The Department of Environmental Protection is offering the Solid Waste Management Grant Program FY16 to support rural areas in evaluating landfill conditions for water resource threats, providing technical assistance for landfill operations, enhancing operator skills, reducing solid waste streams, and facilitating closure plans for landfills. Grant funds exclude recruitment activities, duplication of services, political funding, capital asset purchases, construction costs, maintenance expenses, and pre-existing costs. The closing date for applications is December 31, 2015.
Opportunity ID: 279357
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | SWMFY16 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Solid Waste Management Grant Program FY16 |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification) |
| Category Explanation: | The Solid Waste Management (SWM) Grant Program has been established to assist communities through free technical assistance and/or training provided by the grant recipients. Qualified organizations will receive SWM grant funds to reduce or eliminate pollution of water resources in rural areas, and improve planning and management of solid waste sites in rural areas. |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 30 |
| Assistance Listings: | 10.762 — Solid Waste Management Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Oct 01, 2015 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 31, 2015 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 31, 2015 |
| Archive Date: | Jan 30, 2016 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $4,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $0 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | An organization is eligible to receive a SWM grant if it:a. Is a private, non-profit organization that has tax-exempt status from the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS);b. Is a Public body;c. Is a federally acknowledged or State-recognized Native American tribe or group;d. Is an Academic institution;e. Is legally established and located within one of the following: a state within the United States; the District of Columbia; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; a United States territory. Has the legal capacity and authority to carry out the grant purpose;g. Has a proven record of successfully providing technical assistance and/or training to rural areas;h. Has capitalization acceptable to the Agency, and is composed of at least 51 percent of the outstanding interest or membership being citizens of the United States or individuals who reside in the United States after being legally admitted for permanent residence;i. Has no delinquent debt to the Federal Government or no outstanding judgments to repay a Federal debt;j. Demonstrates that it possesses the financial, technical, and managerial capability to comply with Federal and State laws and requirements.k. Contracts with a nonaffiliated organization for not more than 49 percent of the grant to provide the proposed assistance. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Rural Utilities Service |
| Description: | Funds may be used to: Evaluate current landfill conditions to determine threats to water resources in rural areas; provide technical assistance and/or training to enhance operator skills in the maintenance and operation of active landfills in rural areas; provide technical assistance and/or training to help associations reduce the solid waste stream; and provide technical assistance and/or training for operators of landfills in rural areas which are closed or will be closed in the near future with the development/implementation of closure plans, future land use plans, safety and maintenance planning, and closure scheduling within permit requirements. Grant funds may not be used to: Recruit preapplications/applications for any loan and/or grant program including RUS Water and Waste Disposal Loan and/or Grant Program; duplication of current services, replacement or substitution of support previously provided such as those performed by an association’s consultant in developing a project; fund political activities; pay for capital assets, the purchase of real estate or vehicles, improve and renovate office space, or repair and maintain privately-owned property; pay for construction or operation and maintenance costs of water and waste facilities; and pay costs incurred prior to the effective date of grants made under this subpart. |
| Link to Additional Information: | Website Address |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
LaVonda Pernell
Loan Specialist Phone 202-720-9635 Email:lavonda.pernell@wdc.usda.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
Related Documents
Folder 279357 Other Supporting Documents-Regulation and Application Guide 1 -> 1775 finalrule.pdf
Folder 279357 Other Supporting Documents-Regulation and Application Guide 1 -> application guide tat_swm grants fy 2016.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | LaVonda Pernell Loan Specialist Phone 202-720-9635 Email: lavonda.pernell@wdc.usda.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.762 | PKG00218861 | Dec 31, 2015 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
279357 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
279357 Other-1.1.pdf
279357 SF424B-1.1.pdf
279357 SF424A-1.0.pdf
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