a least one-half toe cost of
certain cooperative water resources investigation and cooperative
mapping projects.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Grants and cooperative
agreements will normally be awarded in 12 month budget periods.
EX4MPLES OF Cooperative mapping projects with States; support for various boards
FUNDED PROJECTS and committees of the National Academy of Science; and various
earth science research projects.
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants) FY 89 $7,600,000; FY 90 est $7,600,000; and
FY 91 est $7,600,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $4,000 to $200,000;
$50,000.
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Water Resources Research
PROGRAM National Water Resources Research Program
AGENCY Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; MS 424 National
Center, Reston, VA 22092. (703) 648-6811
AUTHORIZATiON Water Resources Research Act of 1984.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To support needed research into any aspect of wafer resource related
problems deemed to be in the national interest.
USES AND To meet the necessary expenses of specific water resources research
RESTRICTIONS projects.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: Water resource institutes, educational
REQUIREMENTS institutions, private foundations, private firms, individuals and
agencies of local or State government whose training, experience and
qualifications are adequate to perform water resource research
projects.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Research scientists, engineers, and the
general public will benefit ultimately from the program.
Credentials/Documentation: The proponent must furnish evidence of
the applicant’s qualifications for performance of the proposed
research. Cost will be determined in accordance with 0MB Circular
No. A-87 for State and local governments; 0MB Circular No. A-21
for educational institutions; 0MB Circular No. A-122 for nonprofit
organizations; and Federal AcquisitiOn Regulation Subpart 31.2 for
private foundations, firms, individuals, and other nonprofits excluded
from coverage under 0MB Circular No. A- 122.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: Dollar-for-dollar nonfederal
CONSIDERATIONS matching funds required.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Length of the period of
performance will be identified in the grant. Usually, projects are not
to exceed three years.
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EXAMPLES OF Attenuating Organic Contaminant Mobility Using Organo-Clays;
FUNDED PROJECTS Turbulent Mixing at Fresh Water/Salt Water Interface; Development
of Stochastic Demand Models for Water Resources Planning;
Behavior of Chlorinated Solvents in Soil Systems; Institutional
Response to a Changing Water Policy Environment; Determination
of Regional Evaporation from Measurement of the Atmospheric
Boundary Layer.
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants) FY 89 $4,381,000; FY 90 est $4,322,000; and
FY 91 est $1,810,000 (pending reauthorization).
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: S50,000 to S175,000;
average $122,000.
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Water Treatment/Waste Disposal
PROGRAM Capitalization Grants for State Revolving Funds
AGENCY Office of Water, Environmental Protection Agency; Washington D.C.
20460. (202) 382-7359
AUTHORIZATION Clean Water Act, Public Law 95-217, as amended; Water Qualfty Act
of 1987.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Formula Grants.
PROGR4M OBJECTIVES To create State Revolving Funds (SRFs) through a program of
capitalization grants to States which will provide a feasible transition
to State and local financing of municipal wastewater treatment facilities.
USES AND Capitalization grants are available to each State for the purpose of
RESTRICTIONS establishing a water pollution control revolving fund for providing
assistance (1) for construction of publicly owned wastewater
treatment works, (2) for implementing a nonpoint source
management program and (3) for developing and implementing an
estuary conservation and management plan.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: States, territories and possessions of the U.S.,
REQIi’!REMENTS including the District of Columbia; Indian tribes are not eligible to
receive capitalization grants.
Beneficiary Eligibility: For loans and other financial assistance (but
not grants) for wastewater treatment facilities-local communities,
intermunicipal, Sate, interstate agencies, and Indian tribes. For
nonpoint source management programs and estuary activities in
approved State Nonpoint Source Management Programs and
Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plans - the above
public agencies and individuals if specified in the approved plans and
programs.
Credentials/Documentation: To receive a capitalization grant, a
State shall enter into an agreement with the EPA Regional
Administrator which shall include but not be limited to the ten
specifications set forth in Section 602(b) of the CWA. 0MB
Circular No. A-87, “Cost Principles Applicable to Grants and
Contracts with State and Local Governments” applies to State
grantees.
