Lake Tahoe Erosion Control Grant Program

 

To make annual payments to the governing bodies of each of the political subdivisions (including public utilities) located in the Lake Tahoe Basin to be used primarily for erosion control and water quality projects. The goal of the program is to provide federal assistance to address urban stormwater runoff pollution, the primary source of pollutants (fine sediment and nutrients) affecting the clarity of Lake Tahoe. This program addresses urban runoff from public roads and right of ways. To fund a competitive grant award program for research projects high in technical merit and relevant to land management and regulatory agencies working in the Tahoe Basin. The goal of the program is to promote applied, timely, relevant research that addresses natural resource management needs in the basin. Research funded through this program addresses key management questions, includes input from agencies, produces decision-support tools that are useful and accessible, fosters collaboration and communication, builds on previous research, and ultimately addresses the science needs identified in the Lake Tahoe Environmental Improvement Program. The environmental goals of the Lake Tahoe Environmental Improvement Program are defined using thresholds that were established to protect the natural environment and maintain public health and safety within the basin. The threshold categories are: 1) water quality, 2) wildlife, 3) soil conservation, 4) scenic resources, 5) air quality, 6) recreation, 7) vegetation, 8) noise, and 9) fisheries.

Active 10.690 Forest Service, Department of Agriculture B - Project Grants Not applicable. Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, Public Law 106-506, as amended by Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2004, Public Law 108-108. Eligible applicants for National Forest System awards include State Forestry or equivalent agencies, tribes, non-profits, and municipalities in the local governing bodies of political subdivisions in the Lake Tahoe basin. Eligible applicants for competitive research awards include State Agricultural Experiment Stations, universities and colleges, State and local governments, U.S. Territories, nonprofit research institutions or organizations, international organizations, individuals, and for-profit organizations. Eligible applicants for State, Private and Tribal Forestry awards include local governments. Beneficiary eligibility for National Forest System and State, Private, and Tribal Forestry awards include governing bodies of each of the political subdivisions (including public utilities) located in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Beneficiary eligibility for competitive research awards include organizations and scientists involved in basic and applied research activities related to forest and rangeland renewable resources. No credentials or documentation are required. Preapplication coordination is required. An environmental impact assessment is required for this listing. Submittal of an annual list of priority projects, along with written proposals for each of the identified priority projects. The USFS has chosen to adopt the State guidelines for the format of these proposals, since they meet all the needs for project narratives for federal grant considerations, with one additional requirement. That additional requirement is clear identification of sources and amounts of proposed match funding. Implementation of construction projects under awarded grants are not allowed until a signed project decision under NEPA has been made, allowing the use of federal grant funds for implementation. Local Office monitors grant awards to assure compliance of this restriction. Planning, design, and monitoring grants do not require an environmental impact assessment. An environmental impact assessment is required for this program. For competitive research awards, applicants must adhere to the requirements of the current Request for Proposals as stipulated by the Pacific Southwest Research Station. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. 2 CFR 200 requirements are only applicable to Federal Financial Assistance awards. Project narratives submitted through the pre-application process are reviewed by an interagency technical advisory committee convened by the Federal grants program managers. Projects are then identified for award, along with instructions for any needed revisions to the project narratives. At that time, eligible applicants submit revised narratives along with standard application forms and assurances to the Local Office, as furnished by the Federal agency. For competitive research awards, a complete proposal must be submitted following guidelines provided by the Pacific Southwest Research Station. The proposal must explain in detail the work to be undertaken, the qualifications of key personnel involved in the work, other resources such as equipment, facilities, and services available or needed, and a proposed budget for each fiscal year during the life of the proposed grant. A short biographical sketch of the principal investigator and a list of his or her principal publications should be included. National Forest System will send an award letter to grantee, with identification of grant requirements, in letter from Local Office. Research award proposals must compete for priority, showing technical competence and demonstrating the ability to meet regional needs. Research grants cooperative agreements are made only in support of forestry research and monitoring of the Lake Tahoe Basin. Unsolicited proposals can be awarded for innovative or unique approaches to the proposed project. State, Private, and Tribal Forestry assistance will be awarded through grants or cooperative agreements by regional offices. Applicants must coordinate with Forest Service Program Managers. