This department is offering the System Conservation Pilot Program Grant to the Upper and Lower Division States of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Nevada in collaboration with public entities in the Colorado River Basin. The grant aims to implement drought contingency options to prevent critical reservoir elevations at Lake Powell and Lake Mead due to the severe 14-year drought. Reclamation will provide funds for water conservation projects in the Colorado River Basin for municipal purposes, renewing or implementing water conservation agreements before the closing date of September 14, 2015.
Opportunity ID: 278782
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | BOR-UC-15-N003 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | System Conservation Pilot Program |
| Opportunity Category: | Earmark |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Natural Resources |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.517 — Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Aug 31, 2015 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 14, 2015 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 14, 2015 |
| Archive Date: | Oct 14, 2015 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $50,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $50,000 |
| Award Floor: | $50,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | State governments |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Upper Colorado River Commission |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Bureau of Reclamation |
| Description: | The States of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico (Upper Division States), through UCRC, have been working in parallel with Arizona, California and Nevada (Lower Division States) and public entities within the Colorado River Basin, and in conjunction with the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), to develop and implement drought contingency options, as appropriate, to avoid or reduce the likelihood of reaching critical reservoir elevations at either Lake Powell or Lake Mead. On July 16, 2013, Don Ostler, Executive Director of UCRC, testified before a Senate Subcommittee, “The Colorado River Basin remains in a very severe 14 year drought, the continuation of which could drive Lake Powell to levels that threaten the ability to generate electrical power and Lake Mead to levels that require implementation of shortages within a few years.”
Reclamation intends to award funds to UCRC that Congress appropriated in the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriates Act of 2015 in the form of “(1) grants by the Secretary to public entities that use water from the Colorado River Basin for municipal purposes for projects that are implemented by 1 or more non-Federal entities; or (2) grants or other appropriate financial agreements to provide additional funds for renewing or implementing water conservation agreements that are in existence on the date of enactment of this Act. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Tyler Larsen
Grants Management Specialist Phone 8015243735 Email:tlarsen@usbr.gov |
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