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MSA Professional Services Grant Name and Agency Eligible Projects Eligible Applicants Award Type Deadline Clean Water Fund Program, WI DNR To protect water quality by correcting existing wastewater treatment and urban storm water problems and preventing future problems. Eligible Projects: • Construction of treatment works, sewer systems and interceptors necessary to prevent violation of discharge permits, meet new or changed discharge limits, correct water quality or human health problems in unsewered areas, or projects for the treatment of urban storm water runoff. • Cities, towns, villages, counties • Town sanitary districts • Public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts • Metropolitan sewerage districts • Federally-recognized tribal governments • Subsidized interest rates of 55%, 65% or 70% of market interest rate. • Further reduced interest rates, as low as or grants up to 70% of the project cost are available to municipalities that qualify for Hardship Financial Assistance. • Wastewater projects with a total project cost less than 1,000,000 may apply for the Small Loan portion of the Clean Water Fund Program. • A Notice of Intent and a Priority Evaluation and Ranking Form must be postmarked by December 31. • For hardship financial assistance, a Financial Assistance Application and the Clean Water Fund Program Application must be submitted by June 30. (There is no deadline for the Clean Water Fund Program application for non-hardship projects) • For hardship financial assistance, the Financial Assistance Agreement must be executed by August 30, the year following the application. Environmental Repair Fund Loan Program, WI DNR To improve the wastewater treatment plant or drinking water system, to reduce pollution caused by urban storm water runoff, or to clean up contaminated land that threatens to pollute groundwater. • Counties, cities, towns, villages. • Sometimes sanitary districts, lake districts, sewerage districts and tribes. Interest rates considerably below market rates. A Notice of Intent must be submitted by December 31. ---PAGE BREAK--- MSA Professional Services Grant Name and Agency Eligible Projects Eligible Applicants Award Type Deadline Lake Planning Grant Program – Small Scale, WI DNR To collect and analyze information needed to protect and restore lakes and their watersheds. Eligible Projects: • Lake Monitoring projects: Water quality, aquatic plant or other monitoring activities that do not fit into a large scale planning project. Ideal for issue specific investigations or post project evaluation. Organizations interested in basic lake water quality (trophic state) monitoring should first contact their Regional Lake Coordinator about opportunities under Self-Help Citizen Lake Monitoring program. • Lake Education projects: Activities that will assist management units in collecting and disseminating existing information about lakes for the purpose of broadening the understanding of lake use, lake ecosystem conditions and lake management techniques. • Organization development projects: Activities that will assist management units in the formation of goals and objectives for the management of a lake or lakes. • Studies, assessments and other activities needed to develop management goals: Activities needed to implement or augment management goals or an existing plan for a lake or lakes; for expanded monitoring; or a combination of the activities listed above. • Counties, towns, cities, villages • Tribes • Qualified non-profit conservation organizations • Qualified lake associations • School Districts (partnered with another eligible party) • Public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts • Town sanitary districts • Other governmental units (Wis. Stats. Ch. 66.0301 May fund up to 75% of the cost of a lake planning project without exceeding $3,000 per grant. Application must be submitted by February 1 (for spring cycle) and August 1 (for fall cycle). Lake Planning Grant Program – Large Scale, WI DNR To collect and analyze information needed to protect and restore lakes and their watersheds. Eligible Projects: • Gathering and analysis of physical, chemical, and biological information on lakes. • Describing present and potential land uses within lake watersheds and on shorelines. • Reviewing jurisdictional boundaries and evaluating ordinances that relate to zoning, sanitation, or pollution control or surface use. • Assessments of fish, aquatic life, wildlife, and their habitats. Gathering and analyzing information from lake property owners, community residents, and lake users. • Counties, towns, cities, villages • Tribes • Qualified non-profit conservation organizations • Qualified lake associations • School Districts (partnered with another eligible party) • Public inland lake protection and May fund up to 75% of the cost of a lake planning project without exceeding $10,000 per grant. Application must be submitted by February 1 (for spring cycle) and August 