Document Type:	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:	S13AS00003
Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
Posted Date:	Jun 15, 2012
Creation Date:	Jun 14, 2012
Original Closing Date for Applications:	Oct 01, 2012 Applications accepted throughout the fiscal year.
Current Closing Date for Applications:	Oct 01, 2012 Applications accepted throughout the fiscal year.
Archive Date:	Oct 01, 2013
Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity:	Environment Natural Resources
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:	15
Estimated Total Program Funding:	$2,000,000
Award Ceiling:	$100,000
Award Floor:	$5,000
CFDA Number(s):	15.253 -- Not-for-Profit AMD Reclamation
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	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 projects to improve the water quality of streams impacts 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 Additional Information

http://www.grants.gov

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

Renata Miller, Program Specialist (Grants), 202-208-2747
rgarris@osmre.gov
rgarris@osmre.gov

Synopsis Modification History

There are currently no modifications for this opportunity.