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Stormwater Competitive Grants and Resilience/Stormwater Utility
Feasibility Technical Assistance Grants

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Deadline

CLOSED – August 24, 2022 Deadline extended to November 1, 2022 for expressing interest in Technical Assistance for Stormwater utility Feasibility Study.

CLOSED – August 24, 2022 Deadline extended to September 23, 2022 for expressing interest in Technical Assistance for Stormwater Resilience Planning

CLOSED – September 14, 2022 for the Stormwater Competitive Grant Program[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”4565″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://www.nj.gov/dep/wiip/”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

Purpose of Funding

As part of its comprehensive efforts to improve water quality and mitigate the worsening impacts of flooding caused by climate change, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) has announced it is seeking applications for $10 million in grants to modernize stormwater management systems and to provide technical assistance to municipal, county and utility authorities to plan to become more resilient, including conducting feasibility Studies for forming stormwater utilities and resilience planning for local governments impacted by Tropical Storm Ida, that will focus on strategies to better manage the impacts of stormwater.[/vc_column_text][vc_table vc_table_theme=”classic” 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Source of Funding

American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP)

Statutory Citation

P.L. 117-1 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
New Jersey Corporate Business Tax Receipts (CBT)
Federal Clean Water Act Section 319(h), 205(j), and 303(e) (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.)
N.J.S.A. 13:1D-9 (DEP Enabling Act)
N.J.S.A. 58:10A-1 et seq., specifically N.J.S.A. 58:10A-5(e) (Water Pollution Control Act)
10 U.S.C. § 2679 (Intergovernmental Support Agreement)

Who is Eligible

SW Demonstration projects and planning: Colleges and universities, local government, public utilities, Private entities, entities established as a joint meeting pursuant to law or an entity established pursuant to ordinance by the municipalities, nonprofit organization recognized by the Internal Revenue Service under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code authorized to operate in the State of New Jersey.

SW Utility Feasibility Study: Municipalities, Counties, utilities and other local nonprofit organizations

Resiliency Planning: Tropical Storm Ida affected municipalities.

Qualifications Required for Consideration

Please refer to the links above for individual qualifications for the Grant as well for the two RFEI.

Grant/Loan and Technical Assistance Limitations

Stormwater Utility Feasibility Study $2M, Green Infrastructure $4.5M, Improvements of Existing Stormwater $1M, Management and Restoration $1M and Planning and Analysis of SW opportunities $0.5M and Resiliency planning $1M.

Applicants should view the RFP regarding the process for the selection of Demonstration Projects.

Application Procedures

For competitive grants, applicants must submit their proposals electronically using NJDEP’s System for Administering Grants Electronically (NJDEP SAGE) and must follow the Registration Instructions on NJDEP SAGE’s login page. An email will be sent to you when you have been accepted into the system. Once logged in, you can navigate to the Training Materials link where an Authorized Official manual and a webinar are available for help. If you have any questions regarding NJDEP SAGE, please contact Minesh Patel at Minesh.Patel@deptest.nj.gov

For Technical Assistance on the RFEI, follow the application process listed in the documents linked above.

Review Process

Applicants should view the RFP and the two Expression of Interest documents regarding the process for the selection of projects in the table above.

For More Information, Contact

NJDEP- Division of Watershed Protection and Restoration
Bureau of NJPDES Stormwater Permitting and Water Quality Management
Email: stormwatergrantsinfo@deptest.nj.gov
For Technical Assistance related to Resilience Planning: resilientnj@deptest.nj.gov[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]