1 (for fall cycle). ---PAGE BREAK--- MSA Professional Services Grant Name and Agency Eligible Projects Eligible Applicants Award Type Deadline • Developing, evaluating, publishing, and distributing alternative courses of action and recommendations in a lake management plan. rehabilitation districts • Town sanitary districts Other governmental units (Wis. Stats. Ch. 66.0301 Lake Protection Grant Program, WI DNR To protect and improve the water quality of lakes and their ecosystems. Eligible Projects: • Purchase of land or conservation easements that will significantly contribute to the protection or improvement of the natural ecosystem and water quality of a lake. • Restoration of wetlands and shorelands that will protect a lake's water quality or its natural ecosystem (these grants are limited to $100,000). Special wetland incentive grants of up to $10,000 are eligible for 100 percent state funding if the project is identified in the sponsor's comprehensive land use plan. • Development of local regulations or ordinances to protect lakes and the education activities necessary for them to be implemented (these grants are limited to $50,000) • Lake management plan implementation projects recommended in a plan and approved by DNR. These projects may include watershed management projects, lake restoration, diagnostic feasibility studies, or any other projects that will protect or improve lakes. In-eligible Projects: • Dam repair, operation or removal. • Purchase of property on which a dam is located. • Water safety patrols. • Dredging. • Design, installation, operation or maintenance of sanitary sewers, or septic systems. • Most chemical treatments or mechanical harvesting of aquatic plants. • Maintenance and operation of equipment and facilities. • Counties, towns, cities, villages • Tribes • Qualified lake associations • Public inland lake districts • Qualified nonprofit conservation organizations • Town sanitary districts • Other governmental units (Wis. Stats. Ch. 66.0301 May fund up to 75% of the cost of the project without exceeding $200,000. A pre-application meeting with the DNR is highly recommended. Application must be submitted by May 1. ---PAGE BREAK--- MSA Professional Services Grant Name and Agency Eligible Projects Eligible Applicants Award Type Deadline • Water safety patrols, as defined in s. 30.79 Wis. Stats. Local Water Quality Management Planning Aids, WI DNR To assist with the development and implementation of area- wide water quality management planning activities. Eligible Projects: • Sewer service area plans and amendments. • Local and regional water resource management and watershed planning activities. • Regional wastewater facility planning initiatives. • Identification and protection of water quality sensitive environmental corridors. • Local, county, and regional planning agencies, commissions and departments • Other local government units and tribes May be funded at 100% depending on proposed water quality priorities, work plans, cost estimates, and fund source, matching local funds may be required. Project proposals may be submitted continuously. Proposals must be received by November 30 to be considered for funding in the next calendar year. Municipal Flood Control Grant, WI DNR Provide assistance to purchase property or vacant land, structure removal, construction or other development costs. Eligible Projects (in priority order): • Acquisition and removal of structures, which, due to zoning restrictions, cannot be rebuilt or repaired. • Acquisition and removal of structures in the 100-year floodplain. • Acquisition and removal of repetitive loss or substantially damaged structures. • Acquisition and removal of other flood damaged structures. • Floodproofing and elevation of structures. • Riparian restoration projects, including removal of dams and other artificial obstructions, restoration of fish and native plant habitat, erosion control and streambank restoration projects. • Acquisition of vacant land, or perpetual conservation or flowage easements to provide additional flood storage or to facilitate natural or more efficient flood flows. • Construction of structures for the collection, detention, retention, storage and transmission of stormwater and groundwater for flood control and riparian restoration projects. • Preparation of flood insurance studies and other flood mapping projects. • All cities, villages, towns, Indian Tribes and metropolitan sewerage districts concerned with municipal flood control management in the State of Wisconsin. May fund up to 70% of the eligible project costs. Application must be submitted by April 15 of odd number years. ---PAGE BREAK--- MSA Professional Services Grant Name and Agency Eligible Projects Eligible Applicants Award Type Deadline Ineligible Projects: • Dam repair and operation. • Design, installation, operation or maintenance of sanitary sewers, treatment plants or onsite sewerage systems. • Projects which would adversely affect a watercourse by causing increases in flood