Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
The President's 2010
Budget provides
$475 million in EPA's budget for a new Environmental Protection
Agency-led, interagency Great Lakes restoration initiative, which
will target the most significant problems in the region, including
invasive aquatic species, non-point source pollution, and
contaminated sediment.
This initiative will use outcome-oriented performance goals and measures to target the most significant problems and track progress in addressing them. EPA and its Federal partners will coordinate State, tribal, local, and industry actions to protect, maintain, and restore the chemical, biological, and physical integrity of the Great Lakes.
The Initiative builds upon 5 years of work of the
Great Lakes Interagency
Task Force (IATF) and stakeholders, guided by the
Great Lakes Regional
Collaboration Strategy
. The IATF includes 16 cabinet and agency
organizations, including: EPA, State, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, HUD,
Transportation, Homeland Security, Army, CEQ, and Health and Human Services.
To jump-start the Initiative, the IATF has developed a Plan (PDF) (18pp, 103KB) for the proposed $475 million budget, including over $250 million in grants and project agreements and jump-starting achievement of long term goals: safely eating the fish and swimming at our beaches, assuring safe drinking water, and providing a healthy ecosystem for fish and wildlife. A companion Agency Actions (PDF) (26pp, 97KB) document describes what proposed accomplishments for each Agency pursuant to the Initiative. A summary of FY 2010 proposed programs and projects (28pp, 516KB) is also available. The Initiative is proposed to Congress as part of EPA's 2010 Congressional Justification (PDF) (319pp, 1.9MB)
In the summer of 2009, Agencies will initiate processes for one or more Requests for Proposals for competitive grants advancing the Initiative, in order that some grants may be issued as early as December, 2009. A series of stakeholder meetings, open to the public, will be held in July and August 2009 in various Great Lakes locations.
Throughout the summer of 2009, the Interagency Task Force will work to develop a Great Lakes Restoration Plan for FY 2011 and beyond. The IATF will seek public input in developing this Plan.
To be added to a listserv which will provide updates on funding information, including funding information about the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, we request that you go to to http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/maillist/index.html.
Documents of interest:
- EPA Press Release on FY2010 Budget
- EPA FY2010 Budget in Brief (PDF) (98pp, 472KB)
- FY2010 Performance Plan and Congressional Justification (EPA's Proposed Budget) (PDF) (319pp, 1.9MB)
- FY2010 Budget Appendix for EPA (PDF) (16pp, 216K)
- Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Proposed 2010 Funding Plan (PDF) (18pp, 103K)
- Agency Actions Pursuant to 2010 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (PDF) (26pp, 97KB)
- 2010 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Summary of Proposed Programs and Projects (28pp, 516KB, posted 6/25/2009)
- Great Lakes Multi-Year Restoration Action Plan Outline (100 Kb, 24 pp. PDF, July 17, 2009)
- Interagency Funding Guide /revised January 11, 2010/
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Activities
Request for Proposals Great Lakes Restoration Initiative EPA-R5-GL2010-1 Announced: November 23, 2009 rev. January 13, 2010
Multiple agency Great Lakes Restoration Initiative website
EPA Calls for Best Projects for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Funding
draft Great Lakes Initiative Action Plan FY 2010 - FY 2014 (posted December 14, 2009)
Action Plan
draft Great Lakes Initiative Action Plan FY 2010 - FY 2014 (posted December 14, 2009)
Funding Guide
Interagency Funding Guide providing one-stop-shopping for over $250 million in grants and project agreements.
Interagency Funding Guide /revised January 11, 2010/
Stakeholder meetings
Meeting agenda (1 p. 143 Kb, PDF, July 20, 2009)
Stakeholder meetings in eight Great Lakes states and webcast
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