The Lower Colorado Regional Area Grant offered by the WCFSP aims to support irrigation and water districts, states, and local governments in improving water efficiency through conservation projects. This grant encourages cost-sharing with Reclamation to enhance water supply sustainability in the LCRA region. Eligible activities will be selected through a competitive process based on specific criteria. Applications for this grant must be submitted by January 17, 2012.
Opportunity ID: 131813
General Information
| Document Type:: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number:: | R12SF30005 |
| Funding Opportunity Title:: | WCFSP – Lower Colorado Regional Area |
| Opportunity Category:: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation:: | |
| Funding Instrument Type:: | |
| Category of Funding Activity:: | Environment |
| Category Explanation:: | |
| Expected Number of Awards:: | 5 |
| Assistance Listings Number(s):: | 15.530 — Water Conservation Field Services Program (WCFSP) |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: | No |
| Version:: | Synopsis 4 |
| Posted Date:: | Nov 29, 2011 |
| Last Updated Date:: | Nov 30, 2011 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications:: | Jan 03, 2012 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications:: | Jan 17, 2012 |
| Archive Date:: | Feb 15, 2012 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding:: | $ 160,000 |
| Award Ceiling:: | $160,000 |
| Award Floor:: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants:: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility:: | Eligible applicants include agricultural and M&I water user entities, states, tribes, local governments, and other organizations with water delivery authority. To be eligible for financial assistance under this announcement, the applicant must have a definable relationship to the watershed of one, or more, specific Reclamation water projects in the LCRA boundaries. For the purposes of this funding announcement, a Reclamation project is defined as a specific Reclamation water project that was authorized by Congress and constructed by Reclamation. This includes everything within the project service area (i.e., project features and facilities, project service area, watershed, water systems or water supplies affected by a specific Reclamation project) and the Colorado River. Substantiation of a Reclamation water supply contract is one way to show a relationship to a Reclamation project. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name:: | Bureau of Reclamation – Lower Colorado Region |
| Description:: | The objective of this FOA is to invite irrigation and water districts, states, local governments, water providers, and other entities that have a tie to Reclamation projects to leverage their money and resources by cost sharing with Reclamation on activities/projects that make more efficient use of existing water supplies through water conservation and efficiency in the LCRA. Activities/Projects will be selected through a competitive process using the selection criteria listed |
| Link to Additional Information:: | |
| Grantor Contact Information:: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| Synopsis 4 | This opportunity has been extended to 1/17/2012. | Nov 30, 2011 |
| Synopsis 3 | This opportunity has been extended to 1/17/2012. | |
| Synopsis 2 | Synopsis deleted on Tue Nov 29 19:43:30 EST 2011 | |
| Synopsis 1 |
Package Status
Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:
Package No: 1
| Assistance Listings: | 15.530 |
| Competition ID: | |
| Competition Title: | |
| Opportunity Package ID: | PKG00086550 |
| Opening Date: | Nov 22, 2011 |
| Closing Date: | Jan 17, 2012 |
| Agency Contact Information:: | Shawna Thompson |
| Who Can Apply:: | Organization and Individual Applicants |
| mendatory_forms | Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) [V2.0] |
| optional_forms |
Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF-LLL) [V1.1] Attachments [V1.1] Budget Information for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424A) [V1.0] Budget Information for Construction Programs (SF-424C) [V1.0] Assurances for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424B) [V1.1] Assurances for Construction Programs (SF-424D) [V1.1] |
Packages
| Assistance Listings | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions | Who Can Apply: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.530 | PKG00086550 | Nov 22, 2011 | Jan 17, 2012 | View | Shawna Thompson | Organization and Individual Applicants |