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ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: The Regional Administer
CONSIDERATiONS may award capitalization grants from appropriations of fiscal year
1987-1990 Title II authorizations and from appropriations of fiscal
year 1989 to 1994 Title VI authorizations. The allotment of Title II
and Title VI appropriations to the States is determined by a table of
decimal fractions (“formula”) in Section 205(c)(3) of the CWA. The
required State match is 20 percent of the amount of each grant
payment. The State is also required to agree to expend all funds in
SRF in an expeditious and timely manner.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Funds are available for
EPA’s obligation to the State during the fiscal year in which they are
allotted and during the following year. The State must agree to enter
into binding commitments with recipients to provide financial
assistance from the SRF in an amount equal to 120 percent of each
quarterly grant payment.
EXAMPLES OF State revolving loan fund.
FUNDED PROJECTS
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants) FY 89 $1,142,000,000; FY 90 est
$1,539,000,000; and FY 91 est $1,488,000,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $2,000,000 to
$116,000,000; $25,000,000.
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Water Treatment/Waste Disposal
PROGRAM Construction Management Assistance
AGENCY Office of Water, Environmental Protection Agency; Washington D.C.
20460. (202) 382-7459
AUTHORIZATION Clean Water Act, Section 205(g), as amended; Water Quality Act of
1987.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Formula Grants.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To assist and serve as an incentive in the process of delegating to the
States a maximum amount of authority for conducting day-to-day
matters related to the management of the construction grant program.
An overriding goal is to eliminate unnecessary duplicate reviews and
functions.
USES AND To defray expenses incident to the States’ assumption of full
RESTRICTIONS responsibility for the certification of the technical and administrative
adequacy of specifically required construction grant documentation.
Responsibilities which may be delegated include the certification of
documentation pertinent to the award of grants and related activities.
The Regional Administrator shall retain authority for actual award
amendment and termination of grants and payments. Restrictions
include required adherence to specifically defined functional
areas/activities and output qualities which the State must maintain.
In addition, EPA periodically monitors the State’s program and the
appropriateness and adequacy of its outputs. Section 205(g) of the
Clean Water Act, 40 CFR Part 35, Subpart A, requires States to
maintain 1977 level of effort unless there has been a general non-
selective reduction in the programs of the executive management
agencies of the State.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: State Waler Pollution Control Agency, or other
REQUIREMENTS agency designated by the Governor in any State, territory and
possession of the U.S., including the District of Columbia.
Beneficiary Eligibility: State agencies involved in the administration
of the construction grants program.
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CredentialslDocumentation: Formal agreement accompanying the
application: (a) naming the State agency, (b) itemizing the grant
functions to be delegated, and (C) outlining organization, staffing, and
EPA overview requirements. Costs will be determined in accordance
with 0MB Circular No A-87 for State and local governments.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: Each fiscal year that
CONSIDERATIONS Administrator may reserve an amount not to exceed 4 percent of a
State’s annual allotment based on authorized appropriations of
$400,000, whichever amount is greater, for the purpose of making
construction management assistance grants to defray costs of
performing the delegated functions.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: No time limitation is
placed on assistance. Grants should cover at least two full years of
operation.
EX4MPLES OF State water pollution control agencies are provided funds to defray
FUNDED PROJECTS expenses incident to the State’s assumption of full responsibility for
the conduct of certain construction grants requirements. These
activities include review and certification functions, related to
facilities plans and plans and specifications, inspections, grant
applications, construction contracts, financial management systems,
technical and administrative adequacy, adequacy of requests for
payments, 0&M manuals, engineering subagreements. change orders,
etc. States may also transfer 205(g) funds into a State Revolving
Fund pursuant to CWA Section 205(m). (See SRF Initial
Guidance.)
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants) FY 89 est $59,700,000; FY 90 est $49,700,000;
and FY 91 $0.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $493,072 to $10,473,744;
$1,952,844.
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Water Treatment/Waste Disposal
PROGRAM Technical Assistance and Training Grants
AGENCY Farmers Home Administration, Department of Agriculture;
Washington D.C. 20250. (202) 447-7967
AUTHORIZATION Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To identify and evaluate solutions, to water and waste disposal problems
in rural areas; to assist applicants in preparing applications made in
accordance with Subparts A and H of 1942; and to improve operation
and maintenance of water and waste disposal facilities in rural areas.
