Emergency Watershed Protection Program - Disaster Relief Appropriations Act
Department Of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
The objective of the EWP Program is to assist sponsors, landowners, and operators in implementing emergency recovery measures for runoff retardation and erosion prevention to relieve imminent hazards to life and property created by a natural disaster that causes a sudden impairment of a watershed.
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Helps local communities recover from natural disasters by restoring watersheds and preventing erosion. Provides funding for projects like debris removal and streambank stabilization.
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What Is This Program?
What Benefits Are Offered?
Technical and financial assistance to help local communities relieve imminent threats to life and property caused by natural disasters (floods, fires, windstorms) that impair a watershed. Activities include removing debris, reshaping/protecting streambanks, correcting drainage, establishing vegetative cover, repairing levees/structures, repairing conservation practices, and purchasing EWP Buyouts. Federal cost share may not exceed 90% of construction costs for Limited Resource Areas (LRAs).
Who Is Eligible?
Region: United States (local communities, counties, tribal areas)
Demographics: federally-recognized Native American tribe or tribal organization, Limited Resource Areas (LRAs)
Other Criteria: Must be an eligible sponsor (cities, counties, towns, conservation districts, or any federally-recognized Native American tribe or tribal organization), Public and private landowners must work through an eligible sponsor (except for direct application for floodplain easements when funding is available), Communities recovering after a natural disaster strikes (floods, fires, windstorms, other natural disasters that impair a watershed), Projects must relieve imminent threats to life and property, Projects must provide protection from flooding or soil erosion, reduce threats to life and property, restore hydraulic capacity to the natural environment, Projects must be economically and environmentally defensible, and designed to acceptable engineering standards, Applicant must have an official tax ID (SSN or EIN), Applicant must have a property deed or lease agreement to show control of the property, Applicant must have a farm number (if interested in financial assistance), Applicant must certify compliance with adjusted gross income limitation (AGI) provisions, Applicant must certify compliance with highly erodible land and wetland conservation requirements
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📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
- 📝Steps to Apply
- Make a Plan
- Start an Application
- Check your eligibility
- Rank your application
- Implement your plan
- 🌐Application Portal
- https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/getting-assistance/how-to-apply
- 📤Submission Method
- online
- 🔄Intake Type
- continuous
📄What Documents Are Required?
- ✅Required Documents
- SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance)
- SF-424A (Budget Information - Non-Construction)
- SF-424B (Assurances)
- Project Narrative
- Budget Narrative
- indirect cost rate agreement
- IRB approval letter
- environmental review
- 📐Format Requirements
- PDF only, max 10MB
- ✉️Supporting Letters
- Letters of support/reference are required to substantiate the application.
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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- cost-share assistance for conservation practices
- technical assistance for implementation
- costs associated with acquiring agricultural land easements
- 🚫Ineligible Expenses
- costs incurred before contract execution
- costs for practices started prior to NRCS approval
- 📏Expense Caps
- Administrative costs capped at 15%
- 💳Payment Model
- reimbursement
- ⏪Retroactive Expenses Eligible
- No
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
- 🔀Matching Required
- Yes
- 📊Matching Ratio
- 10% minimum
- 🏦Eligible Matching Sources
- cash
- in-kind
- 📚Stacking Rules
- Yes
- 🛡️Proof of Matching Required
- Documentation to substantiate contributions may be required
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 🗓️Reporting Frequency
- annual
- 📑Reporting Requirements
- SF-425 Federal Financial Report
- performance progress report
- 🔍Audit Requirements
- OMB Uniform Guidance Single Audit if the recipient expends $750,000 or more in federal awards.
- 📢Branding Requirements
- Acknowledgment of federal funding is required.
- 🗄️Record Retention Period
- 3 years post-final-report
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