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State-EPA NPS Partnership
States and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formed a State/EPA Nonpoint Source Partnership at a national nonpoint source meeting sponsored jointly by The Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators (ASIWPCA) and EPA in April 2000.The Partnership provides an excellent framework for states and EPA to work together cooperatively to identify, prioritize, and solve nonpoint source problems.
The states and EPA have established eight work groups to focus on nonpoint source topic-specific needs, including:
- watershed planning and implementation
- rural nonpoint sources
- urban nonpoint sources
- nonpoint source grants management
- nonpoint source capacity building and funding
- information transfer and outreach
- nonpoint source results
- and nonpoint source monitoring
The information and products emerging from these eight work groups should help states to more effectively implement their nonpoint source management programs.
Watershed Planning and Implementation Work Group
- Attached here is the final product produced by the Watershed Planning and Implementation Work Group. The actions articulated in this document are in various stages of implementation. Download the Watershed Planning and Implementation Work Group file (DOC) (25 pp, 314K)
Capacity Building and Funding Work Group
- Capacity Building
Resources
This website, put together by the Nonpoint Source Capacity Building and Funding Work Group, provides watershed groups and local governments links to technical tools for scientific support, engineering support, information technology, assistance with legal issues, project management, outreach, and planning support. It also provides links to legal resources for activities such as permitting, enforcement, contracting, fund raising, and resource management.
- Building
Capacity for NPS Management (PDF) (61 pp, 2.7MB,
About PDF)
The case studies included in this document highlight watershed groups, local governments, and organizations engaged in innovative approaches for building capacity, such as group building and organization (establishing partnerships and soliciting volunteers), organizing capital resources and fiscal management (obtaining private grants and federal funding), and using technical and specialized resources (using experts, developing innovative projects, procuring office space and equipment, etc.).
Grants Management Work Group
- Applying for and
Administering CWA Section 319 Grants: A Guide for State Nonpoint Source
Agencies
This manual provides an overview of federal grant requirements that will guide state and territory nonpoint source agency staff when applying for and administering grants awarded under the Clean Water Act Section 319.
- Nonpoint Source
Minigrants (PDF) (38 pp, 100K, About
PDF)
This report describes mini-grants programs used by various states, local agencies, and non-profit organizations to implement efforts to address nonpoint source pollution and to protect or restore watersheds. Many of these are implemented as sub-awards, through state grant or contract mechanisms, of funds received by the state as part of an EPA grant under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act. Others are purely state-funded. In addition, the report closes with some examples of similar mini-grants used by estuary programs in the National Estuary Program under Section 320 of the CWA. The report is a product of the Grants Workgroup of the state-EPA Nonpoint Source Partnership.
- State RFP Survey
(PPT) (23 pp, 526K)
This PowerPoint presentation, developed by the Nonpoint Source Grants Management Work Group, provides information on Clean Water Act Section 319 (NPS grants) Request For Proposals (RFPs). The slides give the basic elements of a RFP, as well as examples of eligibility criteria, proposal requirements, evaluation criteria, and other useful information from selected state Section 319 grant RFPs.
