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.

• 2019 Chesapeake Bay Program Office Grant Guidance (PDF)(60 pp, 1 MB, December 20, 2018)
• 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, 31 K, February 26, 2014)
• Attachment 3: 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement Goals and Outcomes (PDF)(1 pg, 211 K)
• Attachment 4: Chesapeake Bay Grant Guidance Work Template (PDF)(3 pp, 419 K, December 2018)
• Attachment 5: Chesapeake Bay Program Grant Guidance Progress Report Template (PDF)(4 pp, 427 K, December 2018)
• Attachment 6: Chesapeake Bay Program Wastewater Facility and BMP Implementation Data Submission Specifications and Requirements (PDF)(13 pp, 522 K, December 2018)
• Attachment 7: EPA Subaward Policy Guidance (PDF)(8 pp, 312 K, September 2016)
• Attachment 8: Chesapeake Bay Program Guidance and Policies for Data, Information and Document Outputs Submission (PDF)(6 pp, 263 K, August 2018)
• Attachment 9A: Toxics Data Acquisition Specifications (PDF)(2 pp, 144 K, September 2018 )
• Attachment 9B: Data Submission Questionnaire (PDF)(1 pg, 19 K, July 2009)
• Attachment 10: Chesapeake Bay Program Administrative Cost Cap Worksheet Sample (PDF)(2 pp, 141 K, December 2010)
• Attachment 11: US EPA Region III Intergovernmental Review and Single Points of Contact (PDF)(18 pp, 648 K, January 2016)
• Attachment 12: Guidance for Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (PDF)(16 pp, 272 K, December 2010)
• Attachment 13: Grant Application Budget Detail Guidance (PDF)(6 pp, 455 K, September 2016)
• 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, 514 K, December 2018)
• Attachment 16: Application Submission Methods (PDF)(1 pg, 91 K, January, 2016)
• Attachment 17: Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act State Budget Reporting (PDF)(1 pg, 128 K, September 14, 2016)