heights, velocities, sedimentation or erosion, reducing the amount of complexity of fish and wildlife habitat, reducing natural shore cover, or restricting navigation, or any other negative impact, except temporary impacts caused by dam removal or other approved restoration activities. • Projects which would dredge or channelize a stream or line a natural stream bed with impervious materials. • Projects which conflict with land use, watershed or other resource management plans. • Projects or applicants, which are not compliant with minimum state floodplain management requirements or with minimum national flood insurance program requirements. • Creation or enhancement of stormwater management plans. • Projects for the purchase, installation or operation of mechanical pumping systems. River Protection Management Grant, WI DNR To protect and restore rivers and their ecosystems. Eligible Projects: • Purchase of land or conservation easements. • Development of local regulations or ordinances to protect or improve water quality. • Installation of practices to control nonpoint source pollution. • Restoration projects including instream or shoreland habitat and protection. • DNR approved activities needed to implement planning recommendations. • Education, planning, and design activities necessary for the implementation of a management project. • Counties, cities, towns, villages • Tribes • Other local governmental units (Wis. Stats. Ch. 66.0301 • Qualified river management organizations • Qualified nonprofit conservation organizations May be fund up to 75% of eligible project costs without exceeding $50,000. Application must be postmarked by May 1. ---PAGE BREAK--- MSA Professional Services Grant Name and Agency Eligible Projects Eligible Applicants Award Type Deadline Ineligible Projects: • Dam repair and operation. • Purchase of property on which a dam is located (unless for the purpose of facilitating dam removal). • Dredging. • Design, installation, operation, or maintenance of sanitary sewers, treatment plants, or onsite sewerage systems. River Protection Planning Grant, WI DNR To collect, assess and disseminate information on riverine ecosystems; to assist in developing organization to help manage rivers; to assist the public in understanding riverine ecosystems; and to create management plans for the long term protection and improvement of riverine ecosystems. Eligible Projects: • Organizational development for existing river protection/improvement organizations. • Assistance with the formation of a qualified river management organization. • Public education projects. • Planning and assessment projects • Development of management strategies, plans, and special project designs to identify appropriate river protection projects. • Collection and assessment of water quality, water quantity, and biological/environmental data. • Collection of sociological data necessary for the development of a river management plan. • Description and mapping of existing and potential land and water resource conditions. • Development of local ordinances to control activities that may impact the riverine ecosystems. • Dissemination of information obtained during the project. Ineligible Projects: • Capital improvement projects. • Counties, cities, towns, villages • Tribes • Other local governmental units (Wis. Stats. Ch. 66.0301 • Qualified river management organizations • Qualified nonprofit conservation organizations May fund up to 75% of eligible project cost without exceeding $10,000. Applications must be postmarked by May 1. ---PAGE BREAK--- MSA Professional Services Grant Name and Agency Eligible Projects Eligible Applicants Award Type Deadline Nonpoint Target Runoff Management Grant, WI DNR To install Best Management Practices (BMP) to limit or end nonpoint source (runoff) water pollution. Projects must have a two-year implementation time frame. Eligible Projects: • Barnyard and feedlot protection practices. • Design as part of construction. • Detention ponds. • Livestock waste management practices. • Stream bank protection projects. • Wetland construction. Ineligible Projects: • Projects to control pollution regulated under Wisconsin law as a point source. This includes: • Activities to meet permit requirements for large livestock feeding operations regulated under ch. NR 243, Wis. Adm. Code. • Municipal or industrial activities to meet permit requirements under ch. NR 216, Wis. Adm. Code. • Construction site erosion control and post- construction BMPs for new development. • Projects that are not water quality based (such as dredging, or projects to solve drainage or flooding problems). • Governmental units (Wis. Stats. Ch. 66.0301 • Tribes May fund up to 70% of eligible costs without exceeding $150,000. Application must be postmarked by April 15. Urban Nonpoint Source and Storm Water Grants, WI DNR To improve urban water quality by limiting or ending sources of urban nonpoint source (runoff) pollution. Funded projects are site-specific and targeted to address high- priority