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Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $206 Million in Funding
for Local Projects to Restore Chesapeake Bay and Protect Underserved
Communities
Thanks to President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, EPA is seeking
applications for single largest investment in the history of the EPA
Chesapeake Bay Program Office’s Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction
Grant and Small Watershed Grant programs
PHILADELPHIA, (Aug. 8, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
announced the availability of up to $206 million in funding from President
Biden’s Investing in America agenda to protect and restore the Chesapeake
Bay and watershed, and advance environmental justice. EPA is seeking
applications from eligible community-based organizations for two funding
opportunities that will fund cooperative agreements for four years. Of the
funding, $96 million will come from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law while
another $110 million will come from regular EPA appropriations.  
Organizations can apply for funding via two Requests for Applications (RFAs)
issued by EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program Office; applications are due by
mid-September. Both RFAs will fund the Innovative Nutrient and Sediment
Reduction (INSR) Grant and Small Watershed Grant (SWG) programs for four
years. As a result of the boost from the President’s Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law, the $206 million from both RFAs will mark the largest
single investment in these grant programs since their creation in 1999. Both
programs have been integral to progress made at restoring water quality in the
Chesapeake Bay and its watershed and are advancing President Biden’s
Justice40 Initiative to direct 40% of the overall benefits of certain Federal
investments to disadvantaged communities.
“Thanks to the Biden-Harris Administration, we have unprecedented funding
going to communities for on-the-ground projects that will improve their local
environments and ultimately the health of the Chesapeake Bay,” said EPA
Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz. “This historic funding,
along with the great momentum and stronger cooperation among the many
partners, is enabling us to accelerate our work to achieve clean waters and a
healthier, more resilient and economically stronger Bay and
watershed.”   
This program will fund principal recipients to administer the INSR and SWG
grant programs, including issuance of subgrants to local, regional, and state
organizations, as well as individuals in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The
RFAs will close mid-September. More information regarding these RFAs can be
found at grants.gov at 
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Questions regarding applying for these opportunities should be directed to
Background:
The Chesapeake Bay Program is a regional partnership made up of six states
(Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, and West Virginia) and
the District of Columbia; federal agencies; local governments; academic
institutions and non-governmental organizations that lead and direct the
restoration and protection of the Chesapeake Bay and its 64,000 square mile
watershed. Guided by the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement, Chesapeake Bay
Program partners use 10 interrelated goals and 31 outcomes to collectively
advance the protection and restoration of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem.
The INSR program supports efforts within the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed
that use innovative strategies to vastly accelerate sub-watershed and/or
regional-scale implementation of nutrient and sediment reductions with
approaches demonstrated to be successful. Since 2006, the INSR Program has
provided more than $133 million to 229 projects that have reduced 22 million
pounds of nitrogen, 4 million pounds of phosphorus, and 971,740 tons of
sediment across the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
The SWG Program funds community-based efforts to protect and restore the
diverse and vital habitats of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributary rivers and
streams. The SWG Program has provided more than $109 million to 496 projects
that have permanently protected 169,000 acres under conservation easement,
restored more than 1,550 miles of riparian habitat and 14,000 acres of
wetlands, and engaged more than 125,000 watershed residents in volunteer
conservation and restoration efforts. 
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