Opportunity Information: Apply for GR RDC 16 011
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- The USDOT-GCR in the employment, labor and training, environment, natural resources, other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "RESTORE Act Direct Component - Non-Construction Activities" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 21.015.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 03, 2016 and posted on May 03, 2016.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 31, 2016. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $57,125,492.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments.
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Opportunity Summary:
The RESTORE Act Direct Component - Non-Construction Activities grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number: GR RDC 16 011; CFDA 21.015) is a discretionary federal grant program tied to the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund, which was created by the RESTORE Act (Subtitle F of P.L. 112-141) in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Trust Fund is capitalized by 80 percent of certain civil penalties paid under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act after July 6, 2012, specifically those connected to the spill, and those funds are deposited into the Trust Fund and invested. The RESTORE Act established five separate funding components for distributing these resources, and this particular notice is limited to just one of them: the Direct Component.
This notice is narrowly focused on eligible non-construction activities. In practical terms, it is meant to fund planning, coordination, technical work, and other non-construction efforts that advance Gulf Coast restoration and economic recovery goals. A key emphasis is planning assistance needed to prepare the Multiyear Plan required by the RESTORE Act, which is the formal planning document jurisdictions must develop to guide how RESTORE funds will be used over time. The announcement explicitly excludes applications that involve construction, acquisition of real property, or requests to use RESTORE funds as the non-federal match for another federally funded grant (whether that other grant is for construction, non-construction, or real property). For those types of requests, applicants are directed to separate, more appropriate funding opportunity announcements.
Eligible activities under the Direct Component align with the RESTORE Act’s broad menu of allowable uses, as long as they are proposed as non-construction work under this notice. The eligible purposes include: restoring and protecting Gulf Coast natural resources and ecosystems (including fisheries, marine and wildlife habitats, beaches, and coastal wetlands); mitigating damage to fish, wildlife, and natural resources; implementing federally approved marine, coastal, or comprehensive conservation management plans (including fisheries monitoring); supporting workforce development and job creation; improving state parks in coastal areas affected by the oil spill; supporting certain infrastructure-related efforts that benefit the economy or ecological resources (including port-related infrastructure, though actual construction would fall under other notices); coastal flood protection and related infrastructure planning or other non-construction elements; planning assistance; administrative costs; promoting tourism in the Gulf Coast region (including recreational fishing); and promoting consumption of Gulf-harvested seafood. Location requirements apply: generally, eligible activities must be carried out in the Gulf Coast region, with limited exceptions for certain categories noted in the notice (specifically items (h) and (k) as stated in the source text).
The eligible applicants for this funding opportunity are governmental entities at the state and county level (State governments and County governments). The awarding agency is listed as USDOT-GCR, reflecting the Gulf Coast Restoration role referenced in the posting, and the program is categorized across several funding activity areas, including environment, natural resources, and employment/labor and training (with additional clarification falling under an “Other” category as described in the announcement). The opportunity was posted on May 3, 2016, with an application closing date of July 31, 2016. The listed award ceiling is $57,125,492, indicating the maximum amount available under the terms presented in the notice, though the posting does not specify the number of expected awards in the provided data.
Overall, this opportunity is best understood as RESTORE Direct Component funding intended to help Gulf Coast state and county governments plan, design, coordinate, monitor, and administer eligible restoration, recovery, and related economic or resource-supporting initiatives, while directing any proposals that involve physical construction, land purchase, or match for other federal grants to different RESTORE Act funding announcements.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) What is the name of this grant opportunity?
This opportunity is the RESTORE Act Direct Component - Non-Construction Activities grant opportunity.
2) What are the funding identifiers for this opportunity?
The Funding Opportunity Number is GR RDC 16 011, and the CFDA number is 21.015.
3) Who is the awarding agency for this opportunity?
The awarding agency is listed as USDOT-GCR (reflecting the Gulf Coast Restoration role referenced in the posting).
4) What is the RESTORE Act and why does this funding exist?
This funding is tied to the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund created by the RESTORE Act (Subtitle F of P.L. 112-141) in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Trust Fund supports Gulf Coast restoration and economic recovery efforts.
5) Where does the money in the Trust Fund come from?
The Trust Fund is capitalized by 80 percent of certain civil penalties paid under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act after July 6, 2012, specifically those connected to the Deepwater Horizon spill. The funds are deposited into the Trust Fund and invested.
6) Is this notice for all RESTORE Act funding?
No. The RESTORE Act established five separate funding components, and this notice is limited to one component only: the Direct Component.
7) What is the focus of this particular Direct Component notice?
This notice is narrowly focused on eligible non-construction activities. In practical terms, it supports planning, coordination, technical work, and other non-construction efforts that advance Gulf Coast restoration and economic recovery goals.
8) What types of projects are explicitly excluded under this notice?
