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Opportunity Information: Apply for FWS WSFR CVA 2009

• The Fish and Wildlife Service in the community development environment natural resources other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) transportation sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "CLEAN VESSEL GRANT PROGRAM" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.616 Clean Vessel Act Program.
• This funding opportunity was created on Dec 22, 2008 and posted on Dec 22, 2008.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 30, 2009 Proposals are due to the Regional U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program (WSFR) offices by January 30, 2009, 500 PM local time of the Regional Office. Electronic proposals must be received by Grants.gov on or before January 30, 2009, 1159 pm local time of the Regional Office. Late proposals will not be considered. The announcement of awards is expected to be in April 2009.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2024.)
• The funding agency has allocated a total of $14,000,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 50 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
• Eligible activities for funding from the Clean Vessel Act Grant Program depend upon whether the applicant is a coastal or inland State, the District of Columbia, Commonwealth, and territory. Eligible activities for all States, the District of Columbia, Commonwealths, and territories include 1) Programs or projects to educate/inform recreational boaters about the environmental pollution problems resulting from sewage discharges from vessels and to inform them of the location of pumpout and dump stations. 2) Programs or projects to construct, renovate, and operate and maintain pumpout and dump stations, including floating restrooms used solely by boaters. Eligible grant activities also include any activity necessary to hold and transport boaters sewage to treatment plants, such as holding tanks, piping, hauling costs, and any activity necessary to get sewage treatment plants to accept sewage, such as installing bleed in facilities. Eligible grant activities coastal States 1) Programs or projects that identify all operational pumpout and dump stations, and surveys of recreational vessels in coastal waters with holding tanks or portable toilets, and the areas where those vessels congregate in the coastal zone. In addition, eligible are costs of developing a list, including chart coordinates, of all operational pumpout and dump stations in the coastal zone of the State, for submission to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2) Plans for construction and renovation of pumpout and dump stations in the coastal zone of the State necessary to ensure that these stations are adequate and reasonably available to meet the needs of recreational vessels using the coastal waters of the State. Completed Stated funded plans may be submitted after the technical guidelines appear in the Federal Register.

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