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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Buzzards Bay Watershed Municipal Mini-grant Program</span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Grant Announcement</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program would like to announce the availability of $110,640 in grant funds. The FY22 Buzzards Bay Watershed Municipal Mini-grant Program Announcement has been posted on the COMMBUYS website.
We are seeking proposals for projects that implement recommendations in the Buzzards Bay Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan and will be principally located within the Buzzards Bay Watershed.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Eligible projects include:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Stormwater remediation designs for discharges affecting marine waters,</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Implementation and construction of existing stormwater designs for discharges affecting marine waters,</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Wetland/open space/habitat restoration, preservation, acquisition or protection,</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Update or digitizing of wetland boundaries or land elevations from wetland permits,</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Migratory fish passage and habitat restoration,</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Construction of a boat pump-out facility in a municipality or harbor when none exists,</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Creation of online reporting systems for tracking of operation, maintenance and monitoring of innovative and alternative septic systems,</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Projects that, through direct action, mitigate for or restore: coastal waters, coastal resources, freshwaters, or freshwater resources adversely affected by nutrient loading (nitrogen
or phosphorus pollution), and</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Other activities in support of the Buzzards Bay Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">This solicitation is open to municipalities within the Buzzards Bay Watershed, including: Fall River, Westport, Dartmouth, New Bedford, Acushnet, Fairhaven, Rochester, Mattapoisett, Marion, Wareham, Middleborough, Carver, Plymouth,
Bourne, Falmouth, and Gosnold. However, all projects must be located principally within the Buzzards Bay watershed.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Proposals must be submitted electronically and are due
<b>Tuesday, September 21, 2021 by 4:00 PM</b>. <span style="color:black">Applicants must provide a non-federal match that will equal or exceed 33 percent of requested grant funds (i.e. 25 percent of total project costs).
</span>The RFP's Question and Answer period will close 4:00 PM, Tuesday, September 7, 2021.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Municipalities may submit any number of applications and they may receive more than one grant; however, no single grant award may exceed $45,000 and no recipient can receive more than $60,000.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">The RFP and other details on the program may be found at the following website:
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<a href="https://www.commbuys.com/bso/external/bidDetail.sdo?docId=BD-22-1042-CZM-ENV40-65449&external=true&parentUrl=close"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://www.commbuys.com/bso/external/bidDetail.sdo?docId=BD-22-1042-CZM-ENV40-65449&external=true&parentUrl=close</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">and on the Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program’s website:</span><span style="color:black">
</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__buzzardsbay.org_our-2Dprogram_funding_&d=DwMFAg&c=lDF7oMaPKXpkYvev9V-fVahWL0QWnGCCAfCDz1Bns_w&r=f5f59Xej6QVJW5gSI_THSabCSOIZvrpzlaM4mMsuy3AZ_bnZd8exCsyC5v_5TcOq&m=xYeSBfW9RlWQ35WhYQ3dW4x3uM-y6NLV296DpQ64eH8&s=QXxTjc6bxGjhlN8lrd1G0TeeGTXLqb8ntErxdEi1hEA&e="><span style="font-size:12.0pt">http://buzzardsbay.org/our-program/funding/</span></a><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="color:#404040">Sarah B. Williams | Regional Planner</span></p>
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<span style="color:#404040">Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program</span></p>
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<span style="color:#404040">81-B County Road, Suite E </span><span style="color:#404040">|
</span><span style="color:#404040">Mattapoisett, MA 02739-1686</span></p>
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<span style="color:#404040">Main Line: (508) 291-3625 ext 3 </span><span style="color:#404040">|
</span><span style="color:#404040">Direct Line: (774) 377-6002 | <a href="mailto:Sarah.Williams@mass.gov">
Sarah.Williams@mass.gov</a></span></p>
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<span style="color:#404040">**The Buzzards Bay NEP office is closed due to Covid-19. The best way to reach me is through email.**</span></p>
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