{"id":1564,"date":"2023-11-16T10:08:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T15:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/?page_id=1564"},"modified":"2025-08-19T13:09:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T17:09:15","slug":"ecsdc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/ecsdc\/","title":{"rendered":"Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities Grant (EC-SDC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>PURPOSE OF FUNDING\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nTo provide grants to public water systems in small or disadvantaged communities in order to address emerging contaminants, including PFAS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>APPLICATION DEADLINE\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nRolling<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTIFICATION DATE<\/strong><br \/>\nRolling<\/p>\n<p><strong>SOURCE OF FUNDING\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nBipartisan Infrastructure Law supplementing EPA&#8217;s water programs<\/p>\n<p><strong>STATUTORY CITATION\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nSafe Drinking Water Act Sections 1459A<\/p>\n<p>Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) of 2021 (P.L. 117-58) Division J (FY 2022 Appropriations), Title VI \u2013 State and Tribal Assistance Grants (6)<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO IS ELIGIBLE\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nThe project activities must take place within a small or disadvantaged community. Eligible activities include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Efforts to address emerging contaminants in drinking water that would benefit a small or disadvantaged community on a per household basis;<\/li>\n<li>Technical assistance to evaluate emerging contaminant problems;<\/li>\n<li>Programs to provide household water-quality testing, including testing for unregulated contaminants;<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Local contractor training;<\/li>\n<li>Activities necessary and appropriate for a state to respond to an emerging contaminant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nQualifying communities must be as described in section 1459A of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201cDisadvantaged Community\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0is one determined by the state to be disadvantaged under the affordability criteria established by the state under section 1452(d)(3) of the Safe Drinking Water Act or may become a disadvantaged community as a result of carrying out a project or activity under the grant program. As with the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund\u00a0program, each state has statutory discretion to set its own criteria.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cSmall Community\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0is one that has a population of less than 10,000 individuals that the Administrator determines does not have the capacity to incur debt sufficient to finance a project or activity under the grant program. This is a statutory definition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>GRANT LIMIATIONS\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nN\/A<\/p>\n<p><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nN\/A<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE INFORMATION\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<span class=\"ui-provider ee bgj bco caw cax cay caz cba cbb cbc cbd cbe cbf cbg cbh cbi cbj cbk cbl cbm cbn cbo cbp cbq cbr cbs cbt cbu cbv cbw cbx cby cbz cca ccb\" dir=\"ltr\"> Casey Lippincott<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:Casey.Lippincott@deptest.nj.gov\">Casey.Lippincott@deptest.nj.gov<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1613&#8243; img_size=&#8221;FULL&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]PURPOSE OF FUNDING\u00a0 To provide grants to public water systems in small or disadvantaged communities in order to address emerging contaminants, including PFAS. APPLICATION DEADLINE\u00a0 Rolling NOTIFICATION DATE Rolling SOURCE OF FUNDING\u00a0 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law supplementing EPA&#8217;s water programs STATUTORY CITATION\u00a0 Safe Drinking Water Act Sections 1459A Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":439,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"fullwidth-title.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1564","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/439"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1564"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3419,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1564\/revisions\/3419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}