Chesapeake Bay Grant Programs. Marcia Fox DNREC Watershed Assessment and Management Section

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1 Chesapeake Bay Grant Programs Marcia Fox DNREC Watershed Assessment and Management Section 11/6/2015

2 Chesapeake Bay Grants Delaware is awarded three grants to focus on the restoration and protection of the Chesapeake Bay and its surrounding watershed. Awarded through EPA Region 3 Chesapeake Bay Program Office, Section 117 CWA. Chesapeake Bay Regulatory and Accountability Grant Chesapeake Bay Headwater Implementation Grant Chesapeake Bay Signatory Implementation Grant

3 Chesapeake Bay Regulatory and Accountability Grant Program (CBRAP) Purpose: To aid CB jurisdictions in implementing and expanding regulatory, accountability, assessment, compliance and enforcement capabilities in support of reducing N, P and sediment loads delivered to the Bay. Accomplished by: Implementing regulatory, tracking, reporting, verification, assessment, and/or monitoring commitment to the WIPs and/or two year milestones; Reissue and enforce permits; Develop and implement nutrient credit trading and offset programs; Provide technical and compliance assistance to landowners; Provide compliance assistance to local governments and regulated entities; Develop/revise regulations, design and implement WIPs and two-year milestones. 1:1 match requirement

4 CBRAP Funded Projects Local Government Support Master Planning, Community Viz Landuse Model Bethel Sewer Study Stormwater BMP Compliance Inspections and Nutrient Reductions Technical Assistance Stormwater BMP compliance inspections Recommendations for improved BMPs Conservation Planning for Tax Ditch systems in Sussex County

5 Implementation Grants (CBIG 1 and 2) For Delaware to meet its pollution limits for nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment to help restore the water quality in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries. Accomplished by implementing BMPs, wastewater treatment technology upgrades, and other activities necessary to reduce nutrients and sediment loads to the cap load levels and maintaining them into the future. 1:1 match requirement

6 BMP installation Tree Planting Projects Education and Outreach Pet Waste Campaigns Livable Lawns Urban Nutrient Management Wastewater Upgrades CBIG Funded Projects

7 CBIG Local Implementation Funding DNREC awarded $360,000/year for Local Implementation Efforts in support of the Bay watershed jurisdictions Watershed Implementation Plan. Local stormwater management improvements. Training sponsored by local governments for local governments (e.g., peer to peer) focused on addressing barriers to and innovative ideas for implementation of nutrient and sediment reduction programs. Technical assistance to develop and implement environmental financing revenue streams, including stimulation and leveraging of private capital, to pay for nutrient and sediment reduction projects. Compliance monitoring and assistance, and inspections and enforcement of MS4s, construction stormwater, animal feeding operations, and wastewater treatment plants. Development of new, or improvement of, existing authorities, rules, codes, zoning, and/or regulations to reduce nutrient and sediment loads delivered to the Bay through enforceable or otherwise binding commitments.

8 CBIG Local Implementation Funding April 28, RFP ed to Chesapeake local governments Recipients notified in June Projects Funded Stormwater retrofits for water quality improvements in Bethel Historic District Awarded $170,000 for total project of $436,000 Leveraged funding from Chesapeake Bay Trust, Community Transportation Fund, DNREC Clean Water Quality Grants Water Quality Improvement Project Implementation Coordination in Sussex County s Chesapeake Watershed Sussex Conservation District Awarded $190,000 Leveraged funding from 21 st Century Fund, cash and in-kind

9 For More Information Marcia Fox DNREC Watershed Assessment and Management Section /6/2015