problems in urban project areas. Eligible Projects (Planning Grants): • The project must currently be in an urban area or projected to be urban within 20 years. An “urban project area” must meet one of the following criteria: • Has a population density of at least 1,000 people per square mile. • Has a commercial land use. • Is the non-permitted portion of a privately owned industrial site. • Governmental units (Wis. Stats. Ch. 66.0301 • Tribes Planning Grants: May be reimbursed up to 70%, without exceeding $85,000 Construction Grants: May be reimbursed up to 50%, without exceeding $200,000 ($150,000 for construction activities and $50,000 for land acquisition or Application must be postmarked by April 15. ---PAGE BREAK--- MSA Professional Services Grant Name and Agency Eligible Projects Eligible Applicants Award Type Deadline • Is a municipally-owned industrial site (regardless of ch. NR 216 permit requirements). • Urban runoff control planning activities including: • Storm water planning for areas of existing development, new development, and re- development. • Preparation of local ordinances (such as construction site erosion control, post-construction storm water management, pet waste management, and illicit discharge management) affecting storm water. • Evaluating local financing options for storm water programs, including storm water utilities. • Urban runoff control implementation activities including: Administration costs (in excess of permit revenues) needed to initiate a local ordinance program. Administration costs associated with initial establishment of local storm water management funding programs (such as storm water utilities). Illicit discharge detection and elimination. Project evaluation activities required by the grant. • Public participation, education, and outreach activities. Eligible Projects (Construction Grants): • The project must be designed to control storm water runoff rates, volumes, and discharge quality from nonpoint sources within an existing urban area. • Construction of structural urban BMPs such as detention basins, wet basins, infiltration trenches, infiltration basins, or wetland basins. • Engineering design and construction services for BMP installation. • Land acquisition and easement purchase, including appraisal costs (only when necessary to install the BMP). • Storm sewer rerouting and removal of structures (only when necessary to install the BMP). easements). ---PAGE BREAK--- MSA Professional Services Grant Name and Agency Eligible Projects Eligible Applicants Award Type Deadline • Streambank and shoreland stabilization projects. Ineligible Projects (Construction Grants): • Projects solely focused on new development. • Projects designed to solve drainage and flooding problems. • Dredging projects. Wetland Incentive Grant, WI DNR To restore a small wetland in order to protect lake quality. Eligible Projects: • Project must be recommended in a comprehensive land use plan. • Counties, cities, towns, villages • Tribes • Qualified lake associations • Sanitary districts • Lake districts • Qualified non-profit conservation organizations May be reimbursed up 100% without exceeding $10,000. Application must be submitted by May 1 ---PAGE BREAK--- MSA Professional Services Federal Grants – May be available in 2007… Water and Wastewater Grant & Loan Program, USDA Rural Development (Rural Utility Service (RUS)) To construct, improve, or modify municipal drinking water and wastewater systems, storm sewers, and solid waste disposal facilities. Priority is given to the following types of projects: • Municipalities with a population less than 5,500. • Projects serving low income communities. • Projects necessary to alleviate a health or sanitary problem. • Cities, villages, tribes, sanitary districts and towns in rural areas with a population up to 10,000. Maximum Grants available: • 75% of project if median household income (MHI) <$37,306 and health and sanitary problems exist. • 45% of project if MHI $37,306 – $46,632. • 0% of project if MHI >$46,632 Maximum Loan is 100% of the project cost. Applications are accepted throughout the fiscal year (October 1 – September 30). Region 5 Wetland Program Development Grants, EPA To increase the quantity and quality of wetlands in the U.S. by conserving and restoring wetland acreage and improving wetland health. Eligibility: • The project must be located (or primarily located) in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, or Wisconsin. • State governments • Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) • City or township governments • County governments ---PAGE BREAK--- MSA Professional Services Targeted Watersheds Grant Program - EPA Grants awarded may involve Geospatial Information. Eligible projects will result in the protection, preservation, and restoration of a watershed that incorporates a watershed- based approach and meets the prescribed criteria. Both the watershed approach and the Targeted Watersheds Grants focus on multi-faceted plans for protecting and