Nonpoint Source Program And Grants Guidance For Fiscal Year 1997 And Future Years
May 1996
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Water
Washington, D.C.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Dear Colleague letter - Overview
I. OUR VISION
II. INTRODUCTION
A. Background
B. Scope of This
Guidance
C. NEPPS and
Performance Partnership Grants
D. The Watershed
Protection Approach
E. Relationship to
Other Environmental Programs
III. NONPOINT SOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS
A. Nine Key Elements of an
Effective State Program
B. Toward Our Vision:
Dynamic and Effective Nonpoint Source Programs
IV. GRANTS
A. Funding
Process
B. Grant
Eligibility
C. Criteria That Apply
to the Award of Section 319 Grants
D. Reporting
Requirements to be Included in all Grants
V. MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT OF SECTION 319(h) GRANTS
VII. APPENDICES
A. Suggested Outline for
Assessments of State Programs
B. Measures and
Indicators of Progress and Success
C. Elements of a
Well-Designed Watershed Implementation Plan
D. Schedule for
Issuance of Section 319(h) Grants
E. Generic Grant
Condition Establishing State Reporting Elements
F. Nationally
Mandated Data Elements Under Grants Reporting and Tracking System
(GRTS)
G. Allocation
Formula
H. Selected
References
I. National
Monitoring Projects Funded Under Section 319
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