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Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Watershed Section Funding

Learn about the MPCA Clean Water Partnership and Federal Section 319 water funding programs, eligibility, loans, grants, green infrastructure projects, and contact information.

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Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Watershed Section Funding

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  1. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Watershed Section Funding Pete Fastner Nonpoint Source Funding Coordinator Watershed Division February 6, 2017

  2. Goals • Learn about the MPCA Clean Water Partnership and Federal Section 319 water funding programs • Answer questions

  3. Nonpoint Source Funding Programs • Clean Water Partnership (CWP) loans • Federal Clean Water Act Section 319 ( Section 319) grants

  4. CWP Grants • No grant funds for 2016 and 2017

  5. CWP Loans • Provide local government funding to • identify water quality problems and their sources • direct resources for implementation of water quality protection and improvement projects • Eligible applicants include: • Watershed districts, water management organizations • Regional governmental units (townships, cities & counties)

  6. Eligible CWP projects • Any nonpoint source water pollution project as determined through a local water plan • Implement the best management practices to protect or restore the water body or watershed

  7. SFY 2017 CWP loans • $11 million loan only funding available • Request for Proposals (RFP) is currently open on the MPCA website • Proposals are accepted continuously until all money is approved for projects

  8. SFY 2017 CWP loans (cont.) • Current loan interest rate is 2% • Repayment is ten years beginning at the end of the agreement • Loan projects do not need match • 310 loan agreements for over $62 million

  9. Green Infrastructure Projects • Preserve or restore natural hydrologic processes • Flood control may be a component, but not the primary objective of a project

  10. Types of Green Infrastructure • rainwater harvesting and reuse • rain gardens • green roofs • tree boxes • porous pavement • street and parking lot redesign

  11. CWP Contact Information • CWP rule 7076 – https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/?id=7076 • For general information on CWP program: • Pete Fastner, (651) 757-2349 or (800) 657-3864 • http://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/cwp.html • http://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/cwp-319.html

  12. Section 319 grants • Provides federal grant money for nonpoint source pollution abatement and water resource restoration • Eligible applicants include: • Watershed districts, water management organizations, joint powers • SWCDs, regional governmental units • Colleges, universities • American Indian tribes • Non-profits • Others interested in pollution abatement

  13. 2017 Section 319 funding • $2.5 million available • Request for Grant Applications (RFGA) is open until February 17, 2017 • Grants executed by winter, 2017-18 and available through August 31, 2021 • Grant funding must be matched by local cash or in-kind

  14. New 319 Requirements • There is no ceiling for an application request • Grant funding match 45% • match by local cash or in-kind • Clean Water Fund (CWF) from BWSR may be used as match • As long as the objectives of the CWF and 319 projects overlap or are the same • CWF match could be from the previous year or from the next year

  15. New 319 Requirements (cont.) • Only TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load) implementation projects will be funded • No longer funding Demonstration, Education or Research projects • TMDL study, TMDL implementation plan and/or WRAPS (Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy) study must be approved by MPCA by December 31, 2016 in order for the project to be eligible for funding

  16. New 319 Requirements (cont.) • Project must focus on critical areas for implementation • Geographic areas identified by a watershed model or similar tool • and ultimately confirmed by field observation and/or vetted/confirmed by local partners/stakeholders • Show disproportionately contributing pollutant loads or excess flow to surface waters. • Must have measurable outcomes that include significant pollutant load reductions.

  17. Federal 319 Contact Information • EPA website on Section 319: http://water.epa.gov/polwaste/nps/cwact.cfm • For general information on the Federal 319 program: • Pete Fastner, (651) 757-2349 or (800) 657-3864 • http://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/cwp-319.html • http://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/319.html

  18. MPCA Watershed funding website: http://www.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/water/water-types-and-programs/water-nonpoint-source-issues/clean-water-partnership/financial-assistance-for-nonpoint-source-water-pollution-projects-clean-water-partnership-and-section-319-programs.html

  19. Questions?

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