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WaterNews for June 23, 2000WaterNews is a weekly on-line publication that announces publications, policies, and activities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water. Inside this week's WaterNews:
(1) Year 2000 Watershed Assistance Grants Application Available The 2000 grant criteria and proposal guidelines for Watershed Assistance Grants are now available. A major key action of the President’s Clean Water Action Plan, Watershed Assistance Grants support the growth and sustainability of local watershed partnerships in the United States. This year, grant awards will range from $1,500 to $30,000. Grants will be made to local watershed partnerships. Grant awards may be made directly to incorporated watershed partnerships. If the watershed partnership is not incorporated, the grant recipient may be a nonprofit group, tribe and/or local government, or agency that is an active participant in the watershed partnership. Applications must be postmarked no later than August 15, 2000. For more information, visit http://www.epa.gov/owow/highlight.html on the Internet. (2) EPA Announces New Performance Track Program EPA announced a new cooperative program to recognize businesses with superior environmental performance and to offer incentives to motivate further improvements. Under the National Environmental Performance Track program, EPA will reward companies which exceed minimum regulatory requirements and take extra steps to reduce and prevent pollution. Applications are due September 1 for charter applicants who will be notified in November, and September 30 for notification in December. More information is available at http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/b1ab9f485b098972852562e7004dc686/56c6db7ccd8ac0fd8525690a004c5ae5?OpenDocument on the Internet.
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