Document Type:	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:	S11AS00003
Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
Posted Date:	Oct 01, 2010
Creation Date:	Sep 27, 2010
Original Closing Date for Applications:	Sep 30, 2011
Current Closing Date for Applications:	Sep 30, 2011
Archive Date:	Oct 30, 2011
Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity:	Environment
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:	10
Estimated Total Program Funding:	$1,000,000
Award Ceiling:	$100,000
Award Floor:	$5,000
CFDA Number(s):	15.253 -- Not-for-Profit AMD Reclamation
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Eligible Applicants

Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

Additional Information on Eligibility:

Agency Name

Office of Surface Mining

Description

To assist local organizations especially watershed groups to begin actual construction to clean streams impacted by acid mine drainage (AMD). Lands and water eligible for reclamation or drainage abatement expenditures under Section 404 of Public Law 95-87 are those which were mined for coal or which were affected by such mining, wastebanks, coal processing, or other coal mining processes, except as provided for under Section 411 of Public Law 95-87, prior to August 3, 1977, and for which there is no continuing reclamation responsibility under State or other Federal laws.

Link to Full Announcement

agency website

If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Renata Garris
Program Specialist (Grants)
Phone 202-208-2747 electronic access

Synopsis Modification History

There are currently no modifications for this opportunity.