OpportunityTitle: CLEAN VESSEL GRANT PROGRAM
CategoryExplanation: Recreational Boating
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible activities for funding from the Clean Vessel Act Grant Program depend upon whether the applicant is a coastal or inland State, the District of Columbia, Commonwealth, and territory.  Eligible activities for all States, the District of Columbia, Commonwealths, and territories include:      1)  Programs or projects to educate/inform recreational boaters about the environmental pollution problems resulting from sewage discharges from vessels and to inform them of the location of pumpout and dump stations.    2)  Programs or projects to construct, renovate, and operate and maintain pumpout and dump stations, including floating restrooms used solely by boaters.  Eligible grant activities also include any activity necessary to hold and transport boaters&#146; sewage to treatment plants, such as holding tanks, piping, hauling costs, and any activity necessary to get sewage treatment plants to accept sewage, such as installing bleed-in facilities.    Eligible grant activities-coastal States:    1)  Programs or projects that identify all operational pumpout and dump stations, and surveys of recreational vessels in coastal waters with holding tanks or portable toilets, and the areas where those vessels congregate in the coastal zone.  In addition, eligible are costs of developing a list, including chart coordinates, of all operational pumpout and dump stations in the coastal zone of the State, for submission to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.    2)  Plans for construction and renovation of pumpout and dump stations in the coastal zone of the State necessary to ensure that these stations are adequate and reasonably available to meet the needs of recreational vessels using the coastal waters of the State.  Completed Stated-funded plans may be submitted after the technical guidelines appear in the Federal Register.
Description: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is accepting applications for the Clean Vessel Grant Program (CVA) for Fiscal Year 2009. The CVA provides funding for all States, the District of Columbia, Commonwealths, and territories Federal grant funds to assist with their efforts in preventing aquatic pollution that could occur by disposing of recreational boaters&#146; waste into public waterways and other ecosystems.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Branch Chief-Programs
GrantorContactText: Steve Jose &lt;br/&gt;Branch Chief-Programs
CloseDateExplanation: Proposals are due to the Regional U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program (WSFR) offices by January 30, 2009, 5:00 PM local time of the Regional Office.  Electronic proposals must be received by Grants.gov on or before January 30, 2009, 11:59 pm local time of the Regional Office.  Late proposals will not be considered.  The announcement of awards is expected to be in April 2009.