Support implementation of the bipartisan infrastructure law (BIL) through the massachusetts bays national estuary partnership (MBP) comprehensive conservation and management plan (ccmp)
Active Project Grant Awarded Last action
- Award ID
- 00A01549
- Recipient
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University Of Mass At Boston UEI CGCDJ24JJLZ1
- Awarding agency
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EPA Region 1
Regional Offices, Environmental Protection Agency
- Obligated
- $1,621,000
Award facts
- Assistance listing
- 66.456 National Estuary Program
- Completion date 58% complete
- Place of performance
- Massachusetts, USA
Award details come from USAspending.gov.
Description
- Description
- The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to support implementation of the bipartisan infrastructure law (BIL) through the massachusetts bays national estuary partnership (MBP) comprehensive conservation and management plan (ccmp). The cooperative agreement supports activities that will address the key challenges facing massbays with particular emphasis on impaired water quality and habitat, climate vulnerability, and impacts on EJ communities. Work under the agreement will focus on: - accelerating and more extensively implementing the ccmp by providing an opportunity to execute long-term projects within MBP communities, leverage additional resources for significant projects, and work with key stakeholders to advance a wide range of projects identified in the newly revised ccmp; - ensuring that benefits of federal investments from estuary program projects are shared equitably among communities by prioritizing projects that flow to historically disadvantaged communities; - building the adaptive capacity of ecosystems and communities to withstand climate change impacts by working with federal, state, and local partners, often using green infrastructure and nature-based solutions and especially those that protect and restore key habitats that increase resiliency and carbon sequestration. In identifying priority actions, massbays will select projects that advance the climate resilience of ecosystems and communities and deliver climate emissions mitigation CO-benefits; and - leveraging additional resources through collaboration with other federal agencies and new partners.activities:* lead new eelgrass restoration efforts in collaboration with other neps, academic, agency and NGO partners across the east coast. Convene partners and lead grant pursuits for the regional collaboration. Develop and implement a standardized experimental design and protocols. * develop an approach to quantify and track non-monetary and CO-benefits, including defining a buffer area abutting, connecting, or otherwise associating EJ and climate vulnerable communities with habitat and water quality infrastructure improvements within a range of distance from the areas defined by massachusetts' EJ policy and EPA's EJ screen to encompass the benefits realized by those who do not live immediately adjacent to improved habitat and water quality resources. * provide one-on-one assistance to entities responsible for high-priority tide gates that are impacting salt marsh extent and condition. * through a separate agreement with U.S. Geological survey, install one (1) and maintain three (3) total continuous monitoring buoys through june 30, 2026. * with contractor support, update the ecohealth traching tool to incorporate habitat potential indices and diadromous fish layers and targets; provide technical support to municipalities as they identify and implement best practices for local tide gate management. * manage subawards: - division of marine fisheries (DMF) for onsite assistance at a wet lab and flow-through tanks to support a region-wide collaboration to establish seed production for eelgrass restoration in the northeast. - salem state university (SSU) to support a coop student to monitor and maintain eelgrass see production in coordination with DMF - fund one regional coordinator (RSC) to oversee a 'ready-to-go,' locally prioritized project advancing massbays efforts to meet a 40% goal under JUSTICE40 in accordance with our equity plan. Subrecipient:- support onsite assistance at a wet lab and flow-through tanks to support a region-wide collaboration to establish seed production for eelgrass restoration in the northeast, including support for monitoring and maintaining eelgrass seed production in coordination with DMF - fund a regional coordinator (RSC) to oversee a 'ready-to-go,' locally prioritized project advancing massbays efforts to meet a 40
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment | $0 | |
| Amendment | $909,800 | |
| Original award | $711,200 |
Subawards
| Subrecipient | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Salem | $100,000 | |
| Association To Preserve Cape Cod Inc. | $82,500 |
Quick answers
Who received award 00A01549?
00A01549 was awarded to University Of Mass At Boston by EPA Region 1 (Regional Offices) on July 1, 2024.
How much is award 00A01549 worth?
$1,621,000 has been obligated on 00A01549.
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