This agreement provides support to the commonwealth of pennsylvania to implement its nonpoint source management program, focusing on watersheds with water quality impairments caused by polluted runoff…

This $8,441,150 Formula Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3, awarded under the Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants program (CFDA 66.460), supports the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's efforts to implement its Nonpoint Source Management Program. The funding will be used for 20 projects to design, permit, and implement best management practices (BMPs) to reduce pollutant loading from abandoned mine drainage, agriculture, and stream degradation in impaired watersheds. Additional deliverables include watershed-based plan development and revisions, stream and lake monitoring, semi-annual/annual reports, and program success stories. As part of this award, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is providing sub-awards to organizations such as the Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation, Western Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation, Bucks County Conservation District, Donegal Chapter of Trout Unlimited, and various county conservation districts to carry out specific project activities within their respective areas of expertise and jurisdiction.

This agreement provides support to the commonwealth of pennsylvania to implement its nonpoint source management program, focusing on watersheds with water quality impairments caused by polluted runoff from nonpoint sources. Nonpoint source implementation projects include a variety of structural and non-structural best management practices (bmps), watershed planning, monitoring, technology demonstrations, and a variety of education/outreach programs.activities:the proposed work in this agreement includes: 20 projects that will support the design, permitting, or implementation of best management practices (BMP) to reduce nitrogen, phosphorus, sediment, aluminum, iron, manganese, and acidity pollutant loading from abandoned mine drainage, agriculture, and stream degradation, watershed-based plan development and revisions, and stream and lake monitoring/assessments projects. Subrecipient:proposed subagreement work in this grant includes the design, permitting, or implementation of best management practices to reduce pollutant loading from abandon mine drainage, agriculture, and stream degradation, watershed based plan development and revisions, and stream and lake monitoring/assessments projects.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables and expected outcomes include completed design/permitting for future BMP implementation, completed BMP implementation, EPA accepted watershed-based plan revisions or new watershed-based plans, and stream/lake monitoring data uploaded to WQX. In addition to these expected outcomes from 319 projects, other deliverables include two semi-annual reports, one annual report, final reports for all completed 319 projects under the award, and two (2) 319 program success stories. The implementation projects are expected to primarily achieve pollutant load reductions in watersheds with clean water act section 319 approved watershed-based plans, ultimately leading to restoration of waterbodies and attainment of water quality standards. Direct beneficiaries of this program include all commonwealth residents and occupants, both permanent and temporary.