The Department of the Interior is offering a grant to the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game ¿ Division of Ecological Restoration for the removal of the Whittenton Dam and West Britannia Dam on the Mill River in MA. This grant aims to restore riverine connectivity, enhance fish passage, improve water quality, and reduce flood risk to public and private infrastructure in Taunton, Bristol County. The project, funded under the Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriation Act of 2013, focuses on collaborative efforts with local communities to increase flood resiliency, restore ecosystem function, provide wildlife habitat, reduce flood damage, and ensure public safety by preventing dam failure.
Opportunity ID: 253997
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | F14AS00162 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | DOI Project #, NE009; Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief; Removal of the Whittenton Dam and West Britannia Dam on the Mill River, MA |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification) |
| Category Explanation: | Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief, PL 113-02 |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.677 — Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Activities-FWS |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Apr 16, 2014 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | May 18, 2014 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | May 18, 2014 |
| Archive Date: | May 22, 2014 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $650,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $650,000 |
| Award Floor: | $650,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Description: | This is an announcement for issuing a single source financial assistance award to the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game ¿ Division of Ecological Restoration (MADER). This announcement is for notification purposes only. The intent of the award is to restore riverine connectivity, enhance fish passage, improve water quality, and reduce flood risk to public and private infrastructure during future storm events through the removal of the Whittenton Dam and West Britannia Dam on the Mill River, in Taunton, Bristol County, MA. Funding from this award for the Whittenton Dam will be combined with other existing funds to complete floodplain actions after removal of the dam. Funding from this award for the West Britannia Dam will be combined with other existing funds to complete engineering design, environmental compliance and permitting, removal of the dam, and river channel and floodplain restoration. This award is issued to provide financial assistance to collaboratively developed priority projects in Hurricane Sandy disaster areas that will restore environmental resources and reduce flood hazards through collaborative efforts with local communities. The project is expected to improve flood resiliency, restore ecosystem function, provide fish and wildlife habitat, provide fish passage, reduce potential flood damage, and increase public safety by removing the risk of catastrophic dam failure.
This project was previously vetted and approved for funding by the Department of the Interior. The appropriation for this project is the Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriation Act of 2013, Public Law 113-2. Criteria for funding was based on the project¿s ability to yield the greatest return on investment by taking advantage of existing science and regional planning tools for resiliency and by working with states, cities, communities, and partners who contribute to the goals restoring and rebuilding national wildlife refuges and other federal public assets: and to increase resiliency and the capacity of coastal habitat and infrastructure and to withstand future storms and to minimize the damage incurred. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.grants.gov |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Arnold Zinan, 413 253 8528
arnold_zinan@fws.gov Email:arnold_zinan@fws.gov |
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Arnold Zinan, 413 253 8528 arnold_zinan@fws.gov Email: arnold_zinan@fws.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.677 | PKG00195389 | Apr 16, 2014 | Apr 23, 2014 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
253997 SF424_Mandatory_1_2-1.2.pdf
253997 SF424C_2_0-2.0.pdf
253997 Budget-1.1.pdf
253997 Project-1.0.pdf
253997 Mandatory_SF424D-1.1.pdf
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