USES AND Funds may be used to pay expenses associated with providing
RESTRICTIONS technical assistance and/or training (TAT) to identify and evaluate
solutions to water problems relating to source, storage, treatment,
and distribution, and to waste disposal problems relating to
collection, treatment, and disposal; assist applicants that have filed a
preapplication with FmHA in the preparation of water and/or waste
disposal loan and/or grant applications; and to provide training that
will improve the management, operation and maintenance of water
and waste disposal facilities. Grant funds may not be used to recruit
applications, duplicate current services such as those performed by a
consultant in developing a project, fund political activities, pay for
assets, purchase real estate or vehicles, improve and renovate office
space or repair and maintain privately owned property, pay
construction or O&M costs, and pay costs incurred prior to the
effective date of grants made.
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ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: Private nonprofit organizations that have been
REQUIREMENTS granted tax exempt status by the IRS. Applicants must have proven
ability, background, experience, legal authority and actual capacity to
provide technical assistance and/or training.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Municipalities, counties, districts, authorities,
and other political subdivisions of a State, associations, cooperatives,
and private corporations operated on a not-for-profit basis, Indian
tribes on Federal and State reservations and other federally
recognized indian tribes.
Credentials/Documentation: This program is excluded from coverage
under 0MB Circular No. A-87.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: This program has no
CONSIDERATIONS statutory formula or matching requirements. Not less than one
percent or more than two percent of appropriated grant funds may
be used for technical assistance and training grants. Private
nonprofit organizations with proven ability to provide technical
assistance/training are eligible.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: A time limitation is not
specified, however, priority will be given to applicants whose time
frame for completion of the technical assistance and/or training grant
project is 12 months or less.
EXAMPLES OF Recipients of this program received funds to administer technical
FUNDED PROJECTS assistance and training to small communities experiencing water and
waste disposal problems.
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Grants) FY 89 $1,094,000; FY 90 est $4,154,000; and
FY 91 est $4,154,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $76,620 to $2,435,800;
$1,011,023.
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Water Treatment/Waste Disposal
PROGRAM Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities
AGENCY Farmers Home Administration, Department of Agriculture;
Washington D.C. 20250. (202) 447-7967
AUTHORIZATION Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants; Direct Loans.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES To provide basic human amenities, alleviate health hazards and
promote the orderly growth of rural areas by meeting the need for
new and improved rural water and waste thsposal facilities.
USES AND Funds may be used for the installation, repair, improvement, or
RESTRICTIONS expansion of a rural water facility including distribution lines, well
pumping facilities and costs related thereto, and the installation,
repair, improvement, or expansion of a rural waste disposal facility
including the collection, and treatment of sanitary, storm, and solid
wastes. Grant funds may not be used to pay: interest on loans,
operation and maintenance costs, or to acquire or refinance an
existing system. No maximum loan amount is established by statute.
The maximum term on all loans is 40 years.
ELIGIBILITY Applicant Eligibility: Municipalities, counties, and other political
REQUIREMENTS subdivisions of a State; associations, cooperatives, and corporations
operated on a not-for-profit basis; and federally recognized Indian
tribes. Facilities shall primarily serve rural residents. The service
area shall not include any area in anycity or town having a
population in excess of 10,000 inhabitants. The applicant must: (1)
be unable to finance the proposed project from its own resources or
through commercial credit; and (2) have the legal authority necessary
for constructing, operating, and maintaining the proposed facility or
service, and for obtaining, giving security for, and repaying the
proposed loan. Plans and specifications must be developed to
comply with State and local health and pollution regulations and
other requirements. Grants are made only when necessary to reduce
the average annual benefitted user charges to a reasonable level.
