This guidance describes how EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO) administers grant and cooperative agreement funds to focus on the restoration and protection of the Chesapeake Bay and its surrounding watershed. The success of this is directly linked to the success of the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) partners’ efforts.  These include reductions in the levels of nutrients and sediment, restoration of habitats and living resources and increased stewardship of the watershed.

• 2021 Chesapeake Bay Program Office Grant Guidance (PDF)(65 pp, 970 K, December 17, 2020)
• Attachment 1: 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement (PDF)(20 pp, 2 MB, June 16, 2014)
• Attachment 2: Estuaries and Clean Waters Act of 2000, Section 117 (PDF)(5 pp, 32 K, February 26, 2014)
• Attachment 3: 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement Goals and Outcomes (PDF)(1 pg, 98 K, Updated September 2019)
• Attachment 4: Chesapeake Bay Grant Guidance Work Plan Template (PDF)(3 pp, 533 K, December 2020)
• Attachment 5: Chesapeake Bay Program Grant Guidance Progress Report Template (PDF)(4 pp, 772 K, December 2020)
• Attachment 6: Chesapeake Bay Program Wastewater Facility and BMP Implementation Data Submission Specifications and Requirements (PDF)(12 pp, 567 K, December 2020)
• Attachment 7: EPA Subaward Policy Guidance (PDF)(8 pp, 86 K, September 2016)
• Attachment 8: Chesapeake Bay Program Guidance and Policies for Data, Information and Document Outputs Submission (PDF)(5 pp, 601 K, September 2019)
• Attachment 9A: Toxics Data Acquisition Specifications (PDF)(2 pp, 27 K, September 2019)
• Attachment 9B: Data Submission Questionnaire (PDF)(1 pg, 21 K, September 2019)
• Attachment 10: Chesapeake Bay Program Administrative Cost Cap Worksheet Sample (PDF)(2 pp, 27 K, December 2010)
• Attachment 11: US EPA Region III Intergovernmental Review and Single Points of Contact (PDF)(23 pp, 307 K, December 2020)
• Attachment 12: Guidance for Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (PDF)(16 pp, 2 MB, December 2020)
• Attachment 13: Grant Application Budget Detail Guidance (PDF)(6 pp, 209 K, October 2020)
• Attachment 14: Guide for Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Two-year Milestones (PDF)(10 pp, 942 K, July 6, 2011)
• Attachment 15: Fiscal Year Funding Allocations for CBIG, CBRAP and Local Implementation Funding (PDF)(1 pg, 726 K, December 2020)
• Attachment 16: Application Submission Methods (PDF)(1 pg, 550 K, October 2020)
• Attachment 17: Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act State Budget Reporting (PDF)(3 pp, 804 K, September 2020)
• Attachment 18 - FY2020 MEB Rationale (PDF)(16 pp, 1 MB, December 2020)
  Grant and Cooperative Agreement Guidance: Most Effective Basins Funding