Contact: Alexis Donath, 651-757-2312
St. Paul, Minn. -- The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is seeking grant proposals from local government units and other entities interested in leading a nonpoint-source, pollution-control project. Priority for funding will be given to projects that protect waters currently meeting state water quality standards.
Eligible applicants may apply to the MPCA through a competitive application process. The due date for proposals is 4:30 p.m., August 13, 2010.
The MPCA anticipates there will be $2 million available for grants and $2 million for loans this year. Eligible applicants include watershed districts, tribal authorities, cities and counties, joint powers organizations and watershed management organizations. There is a $500,000 limit on each grant funding request and no limit for a loan request. Proposals must be sent electronically to CWP.Grant.PCA@ state.mn.us.
This year, the MPCA will offer funds for two types of projects:
-- Resource investigation to monitor, assess and develop a diagnostic study for water bodies, along with a plan to implement activities that address the needs of the water bodies. These projects are only eligible for grant funding.
-- Implementation of activities already identified by a comprehensive assessment and planning process in the watershed or area around the water body of concern. These projects are eligible for both grant and loan funding.
Proposers who are awarded funds will be able to begin project work as early as the fall of 2010.
For more information, see the CWP Resource Investigation and Implementation Projects section on the MPCA’s Financial Assistance for Nonpoint Source Water Pollution Projects: Clean Water Partnership and Section 319 Programs Web site at www.pca.state.mn.us/water/cwp-319.html.
