The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is offering grants for training and technical assistance to support small public water systems in complying with the Safe Drinking Water Act and to aid in improving water quality for publicly-owned wastewater systems, decentralized wastewater communities, and private well owners under the Clean Water Act. The grants aim to provide national assistance in both rural and urban areas, including tribal systems, aligning with EPA’s Strategic Plan objectives to protect human health and restore watersheds. Applications are open until October 26, 2015.
Opportunity ID: 278934
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | EPA-OW-OGWDW-15-02 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Training and Technical Assistance to Improve Water Quality and Enable Small Public Water Systems to Provide Safe Drinking Water |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Environment |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 11 |
| Assistance Listings: | 66.424 — Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants – Section 1442 of the Safe Drinking Water Act |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | Sep 11, 2015 |
| Last Updated Date: | Oct 07, 2015 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Oct 26, 2015 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Oct 26, 2015 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates. |
| Archive Date: | Nov 25, 2015 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $12,678,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $8,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | See Section III of the announcement for additional eligibility information. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Description: | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting applications from eligibleapplicants as described in Section III.A to provide training and technical assistance for smallpublic water systems to help such systems achieve and maintain compliance with the SafeDrinking Water Act (SDWA), and to provide training and technical assistance for small publiclyownedwastewater systems, communities served by onsite/decentralized wastewater systems, andprivate well owners to improve water quality under the Clean Water Act (CWA). Training andtechnical assistance activities provided to these systems, communities and private well ownersshould be made available nationally in rural and urban communities and to personnel of triballyownedand operated systems. These goals support the following objectives of EPA’s StrategicPlan for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 – 2018: Goal 2: Protecting America’s Waters, Objective 2.1:Protect Human Health, and Objective 2.2: Protect and Restore Watersheds and AquaticEcosystems. (The EPA Strategic Plan is available athttp://www2.epa.gov/planandbudget/strategicplan.) |
| Link to Additional Information: | Training and Technical Assistance for Small Systems |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Adrienne Harris
Email:smallsystemsRFA@epa.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| This modification updates links to information and resources within the soliciation document. Additionally it updates the Additional Information URL listed in the synopsis. | Oct 07, 2015 | |
| Oct 07, 2015 |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 2
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | EPA-OW-OGWDW-15-02 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Training and Technical Assistance to Improve Water Quality and Enable Small Public Water Systems to Provide Safe Drinking Water |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Environment |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 11 |
| Assistance Listings: | 66.424 — Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants – Section 1442 of the Safe Drinking Water Act |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | Sep 11, 2015 |
| Last Updated Date: | Oct 07, 2015 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Oct 26, 2015 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Oct 26, 2015 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates. |
| Archive Date: | Nov 25, 2015 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $12,678,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $8,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | See Section III of the announcement for additional eligibility information. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Description: | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting applications from eligibleapplicants as described in Section III.A to provide training and technical assistance for smallpublic water systems to help such systems achieve and maintain compliance with the SafeDrinking Water Act (SDWA), and to provide training and technical assistance for small publiclyownedwastewater systems, communities served by onsite/decentralized wastewater systems, andprivate well owners to improve water quality under the Clean Water Act (CWA). Training andtechnical assistance activities provided to these systems, communities and private well ownersshould be made available nationally in rural and urban communities and to personnel of triballyownedand operated systems. These goals support the following objectives of EPA’s StrategicPlan for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 – 2018: Goal 2: Protecting America’s Waters, Objective 2.1:Protect Human Health, and Objective 2.2: Protect and Restore Watersheds and AquaticEcosystems. (The EPA Strategic Plan is available athttp://www2.epa.gov/planandbudget/strategicplan.) |
| Link to Additional Information: | Training and Technical Assistance for Small Systems |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Adrienne Harris
Email:smallsystemsRFA@epa.gov |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 1
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | EPA-OW-OGWDW-15-02 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Training and Technical Assistance to Improve Water Quality and Enable Small Public Water Systems to Provide Safe Drinking Water |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Environment |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 11 |
| Assistance Listings: | 66.424 — Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants – Section 1442 of the Safe Drinking Water Act |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Oct 07, 2015 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Oct 26, 2015 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates. |
| Archive Date: | Nov 25, 2015 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $12,678,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $8,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | See Section III of the announcement for additional eligibility information. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Description: | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting applications from eligible applicants as described in Section III.A to provide training and technical assistance for small public water systems to help such systems achieve and maintain compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), and to provide training and technical assistance for small publiclyowned wastewater systems, communities served by onsite/decentralized wastewater systems, and private well owners to improve water quality under the Clean Water Act (CWA). Training and technical assistance activities provided to these systems, communities and private well owners should be made available nationally in rural and urban communities and to personnel of triballyowned and operated systems. These goals support the following objectives of EPA’s Strategic Plan for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 – 2018: Goal 2: Protecting America’s Waters, Objective 2.1: Protect Human Health, and Objective 2.2: Protect and Restore Watersheds and Aquatic Ecosystems. (The EPA Strategic Plan is available at http://www2.epa.gov/planandbudget/strategicplan.) |
| Link to Additional Information: | Training and Technical Assistance for Small Systems |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Adrienne Harris
Email:smallsystemsRFA@epa.gov |
Related Documents
Folder 278934 Revised Full Announcement-1 -> reqforapfy15mod.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Adrienne Harris Email: smallsystemsRFA@epa.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66.424 | PKG00218521 | Sep 11, 2015 | Oct 26, 2015 | View | ||
| 66.436 | PKG00218520 | Sep 11, 2015 | Oct 26, 2015 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
278934 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
278934 EPA4700_4_2_1-2.1.pdf
278934 Project-1.1.pdf
278934 EPA_KeyContacts-1.1.pdf
278934 GG_LobbyingForm-1.1.pdf
278934 SF424A-1.0.pdf
278934 SF424B-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
278934 Other-1.1.pdf
Package 2
Mandatory forms
278934 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
278934 EPA4700_4_2_1-2.1.pdf
278934 Project-1.1.pdf
278934 EPA_KeyContacts-1.1.pdf
278934 GG_LobbyingForm-1.1.pdf
278934 SF424A-1.0.pdf
278934 SF424B-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
278934 Other-1.1.pdf
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