This clean water act section 319 grant award agreement provides financial assistance and support to the commonwealth of virginia to implement its nonpoint source management program, focusing on…

This $3.66 million formula grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality supports implementation of Virginia's Nonpoint Source Management Program through July 2027. Funded by EPA's Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants program (CFDA #66.460), the award focuses on reducing water pollution from nonpoint sources in impaired watersheds. Subrecipients will implement on-the-ground best management practices guided by EPA-approved watershed plans, achieving pollutant load reductions and ultimately restoring water quality standards in impacted waterbodies. Projects include conservation planning, nutrient management, ditch and wetland restoration, and other structural and non-structural practices. The grant aims to benefit all Commonwealth residents through improved water quality and attainment of Clean Water Act goals.

This clean water act section 319 grant award agreement provides financial assistance and support to the commonwealth of virginia to implement its nonpoint source management program, focusing on watersheds with water quality impairments caused by polluted runoff from nonpoint sources. Activities:nonpoint source implementation projects can be conducted by both the state grant recipient as well as by a variety of subrecipients, and include a variety of structural and non-structural best management practices (bmps), monitoring, technology demonstrations, and a variety of education/outreach programs. The projects to be funded with this grant award will develop and implement projects and bmps primarily in the areas of conservation planning, nutrient management, nutrient load reductions, watershed plan implementation, and ditch/wetland/stream restoration. Subrecipient:the activities to be implemented through subawards to multiple recipients will primarily include the implementation of on the ground best management practices aimed at improving water quality in nonpoint source impaired waterbodies as guided by EPA accepted watershed-based plans.outcomes: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 of virginia residents and occupants, both permanent and temporary.