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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif;"><b>REMINDER - Buzzards Bay Watershed Municipal Mini-grant Program – Applications Due May 19th</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif;">The Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program has made available $165,197 in grant funds for our Buzzards Bay Watershed Municipal Mini-grant Program. The announcement has been posted on the
</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 113, 188);"><u>COMMBUYS website</u></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif;">. We are seeking proposals for projects that implement recommendations in the Buzzards Bay Comprehensive
Conservation and Management Plan and will be located within the Buzzards Bay Watershed.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif;">Eligible projects include:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; background-color: white;" role="presentation">Feasibility, assessment, and design of stormwater facilities and stormwater networks to treat, eliminate, or reduce discharges to impaired surface waters.</span></li><li style="font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; margin: 0in 0in 6pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; background-color: white;" role="presentation">Construction of stormwater facilities to treat, eliminate, or reduce discharges affecting surface waters.</span></li><li style="font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; margin: 0in 0in 6pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; background-color: white;" role="presentation">Permanent land preservation through direct acquisition or easement.</span></li><li style="font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; color: black;" role="presentation">Installation of conservation moorings (e.g., helical anchors and elastic anchor rodes).</span></li><li style="font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; margin: 0in 0in 6pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif;" role="presentation">Projects that support restoration of wetlands, habitat, migratory fish passage, and culvert replacements to improve aquatic conductivity and wildlife migration.</span></li><li style="font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; margin: 0in 0in 6pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif;" role="presentation">Construction of a boat pump-out facility in a municipality or harbor.</span></li><li style="font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; margin: 0in 0in 6pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif;" role="presentation">Creation of or participation in online reporting systems for tracking the operation, maintenance, and monitoring of innovative and alternative septic systems.</span></li><li style="font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; color: black; background-color: white;" role="presentation">Projects that, through direct action (other than routine maintenance), mitigate or restore coastal waters, or freshwaters, adversely affected by nutrient
loading (nitrogen and phosphorus pollution) or bacteria pollution. Projects to expand municipal sewer networks are not eligible.</span></li><li style="font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; color: black;" role="presentation">Other activities in support of the Buzzards Bay Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan, particularly those that benefit water quality and living resources.</span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif;">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 lie within the Buzzards Bay watershed boundary.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif;">The source of funds for this solicitation are federal and provided in accordance with Cooperative Agreements CE00A01634 and CE00A01614 with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Southeast New England
Program (SNEP).</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif;">Proposals must be submitted electronically and are due
<b>Tuesday, May 19, 2026, by 5:00 PM</b>. 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). The RFP and other details on the program may be found at this
</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 113, 188);"><u>COMMBUYS Bid Solicitation</u></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif;"> link, and on the Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program’s website:
</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 113, 188);"><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=" id="OWA417f1634-3647-477c-0d02-b3a8440dd779" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(0, 113, 188); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" originalsrc="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=" data-auth="NotApplicable">https://buzzardsbay.org/our-program/funding/</a></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif;">.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);">Sarah B. Williams | Regional Planner</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);">Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);">81-B County Road, Suite E | Mattapoisett, MA 02739</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);">Direct Line: (774) 377-6002 | <a href="mailto:Sarah.Williams@mass.gov" id="OWA94e5a7de-8c25-7ab3-8522-1bbd93c8020a" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(127, 127, 127); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Sarah.Williams@mass.gov</a></span></p>
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