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Table of Contents

Appendix I - "Line-by-Line" Instructions to PSS2001 Data Entry

Appendix II - Purpose and General Priorities

Appendix III - USEPA Contacts for Great Lakes Priorities

Appendix IV- Other GLNPO Activities and Funding

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FY2001 - 2002 Request for Preproposals

II. BACKGROUND INFORMATION

GLNPO has provided funding for some 525 projects totaling $54 million between 1993 and 2000. These projects are summarized at the "Project Summaries" links to http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/fund/.

Development of this Request for Preproposals began with the Fall Great Lakes Planning Meeting of mid-level environmental managers from Great Lakes State, Tribal, and Federal programs. This group has met annually to discuss Great Lakes priorities and the criteria for projects to be funded by GLNPO in the upcoming year. General funding priorities and targets for this Great Lakes Request for Preproposals were derived from USEPA's Congressionally approved budget. Development of that budget began in 1999.

The September, 2000 Great Lakes Planning Meeting verified the importance of strategically focusing on toxics reduction and biodiversity. Participants also confirmed the importance of GLNPO addressing Invasive Species and Strategic or Emerging Issues. Congressionally directed funding in the USEPA budget makes that possible. In order to further work begun through the State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conferences to develop indicators necessary and sufficient to easily understood and objectively represent the condition of the Great Lakes ecosystem components, GLNPO has added a new funding category this year - Indicator Development. Information about each of these funding areas is contained in Part VI of this Request for Preproposals.

FY 2000 Recap. In FY 2000, GLNPO notified potential applicants that it was seeking Preproposals for a total of $3.04 million in the priority areas of: Contaminated Sediments; Habitat Protection and Restoration; Pollution Prevention; Assessment/Indicators; Invasive Species; and Emerging Issues. In response, 152 applicants submitted 264 Preproposals, requesting $31 million in assistance.

The "success rate" for Preproposals submitted in FY2000 was 14%. This rate was significantly lower than the success rate of 23% in FY1999, likely as a result of the decreased funding available through the Preproposal process. $400,000 of the GLNPO funds not allocated through GLNPO’s general request for Preproposals in FY2000 was allocated in a separate competitive request for Preproposals. We do note that the success rate would be somewhat higher if it included Preproposals submitted to GLNPO and forwarded to other USEPA offices. Successful applicants were asked to submit full proposals for 38 projects totaling $2.9 million. GLNPO offered assistance for each of these projects for which the applicant requested funding.