Cooperative Agreement 96178401

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202), provides $625,000 in funding to the Town of North East (MD) to remove sediment from the Leslie Water Treatment Plant (LWTP). The project activities include temporarily shutting down the LWTP, dewatering the pond, and using earth-moving equipment to excavate, load, and haul off the accumulated sediment. The anticipated deliverables include the...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the City of Brunswick, Ohio a $927,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) to implement a project to improve stormwater management by removing accumulated sediment within North Park Lake. The key activities to be performed include mobilization, lake dewatering, dredging and embankment, erosion and sediment control, stone roadway construction for access, path restoration, and grass...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) provides $465,000.00 in funding to the West Bloomfield Parks and Recreation Commission to remediate the Drake Sports Park detention pond. The key activities include removing solids from the pond and planting grasses and plants to improve stormwater retention and sediment filtering. The anticipated outcomes are enhanced protection of nearby...

The Town of Plymouth has been awarded a $20,042,000 Cooperative Agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Habitat Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.463). The award will fund the construction of a fishway around the historic Jenney Pond Dam, the last remaining passage barrier on Town Brook, to open access to habitat for river herring and American eel. The project will also involve dredging and restoring the pond behind the dam. The fishway is...

The Town of Durham, a U.S. local government and municipality, has received a $100,000 project grant from the Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage program (CFDA #15.685) to remove the Mill Pond Dam and install a fish ladder on the Oyster Reservoir Dam along the Oyster River. This project will restore approximately 1.8 miles of free-flowing habitat along the Oyster River mainstem and another 3.4 miles of tributaries, improving passage for...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202), provides $596,500.00 in funding to the City of Melrose, MA to design and construct improvements to the stormwater management system at Ell Pond Park. The key activities include the design and construction of stormwater management and treatment infrastructure, with the anticipated deliverables being 100% design of the Ell Pond Park...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202), will provide the Town of Old Orchard Beach, Maine with $1,382,300 to implement infrastructure upgrades and resiliency improvements to the town's wastewater treatment facility and pump stations. The key activities to be performed under this award include: upgrading aging infrastructure and implementing resiliency improvements at the...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA# 15.685), provides $1,264,500 in funding to the Atlantic Salmon Federation Inc. for the removal of two dams in Maine's Merrymeeting Bay Salmon Habitat Recovery Unit. The primary components of the project are: Removal of the Mercer Dam on Little Norridgewock Stream in Chesterville, which is owned by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. This...

The City of Ypsilanti received a $4,465,000 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to finalize the removal design and fully remove the Peninsular Paper Dam from the Huron River. The project will restore aquatic organism passage and connectivity by deconstructing this 21-foot concrete gravity dam. Key activities include engineering design, sediment management, habitat protection, and...

The Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) of Maine has received a $2,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to construct a new state-of-the-art fish lift at the Woodland Hydroelectric Project. This project aims to significantly improve access to over 600 miles of historic sea-run fish habitat and 60,000 acres of alewife habitat by modernizing the outdated 1960s-era fish passage at this...