Normally, grants are considered only when the debt service portion
of the cost to grant eligible users exceeds the following percentages
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of median household incomes (MHI) for the applicant service area;
0.5 percent when the MHI of the service area is below the poverty
line or below 80 percent (whichever is higher) of the State’s non-
metropolitan household income (NMHI); 1.0 percent when the MHI
of the service area exceeds the 0.5 percent requirement but is not
more than 100 percent of the State’s non-metropolitan household
income (NMHI); no FmI-IA grant funds will be used in any project
when the MHI of the service area is above the poverty line and more
than 100 percent of the State’s NMHI. The FmHA grant may not
exceed 75 percent of the eligible project development cost when the
MHI of the service is below the poverty line or below 80 percent
(whichever is higher) of the State’s NMHI; 55 percent when the MHI
of the service area exceeds the 75 percent requirements, but is not
more than 100 percent of the State’s NMHI. Assistance is
authorized for eligible applicants in rural areas of the United States,
Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, Commonwealth of Northern
Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and to the extent the Secretary
determines appropriate, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Farmers, ranchers rural residents and other
users in eligible applicant areas.
Credentials/Documentation: Evidence of legal capacity, economic
feasibility and financial responsibility relative to the activity for which
assistance is required. Costs will be determined in accordance with
0MB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments.
ASSISTANCE Formula and Matching Requirements: Funds are allocated to States
CONSIDERATIONS based upon rural population and number of households in poverty.
This program has no matching requirements.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: A time limitation is not
specified for the use of FmHA loan or grant funds. Funds will be
awarded when all FmHA requirements are met and the project can
be completed on a timely basis.
EXAMPLES OF Loans were made to: Construct new water system consisting of
FUNDED PROJECTS waterlines, pumping stations, wells and storage tanks; water system
improvements consisting of additional waterlinds, new water
treatment facility and booster pump; renovation Of existing water
system which includes new distribution lines, wells and pressure
tanks; construct new waste water collection and treatment systems;
replace waste water treatment plant and improve waste water
collection lines; rehabilitate waste water collection lines and
construct lift station; purchase site for landfill; and purchase trucks
and equipment for solid waste disposal.
PROGRAM FUNDING Obligations: (Loans) FY 89 $332,879,990; FY 90 est $350,293,000;
and FY 91 est $300,000,000. (Grants) FY 89 $122,698,510; FY 90
est $208,970,000; and FY 91 est $100,000,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: (FY 1989) (Loans)
$4,000 to $4,821,000; $497,500; (Grants) $4,500 to $7,328,900;
$350,000.
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INDEX BY PROGRAM TiTLE
AgrIcultural Conservation Program (ACP) 2
Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes
(Water Research Institute Program) 82
Business and Industrial Loans 52
Capitalization Grants for State Revolving Funds 88
Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants 14
Community Development Block Grants/Small Cities Program 16
Community Development Block Grants/State’s Program 18
Community Services Block Grant -- Discretionary Awards 20
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 4
Consolidated Pesticide Compliance Monitoring and
Program Cooperative Agreements 48
Construction Management Assistance 90
Cooperative Extension Service 8
Economic Development -- Grants for Public Works and
Development Facilities 22
Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants 32
Environmental Protection Consolidated Grants
-- Program Support 34
Environmental Protection -- Consolidated Research 36
Farm O iiership Loans 38
Geological Survey -- Research and Data Acquisition 84
Great Plains Conservation 6
Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund 44
Hazardous Waste Management State Program Support 46
Indian Community Development Block Grant Program 25
Interest Rate Reduction Program 40
Low Input Farming Systems -- Research and Education 12
National Water Resources Research Program 86
Nonpoint Source Implementation 68
Nonpoint Source Reservation 70
Pesticides Control Research 51
Pollution Prevention Incentives for States 72
Rural Clean Water Program 10
Safe Drinking Water Research and Demonstration 26
Soil and Water Loans (SW Loans) 42
Solid Waste Disposal Research 55
Solid Waste Management Assistance 56
State Public Water System Supervision 28
State Underground Storage Tanks Program 66
State Underground Water Source Protection 31
Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation Program 58
Superfund Permanent Relocation Assistance Program 60
Superfund Technical Assistance Grants for Citizen
Groups at Priority Sites 62
Technical Assistance and Training Grants 92
Toxic Substances Research 64
Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program 67
Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities 94
Water Pollution Control -- Research, Development,
and Demonstration 74
Water Pollution Control -- State and Interstate
Program Support (106 Grants) 76
Water Quality Management Planning 78
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Loans 80
iS. G ver rn rnt Prlnting )f1 1 1 281—7242 46O
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