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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Buzzards Bay Watershed Municipal Mini-grant Program<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Grant Announcement<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">NOTE: Q&A period closes Tuesday, September 13th<sup>
</sup>at 4 PM.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program would like to announce the availability of $211,605 in grant funds. The FY23 Buzzards Bay Watershed Municipal Mini-grant Program Announcement
has been posted on the COMMBUYS website. We are seeking proposals for projects that implement recommendations in the Buzzards Bay Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan and will be located within the Buzzards Bay Watershed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Eligible projects include:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Stormwater remediation designs for discharges affecting surface waters,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoEndnoteText" style="color:black;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:both">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Implementation and construction of existing stormwater designs for discharges affecting surface waters,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoEndnoteText" style="color:black;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:both">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Wetland/open space/habitat restoration, preservation, acquisition, or protection,<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoEndnoteText" style="color:black;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:both">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Update or digitizing of wetland boundaries or land elevations from wetland permits,<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoEndnoteText" style="color:black;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:both">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Migratory fish passage and habitat restoration,<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoEndnoteText" style="color:black;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:both">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Construction of a boat pump-out facility in a municipality or harbor when none exists,<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoEndnoteText" style="color:black;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:both">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Creation of online reporting systems for tracking of operation, maintenance, and monitoring of innovative and alternative septic systems,<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:both">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">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></span></li><li class="MsoEndnoteText" style="color:black;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:both">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Other activities in support of the Buzzards Bay Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This solicitation is open to municipalities within the Buzzards Bay Watershed, including Fall River, Westport, Dartmouth, New Bedford, Acushnet, Fairhaven, Rochester, Mattapoisett,
Marion, Wareham, Middleborough, Carver, Plymouth, Bourne, Falmouth, and Gosnold. However, all projects must lie within the Buzzards Bay watershed boundary.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white">Municipalities with projects located in one or more Environmental Justice (EJ) Populations, as defined in the </span><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mass.gov%2Fenvironmental-justice&data=05%7C01%7Csemco%40whoi.edu%7C23b4a2f4a362437ded9708da9261aaae%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C637983245414409921%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=bd5DIWmAMEuxXLkrMsKae8%2B2bkp9VYW7%2FotE5Od5Z7o%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.mass.gov/environmental-justice" shash="NRjDqfQG3g6mnTmJ76QmXinJzREcVtWdvp3dw8RRwe2POKdjEsWgoaMXbJRhRVJ+Ye5UaAPUzmIOZi7KlTJUi9rzG1RTu6YQKxt8Hns31fwwscDdaJ4puqoTrz1TB/9Ho4SXXs5Ne+m51M/60mahIfjZ8mFmStIM9RvShNehDSI=" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0071BC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white;text-decoration:none">EEA
EJ Policy</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white">, are strongly encouraged to apply under this grant opportunity provided they meet the eligibility criteria under this section.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Proposals must be submitted electronically and are due
<b>Tuesday, September 27, 2022, by 4:00 PM</b>. <span style="color:black">Applicants must provide a non-federal match that will equal or exceed 33 percent of requested grant funds (i.e. 25 percent of total project costs).
</span>The RFP's Question and Answer period will close 4:00 PM, Tuesday, September 13, 2022.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Municipalities may submit any number of applications and they may receive more than one grant; however, no single grant award may exceed $70,000 and no municipality can receive more
than $140,000. Contracts are expected to begin in November 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The RFP and other details on the program may be found at the following website:
<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">a</span><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.commbuys.com%2Fbso%2Fexternal%2FbidDetail.sdo%3FdocId%3DBD-23-1042-CZM-ENV40-78589%26external%3Dtrue%26parentUrl%3Dclose&data=05%7C01%7Csemco%40whoi.edu%7C23b4a2f4a362437ded9708da9261aaae%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C637983245414409921%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=LDR3bFaRu3uSyeI3RyinpdLNBo1OD05X2X0x339ALcg%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.commbuys.com/bso/external/bidDetail.sdo?docId=BD-23-1042-CZM-ENV40-78589&external=true&parentUrl=close" shash="xHxbrRZKob5pwcZw8h7M0JMTjnq0IyPc5POVx+d8w7sY87qkDrn+eviAmG2mmny867JdYG3Y03M1/NaAU4zPB98b7GHzmBduAowtVbpWxJ5/sAVwlhyD8bwQFLai/lcL5fcT5YjR0d/iaDoWnAjEDbq/B2zYAsQAhzU+WE15vZ8="><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://www.commbuys.com/bso/external/bidDetail.sdo?docId=BD-23-1042-CZM-ENV40-78589&external=true&parentUrl=close</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">
a</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">nd on the Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program’s website:</span><span style="color:black">
</span><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.proofpoint.com%2Fv2%2Furl%3Fu%3Dhttp-3A__buzzardsbay.org_our-2Dprogram_funding_%26d%3DDwMFAg%26c%3DlDF7oMaPKXpkYvev9V-fVahWL0QWnGCCAfCDz1Bns_w%26r%3Df5f59Xej6QVJW5gSI_THSabCSOIZvrpzlaM4mMsuy3AZ_bnZd8exCsyC5v_5TcOq%26m%3DxYeSBfW9RlWQ35WhYQ3dW4x3uM-y6NLV296DpQ64eH8%26s%3DQXxTjc6bxGjhlN8lrd1G0TeeGTXLqb8ntErxdEi1hEA%26e%3D&data=05%7C01%7Csemco%40whoi.edu%7C23b4a2f4a362437ded9708da9261aaae%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C637983245414409921%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=4X7w6fq1OojeGXFxTCMVDs5vr9DaU%2FFYbbyMeKTCLiY%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__buzzardsbay.org_our-2Dprogram_funding_&d=DwMFAg&c=lDF7oMaPKXpkYvev9V-fVahWL0QWnGCCAfCDz1Bns_w&r=f5f59Xej6QVJW5gSI_THSabCSOIZvrpzlaM4mMsuy3AZ_bnZd8exCsyC5v_5TcOq&m=xYeSBfW9RlWQ35WhYQ3dW4x3uM-y6NLV296DpQ64eH8&s=QXxTjc6bxGjhlN8lrd1G0TeeGTXLqb8ntErxdEi1hEA&e=" shash="dty7GoVRmiNCM4Xh+Cwm7fPkkbrrEEIv7Fq4F54DK7q5+3SsaeeyKIJt25iuLzUComhWZ+lnYoS8N9FizDdhCN+sYbKuLMXxr/UTgx9IHDkssgQyN3mMY6ikMAQQlk3DqnRgGxzB7PdC+Fd0DAdJpC0KSXqVCEjSsc694JQk7Rw="><span style="font-size:12.0pt">http://buzzardsbay.org/our-program/funding/</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line">The sources of funds for this solicitation are federal and provided in accordance with Cooperative Agreement CE00A00887 with the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Southeast New England Program (SNEP).</span><span style="layout-grid-mode:line"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F">Sarah B. Williams | Regional Planner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F">Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F">81-B County Road, Suite E | Mattapoisett, MA 02739<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F">Direct Line: (774) 377-6002 |
<a href="mailto:Sarah.Williams@mass.gov"><span style="color:#7F7F7F">Sarah.Williams@mass.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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