Lucia Machado, NPS Coordinator

 Under Section 319 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act) ◦ Part (h) provides the grant program to implement the state’ NPS Management Plan  Colorado Water Quality Control Act

 Objectives: ◦ To restore nonpoint source water quality impacts in impaired waters and ◦ To protect existing water quality from future nonpoint source pollution.  2012 Colorado Nonpoint Source Management Plan ◦ Strategy ◦ NPS Categories ◦ Project Development ◦ Program Implementation – Priorities ◦ Evaluation

 #1 - Addressing Legacy Mine Water Quality Impacts  #2 – Addressing Excessive Selenium Impairments  #3 – All Other NPS Categories – pathogens, nutrients, mercury, education and outreach

 Implementation of Legacy Mine TMDLs (removal of mine waste piles, tailings, installation of bulkheads)  Piping of irrigation ditches to address leaching of selenium from selenium rich soils  Streambank Restoration / Stabilization  Watershed Plans  Gathering Data and Reporting WQ Results  Outreach and Education as part of Implementation Projects = Rapid Restoration (emergency reserve)

 Project must be consistent with the 2012 Colorado Nonpoint Source Management Plan  Implementation projects that constructs on-the- ground best management practices (BMPs)  Watershed plan project that develops or updates EPA nine element for a watershed  The project includes a public education and outreach task  The project does not meet a discharge permit requirement(s), including discharge permit application requirements  The project is not located within sites designated on the EPA Superfund Program National Priority List (NPL)

 Federal Grant Award typically $1.9 million dollars per year  Available for projects after staff support: ~$940,000 for restoring impaired waters ~$137,000 for other programmatic activities  Non-federal matching funds equal to at least 40% of the NPS contribution are required  Match can be cash and/or in-kind  Maximum Award Amount? No, depends on Scope of Work  Other Funding Sources – State, local and federal partners

2013  August 22 - Consultation Day (concept papers)  October 18 - Funding announcement released and application materials available at  December 6 - Last day to receive application assistance from NPS Program staff  December 13 - Answers to questions received during application assistance period posted at  January 8 - Deadline for receipt of grant applications, 5:00 pm MST  January - Applications screened  February - Applications evaluated – NPS program staff and Alliance  March 10 - Funding recommendations to the Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) - AAH  March 30 - Funding notification to applicants  April – November 30 - PIP finalization and approval (EPA required)  July – September - Anticipated timeframe for State’s receipt of federal grant  November - February Contracting

 For NPS Program Information (includes the 2012 NPS Management Plan and Appendices and Funding Information): ◦  For the WQCD 2012 Integrated Report (includes CWA Section 303(d) List of Impaired Waters): ◦ #93 #93  For TMDL documents: ◦ WQ/CBON/ WQ/CBON/

 Lucia Machado, NPS Program Coordinator  Bonie Pate, NPS Project Coordinator  Tammy Allen, NPS Project Coordinator  Curtis Hartenstine, NPS Project Coordinator  Randal Ristau, NPS Project Coordinator