[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 32 (Friday, February 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 7153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3770]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7145-4]


Notice of Availability of FY 2002 Funds for Water Quality 
Cooperative Agreements

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of Water Quality Cooperative Agreement 
funds.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: EPA Region 4 (Atlanta) announces that $300,000 to $450,000 in 
FY 2002 funds is available to fund Water Quality Cooperative 
Agreements. Project proposals are being solicited from state water 
pollution control agencies, interstate agencies, tribes, and other 
public or nonprofit private agencies, institutions, and organizations. 
Through this solicitation, EPA expects to fund from two to nine 
projects to support the restoration of impaired water bodies in 
priority watersheds. Applicants may request $50,000 to $150,000 per 
project proposal, and a five percent nonfederal match is encouraged.

DATES: Project proposals must be postmarked or sent by electronic mail 
by 5 p.m. on April 2, 2002, in accordance with guidelines provided in 
the solicitation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The complete solicitation is available 
through the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/region4/water/pgtab/cooperativeagreement.html or by contacting Dorothy Rayfield, Chief, 
Grants and Technical Assistance Section, at 404/562-9278 or 
[email protected]. Written inquiries may be sent to the Grants 
and Technical Assistance Section, Water Management Division, EPA Region 
4, Sam Nunn Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 
30303-8960.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Eligible Project Areas: All projects must be 
implemented within the geographic boundaries of EPA Region 4, which 
includes the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, 
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee and some 
Tribal lands. To be eligible, the project area must be located within a 
watershed that contains one or more priority water bodies identified on 
a 303(d) List of Impaired Waters or documented as impaired by an Indian 
Tribe in the Region. Priority will be given to watersheds which are 11-
digit or 14-digit Hydrologic Unit Codes, and watersheds with 
established implementation plans for improving or restoring water 
quality. Examples of acceptable implementation plans include local 
watershed plans, total maximum daily load implementation plans, and 
river basin plans.
    Eligible Project Areas: Eligible activities are those that support 
the restoration of impaired waters in priority watersheds. Examples of 
eligible activities include watershed coordination, education, and 
evaluation of the effectiveness of best management practices in 
preventing or reducing water pollution. EPA will give priority to 
projects which actively involve stakeholders and focus on one of the 
following program areas: Concentrated animal feeding operations, 
sanitary sewer overflows, combined sewer overflows, storm water, 
wetlands protection, or biosolids management. Further priority will be 
given to activities that directly support the implementation of 
existing implementation plans to improve or restore water quality. In 
order to receive maximum benefits from the limited funds available, 
additional consideration will be given to projects which build capacity 
to protect the watershed, and projects which result in methodologies or 
outputs that can be used in other watersheds.

    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1254(b)(3) Pub. L. 100-4.

    Dated: February 1, 2002.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 02-3770 Filed 2-14-02; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P