The announcement explicitly excludes: (1) applications that involve construction, (2) acquisition of real property, and (3) requests to use RESTORE funds as the non-federal match for another federally funded grant (whether that other grant is for construction, non-construction, or real property). For those types of requests, applicants are directed to other, more appropriate funding opportunity announcements.
9) Can RESTORE Direct Component funds be used as the non-federal match for another federal grant?
No. Under this notice, using RESTORE funds as the non-federal match for another federally funded grant is explicitly excluded, regardless of whether the other grant supports construction, non-construction, or real property.
10) What are examples of eligible non-construction activities under this notice?
Eligible non-construction activities may include planning, coordination, technical work, monitoring, administrative functions, and other non-construction efforts that align with allowable uses under the RESTORE Act and fit within the Direct Component scope of this notice.
11) What eligible purposes can be supported (as non-construction work) under this notice?
Eligible purposes include (when proposed as non-construction work under this notice): restoring and protecting Gulf Coast natural resources and ecosystems (including fisheries, marine and wildlife habitats, beaches, and coastal wetlands); mitigating damage to fish, wildlife, and natural resources; implementing federally approved marine, coastal, or comprehensive conservation management plans (including fisheries monitoring); supporting workforce development and job creation; improving state parks in coastal areas affected by the oil spill; supporting certain infrastructure-related efforts that benefit the economy or ecological resources (including port-related infrastructure, though actual construction would fall under other notices); coastal flood protection and related infrastructure planning or other non-construction elements; planning assistance; administrative costs; promoting tourism in the Gulf Coast region (including recreational fishing); and promoting consumption of Gulf-harvested seafood.
12) Does this opportunity place special emphasis on planning?
Yes. A key emphasis is planning assistance needed to prepare the Multiyear Plan required by the RESTORE Act, which is the formal planning document jurisdictions must develop to guide how RESTORE funds will be used over time.
13) What is the Multiyear Plan in the context of RESTORE funding?
The Multiyear Plan is the formal planning document required by the RESTORE Act. Jurisdictions must develop it to guide how RESTORE funds will be used over time. This notice highlights planning assistance to prepare that plan as a key emphasis area.
14) Who is eligible to apply for this funding opportunity?
Eligible applicants are governmental entities at the state and county level: State governments and County governments.
15) Are cities, nonprofits, universities, or private entities eligible applicants under this notice?
Only State governments and County governments are identified as eligible applicants in the information provided for this notice.
16) Where must the funded activities take place?
Location requirements apply. Generally, eligible activities must be carried out in the Gulf Coast region, with limited exceptions for certain categories noted in the notice (specifically items (h) and (k) as stated in the source text).
17) What kinds of location exceptions are mentioned?
The information provided indicates there are limited exceptions to the Gulf Coast region location requirement for certain eligible-use categories referenced as items (h) and (k) in the notice.
18) Can this notice support infrastructure work?
This notice can support certain infrastructure-related efforts only as non-construction work, such as planning or other non-construction elements that benefit the economy or ecological resources (including port-related infrastructure planning). Actual construction is excluded under this notice and would fall under other RESTORE Act funding announcements.
19) Can this notice fund coastal flood protection activities?
Yes, but only for non-construction elements, such as coastal flood protection and related infrastructure planning or other non-construction components described as eligible under the RESTORE Act and within the scope of this notice.
20) Are administrative costs eligible under this notice?
Yes. Administrative costs are listed among the eligible purposes, as long as they are part of an eligible non-construction proposal under this notice.
21) Are tourism and seafood marketing activities eligible?
Yes. The eligible purposes include promoting tourism in the Gulf Coast region (including recreational fishing) and promoting consumption of Gulf-harvested seafood, subject to the notice's non-construction scope and applicable location requirements.
22) What program areas does this opportunity fall under?
The opportunity is categorized across several funding activity areas, including environment, natural resources, and employment/labor and training, with additional clarification falling under an "Other" category as described in the announcement.
23) When was this opportunity posted?
The opportunity was posted on May 3, 2016.
24) What is the application closing date?
The application closing date listed is July 31, 2016.
25) What is the maximum award amount mentioned in the notice?
The listed award ceiling is $57,125,492, which indicates the maximum amount available under the terms presented in the notice.
26) Does the notice specify how many awards will be made?
No. The provided information indicates that the posting does not specify the number of expected awards.
27) How should an applicant decide whether their project fits this notice?
Based on the information provided, a project fits this notice if it is a non-construction activity aligned with the RESTORE Act's allowable uses under the Direct Component. If the proposal involves construction, acquisition of real property, or using RESTORE funds as a match for another federal grant, it is excluded from this notice and should be pursued under a different RESTORE Act funding opportunity announcement.
28) What is the overall purpose of this Direct Component non-construction funding?
Overall, this opportunity is intended to help Gulf Coast state and county governments plan, design, coordinate, monitor, and administer eligible restoration, recovery, and related economic or resource-supporting initiatives, while steering construction, land purchase, and federal match requests to other RESTORE Act announcements.
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