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines From 90 to 120 days. For competitive research grants or cooperative agreements contact Pacific Southwest Research Station's Tahoe Science Coordinator. Not applicable. From 60 to 90 days. Extensions can be made for individual grants as long as end dates do not exceed five years post award date. For competitive research awards requests for continued support will be considered as equal in importance and in competition with pending proposals. Applications submitted for continued support should be identical to a new proposal, except that a resume of progress to date must be added. Grants must address planning, construction, or monitoring of projects identified in the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency environmental improvement program (EIP). Projects submitted from this list are selected based on the annual priority list provided by the eligible local governments, and direction provided in the LTRA: 1) The total amounts appropriated for payments under this subsection shall be allocated by the Secretary of Agriculture based on the relative need for and merits of projects proposed for payment under this section. 2) To the maximum extent practicable, for each fiscal year, the Secretary of Agriculture shall ensure that each political subdivision in the Lake Tahoe basin receives amounts appropriated for payments under this subsection. The Pacific Southwest Research Station (PSW) will complete an administrative review of all submitted proposals to ensure that proposal specifications as outlined in the Request for Proposals are met. Proposals passing the administrative review will be forwarded to the Tahoe Science Consortium (TSC). The TSC will coordinate technical reviews of the proposals. Proposals passing technical review will be forwarded to Tahoe Basin agency personnel for relevancy reviews. The TSC will coordinate a synthesis of the results from the technical reviews and agency relevancy reviews to create a list of proposals recommended for funding. PSW will review the suite of recommended proposals to finalize funding allocations; proposals recommended for funding are not guaranteed funding due to constraints on funding allocations. Final funding allocations for recommended proposals will be determined by the number of projects recommended for funding and individual project budgets. Some projects may be identified as alternates to receive support should funds become available during the negotiation of awards. PSW reserves the right to negotiate scopes of work, budget amounts, and deliverables with Principal Investigators based upon feedback from the review process and to comply with Forest Service policies. Projects may be required to modify their proposed indirect cost rates and/or demonstrate cost share contributions. Once the recommendations and funding allocations have been finalized, PSW will forward the package of recommended projects to the Tahoe Regional Executive Committee (TREX) and to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for final approval. Only after water quality and soil conservation thresholds have been achieved, funds may be used to address other environmental threshold categories. Payments shall be used only to carry out a project or proposed project that is part of the environmental improvement program adopted by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency in 1998. Not applicable. Not applicable. Financial and programmatic records must be retained for three years from the date of submission and approval of final financial reports. All grantees need to maintain adequate systems for collecting and recording statistical data. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching is mandatory. 50%. For National Forest System awards, notwithstanding section 9(b) of Public Law 106– 506, funds hereinafter appropriated under Public Law 106–506 shall require matching funds from non-Federal sources on the basis of aggregate contribution to the Environmental Improvement Program, as defined in Public Law 106–506, rather than on a project by-project basis, except for those activities provided under section 9(c) of that Act, to which this amendment shall not apply. For competitive research awards, as authorized by Public Law 106–506 section 6(b) and 6(d), the applicant's contribution is negotiated for grants. The proposed budget by fiscal year shows the estimated cost of the complete project from grant funds and value of resources to be contributed by the applicant. Salaries of academic personnel for periods when they receive salary for teaching should not be included for payment from grant funds. State, Private, and Tribal Forestry grants must be matched 1:1.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Grants are awarded for a period not to exceed 5 years. Invoices may be submitted no more frequently than monthly. Payments made based on authorization and negotiation of provisions with cooperator. Genevieve Villemarie, Forest Service, 35 College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150, Telephone: 530-543-2783, or genevieve.villemaire@usda.gov Website: http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/Itbmu/ecgp/index.shtml Genevieve Villemarie
35 College Drive
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150 US
genevieve.villemaire@usda.gov
Phone: 530-543-2783

Eli Ilano
631 Coyote St.
Nevada City, CA 95959 USA
eliseo.ilano@usda.gov
Phone: 530-478-6200 https://www.fs.usda.gov/tahoe 12-1115-0-1-302 (Project Grants (Discretionary)) FY 22$30,000.00; FY 23 est $1,950,000.00; FY 24 est $2,000,000.00; FY 21$220,000.00; FY 20$220,000.00; FY 19$900,000.00; FY 18$611,350.00; FY 17$263,000.00; FY 16$700,622.00; - These funding amounts do not reflect the award amounts that are displayed on USASpending.gov Not applicable/available. Not applicable. Not applicable.