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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">The Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program (NEP) has issued a request for proposals for the FY17 Buzzards Bay Watershed Municipal Mini-grant Program.
This grant program provides financial and technical resources to municipalities for projects that help meet the Buzzards Bay NEP's goals to protect and restore water quality and living resources in Buzzards Bay and its surrounding watershed.
<span style="color:black">It is anticipated that a <span class="BodyTextChar">total of $223,323 in federal funds will be available.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">The solicitation is open to all municipalities within the Buzzards Bay watershed, including
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black">Fall River, Westport, Dartmouth, New Bedford, Acushnet, Fairhaven, Rochester, Mattapoisett, Marion, Wareham, Middleborough, Carver, Plymouth, Bourne, Falmouth, and Gosnold.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">
However, specific restoration and protection projects must lie principally within the Buzzards Bay watershed boundary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">Eligible projects include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Stormwater remediation designs for discharges affecting marine waters,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Implementation and construction of existing stormwater designs for discharges affecting marine waters,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Water quality or living resource monitoring to evaluate the effectiveness of actions previously funded by the Buzzards Bay NEP ($25,000 limit per project, not to exceed $75,000 in this category for this solicitation),<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Wetland/open space/habitat restoration, preservation, acquisition or protection,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Update or digitizing of wetland boundaries or land elevations from wetland permits,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Migratory fish passage and habitat restoration,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">7.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Construction of a boat pump-out facility in a municipality or harbor when none exists,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">8.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Creation of online reporting systems for tracking of operation, maintenance and monitoring of innovative and alternative septic systems,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">9.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Projects that, through direct action, mitigate for or restore: coastal waters, coastal resources, freshwaters, or freshwater resources adversely affected by nutrient loading (nitrogen or phosphorus pollution), and<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">10.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Other activities in support of the Buzzards Bay Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">The deadline for proposals is June 2, 2016 by 4:00 pm. Applicants must provide a non-federal match that will equal or exceed 33% of requested funds.
<span class="BodyTextChar"><span style="color:black">Municipalities may submit any number of applications per grant category, and they may receive more than one grant; however, no single grant award may exceed $35,000, and no municipality may be awarded more
than $60,000 cumulatively through this solicitation.</span></span> <span style="color:black">
Contracts will last approximately 10 ½ months, with an anticipated start date of August 15, 2016 and an end date of June 30, 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">Go to
</span><a href="http://www.buzzardsbay.org/funding.htm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">http://www.buzzardsbay.org/funding.htm</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif""> for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#404040">Sarah B. Williams | Regional Planner | Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#404040">2870 Cranberry Highway, East Wareham, MA 02538<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#404040">(V) 508-291-3625 ext 13 | (F) 508-291-3628 | Sarah.Williams@state.ma.us<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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