The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) was awarded a $4,863,917 Nonpoint Source Implementation Grant (CFDA 66.460) from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to support its nonpoint source pollution management program. This 5-year formula grant, effective October 1, 2023, will fund 6 projects to address Minnesota's priorities for reducing nutrients, total suspended solids, and E. coli bacteria in impaired watersheds. The projects will implement a variety of structural and...
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will receive $4.86 million from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants program (CFDA #66.460) from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2027 to implement priority watershed projects across Minnesota. The projects aim to reduce nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen, total suspended solids, and E. coli bacteria in impaired waterways. Ten watershed projects will employ structural and non-structural best management...
This EPA Region 5 Nonpoint Source Implementation Grant (CFDA 66.460) provides $4,827,450.00 in funding to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) to implement its nonpoint source management program, focusing on watersheds with water quality impairments caused by polluted runoff. The grant supports a variety of structural and non-structural best management practices (BMPs), watershed planning, monitoring, technology demonstrations, and education/outreach programs to reduce nutrients,...
This $3.652 million Formula Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 supports the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' implementation of the state's Nonpoint Source Management Program under the Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants (CFDA #66.460) program. The grant funds technical assistance, evaluation monitoring, local nonpoint source pollution grants, surface water grants, and soil health training through September 2026. It also provides subawards totaling over...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy a $4.1 million Nonpoint Source Implementation Grant under the CFDA 66.460 program. The five-year formula grant will support implementation of 12 watershed restoration and protection projects focused on improving water quality impaired by nonpoint source pollution. Sub-awards were provided to 11 organizations to carry out best management practices including green infrastructure,...
This $168,775 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) provides funding to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies in Minnesota. Key activities include adopting monitoring designs and assessment methodologies, migrating to the Water Quality Exchange for...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $3,231,000 Nonpoint Source Implementation Grant (CFDA 66.460) to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) to implement the state's Nonpoint Source Management Program. The 5-year grant (9/1/2023 - 8/31/2028) will fund activities to protect and improve Mississippi's water resources by mitigating nonpoint source pollution. Key deliverables include structural and non-structural best management practices, watershed planning,...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality $5.385 million under the Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.460) Formula Grant program to implement Mississippi's Nonpoint Source Management Program from October 1, 2021 through August 31, 2027. The funding will support three projects focused on nutrient and pollutant reduction strategies through best management practices, watershed planning, education, and outreach in the Upper...
This $9 million Formula Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency's Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants program (CFDA #66.460) provides funding to the California State Water Resources Control Board to implement the state's Nonpoint Source Management Program from July 2022 to June 2027. The Board will focus on reducing water quality impairments caused by polluted runoff in targeted watersheds through various structural and non-structural best management practices. This includes $15 million...
This $1.86 million five-year Formula Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 supports the Montana Department of Environmental Quality's implementation of the state's Nonpoint Source Management Program through May 2026. Funded by EPA's Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants program (CFDA #66.460), the award focuses on improving water quality in impaired watersheds through a variety of structural and non-structural best management practices, watershed planning, monitoring,...