Document Type:	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:	S12AS00003
Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
Posted Date:	Jul 25, 2011
Creation Date:	Jul 25, 2011
Original Closing Date for Applications:	Aug 01, 2011 Applications accepted throughout the fiscal year.
Current Closing Date for Applications:	Aug 01, 2011 Applications accepted throughout the fiscal year.
Archive Date:
Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity:	Environment Natural Resources
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:	20
Estimated Total Program Funding:	$1,500,000
Award Ceiling:	$100,000
Award Floor:	$15,000
CFDA Number(s):	15.253 -- Not-for-Profit AMD Reclamation
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

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 1977, and for which there is no continuing reclamation responsibility under State or other Federal laws.

Link to Full Announcement

http://www.grants.gov

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

Renata Garris, 202-208-2747
rgarris@osmre.gov
rgarris@osmre.gov

Synopsis Modification History

There are currently no modifications for this opportunity.