Project Grant 02D01921
- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $410,498 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program (CFDA 66.484) to the County of Monroe, Florida. The purpose of this two-year project is to implement water quality sampling, monitoring, and evaluations of up to 300 canals within Monroe County, including the unincorporated county and municipalities. The project will collect dissolved oxygen data to inform decisions on potential...
- This $393,888 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 under the CFDA 66.484 Geographic Programs - South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program will fund water quality sampling and monitoring activities in 152 canals in Monroe and Marathon counties, Florida. The primary goals are to monitor "poor" and "fair" canals on the restoration list, create criteria to evaluate and rank shoreline management practices and materials, and produce a...
- The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded Florida Atlantic University a $118,252 Project Grant under the Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements - Section 104(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act program (CFDA 66.436). The grant will support Florida Atlantic University's FY20 South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program to address marine debris, fishing gear, trash, and boating equipment entering waterways in the Indian River Lagoon,...
- The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded $353,798 under the Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements - Section 104(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act program to the Georgia Southern University Research & Service Foundation Inc. The project grant will support the South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program to examine the relationship between submarine groundwater discharge and seagrasses at multiple locations within Florida Bay....
- The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded $147,776 under the Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements - Section 104(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act federal grant program to the University of South Florida. The three-year project grant funding period extends from March 1, 2021 through February 28, 2024. Under this award, the University of South Florida will support the South Florida Geographic Initiative Program through determining...
- The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded $248,000 to Martin County Board of County Commissioners through its Section 104(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act program. The funding supports Martin County's FY20 South Florida Geographic Initiative program to analyze existing water quality data in the Indian River Lagoon, St. Lucie Estuary, and northern extent of the Southeast Florida Ecosystem Conservation Area. It also provides for augmented water sampling, particularly during the wet...
- The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded the Florida Department of Environmental Protection a $1.3 million formula grant under the Water Quality Management Planning program (CFDA 66.454) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2026. The grant funds the State of Florida's water quality management planning program to improve impaired waters and protect unimpaired waters across the state using a rotating basin approach. Forty percent of the grant award, or $528,000, will be provided to...
- This Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 provides $601,022 to Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper, Inc. to support their FY20 South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program. The program will evaluate sources of nutrients and enterococci in Biscayne Bay, Florida from March 2021 through February 2024. The funding supports research, investigations, experiments, training, demonstrations, surveys, and studies relating to water quality issues as part of the EPA's Section 104(b)(3) of...
- The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded $260,646 under the Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements - Section 104(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act program to Florida Atlantic University. The award will support Florida Atlantic University's FY20 South Florida Geographic Initiative Program to study the impacts of Lake Okeechobee discharges through the C 44 Canal on the Caloosahatchee Estuary, St. Lucie Estuary, and the Everglades....
- This Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4's South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program (CFDA 66.484) provides $480,822 to Mote Marine Laboratory, Inc. to effectively capture both episodic events and seasonal changes in water quality at 11 restoration sites in the Florida Keys. Key activities include collecting and analyzing water quality parameters such as nutrients, carbon, chlorophyll, turbidity, and current speed/direction. This data will be integrated...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded a $149,999 Project Grant to Monroe County, Florida under the Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements - Section 104(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act program (CFDA 66.436). The grant will support Monroe County's Fiscal Year 2020 South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program, which addresses impaired water quality in residential canals identified in the Water Quality Protection Program Action Plan of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Specifically, the county will work to improve water quality and reduce pollution in residential canals through coordination and acceleration of research, investigations, experiments, training, demonstrations, surveys, and studies on the causes and effects of water quality issues, as well as prevention and remediation strategies. The two-year project period runs from March 1, 2021 through March 1, 2023.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $150.0k | 4/9/21 |