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Puget Sound NEP Grant

This document provides an overview of the Puget Sound National Estuary Program (NEP) funding allocations, totaling $8.5 million each for two years from the EPA. It highlights four key subject areas: Marine and Nearshore, Watersheds, Toxics and Nutrients, and Pathogens. Projects focus on implementation and prevention strategies spanning six years, with significant funding for local health jurisdictions, pollution identification, ecosystem restoration, and stewardship initiatives. Contact information for grants and project leads is also included for further inquiries.

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Puget Sound NEP Grant

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  1. Puget Sound NEP Grant September 15, 2011

  2. Overview • Four subject areas, $8.5 million each (Year/Round 1 plus 2) from EPA • Marine and Nearshore (DNR/WDFW) • Watersheds (Ecology/Commerce) • Toxics and nutrients (Ecology) • Pathogen (DOH/Ecology) NEP – Toxics / Nutrients

  3. Puget Sound Annual Funding NEP – Toxics / Nutrients

  4. Toxics and Nutrients • May get EPA NEP money for six years • “Strategic Advisory Committee” helps set priorities • Most money passed through • Using direct awards (IAAs) & limited-scope RFPs • Developing six-year strategy • Focus: implementation & prevention NEP – Toxics / Nutrients

  5. Projects NEP – Toxics/nutrients

  6. Projects (con’t) NEP – Toxics/nutrients

  7. Pathogens • OSS (local health jurisdictions): $2.5m • Pollution Identification and Correction (PIC): $2.5m • Other smaller pieces (No Discharge Zone, Agriculture BMPs, Database upgrades, outfall strategy) NEP – Toxics / Nutrients

  8. Watersheds • $5.4m RFP to Protect and Restore Freshwater Ecosystems • Other smaller pieces (Technical Assistance Team, retrofit list, LID, Puget Sound Characterization) NEP – Toxics / Nutrients

  9. Marine and Nearshore • Effective Regulation and Stewardship ($3.2m) • Strategic Capital Investment ($1.7m) • Invasive Species ($0.4m) • Oil Spills ($0.4m) • Adaptive Management ($1m) NEP – Toxics / Nutrients

  10. Contact Information • All grants: www.psp.wa.gov/epafunding.php • Toxics and Nutrients: • Andrew Kolosseus, 360-407-7543 • akol461@ecy.wa.gov NEP – Toxics / Nutrients

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