restoring water resources that are developed using partnership efforts of diverse stakeholders. Activities proposed for funding are not required to address the entire watershed, but are expected to have been based on a comprehensive assessment and plan for the watershed. The goal of the Targeted Watersheds Grant Program is to advance successful partnerships and coalitions that have completed the necessary watershed assessments and have a technically sound watershed plan ready to implement. • Public and State controlled institutions of higher education • County governments • Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) • State governments • Private institutions of higher education • Individuals • City or township governments • Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Anticipated awards will range from approximately $600,000 to $900,000 each and have a project period of three to five years. 9 to 20 grants or cooperative agreements for restoration and/or protection efforts will be awarded. Proposals must be received by EPA or electronically through Grants.gov by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time November 13, 2006. Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), NRCS EQIP offers financial and technical help to assist eligible participants install or implement structural and management practices on eligible agricultural land. Incentive payments may be made to encourage a farmer to adopt land management practices, such as nutrient management, manure management, integrated pest management, or wildlife habitat management. EQIP practices implemented include: grassed waterways, stream bank assessment and improvement, well abandonment, roof runoff collection, lined waterway diversions, and critical area stabilization, and nutrient management and planning. • County administered to farmers/agricultural private landowners EQIP in Wisconsin pays up to 50 and 75 percent of the costs of eligible conservation practices. Sign-up by counties vary. See websites for details. http://www.wi.nrcs.usd a.gov/programs/eqipco nspract06.html North American Wetlands Conservation Act Small Grants, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Promote long-term conservation of North American wetland ecosystems, and the waterfowl and other migratory birds, fish and wildlife that depend upon such habitat. Priorities: Acquisition, establishment, enhancement and restoration of wetlands and wetland-associated uplands. • Counties, cities, towns, villages, tribes $75,000 Dec 01, 2006 Electronic application ---PAGE BREAK--- MSA Professional Services County Grants Dane County Conservation Fund To acquire and hold interests in land included in the Dane County Parks and Open Space Plan(s) or conservation easements in buffer areas immediately adjacent to current properties owned or purchased pursuant to this Plan. • Towns, villages, or cities in Dane County. • Non-profit organizations with 501(c)(3) status • Other governmental units in Dane County (school districts, lake districts, native American governments) Also eligible when legal considerations are met: • Non-profit organizations that are not 501(c)(3) organizations • Conservation groups • Lakes and Watershed Associations • Other private organizations Land rights held by grantee - Dane County will match 50% of the actual purchase price and acquisition costs or 50% of costs remaining after other grant funding is applied, whichever is less. Land rights held by Dane County - Dane County will cover 100% of costs remaining after other grant funding is applied, but not to exceed 50% of the actual purchase price and acquisition costs. • Pre-applications may be submitted through March 1. • County letter to the applicant by March 31 indicating that the project is eligible. • Formal Grant Applications due August 1. ---PAGE BREAK--- MSA Professional Services Dane County Land and Water Legacy Fund IN PROGRESS Goals: • Fund smarter land practices to improve the overall health of the county’s aquifers and waterways. • Purchase of Development Rights option for landowners seeking to protect and restore waters while continuing to work the land. • Enhance public access for the Yahara Water Trail, creating the basis for a larger water trail system in Dane County. • Regulate the land-spreading of septage and pilot the use of pervious surfaces and green roofing techniques at county facilities. • Funding land practices such as buffers and native plantings to prevent sediment and nutrient discharges into the lakes • Create a North Mendota E-Way and other wetland restoration in the Lake Mendota watershed. These practices will improve flood control and infiltration, and stop pollutants from entering the Yahara Chain of Lakes. • Building upon the work of the Dane County Water Classification Study, identify gaps in current regulatory programs including shoreland zoning requirements that go beyond the state minimums. • Expand access to streams for public fishing and fish habitat improvement. Unknown Unknown Unknown