Technical Assistance for Treatment Works (Clean Water Act [CWA] Section 104(b)(8))
Environmental Protection Agency
The objective is to provide technical assistance and training to rural, small, and tribal municipalities to: (1) plan, develop, and obtain financing for Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) eligible projects; (2) protect water quality and achieve and maintain compliance with the requirements of the Clean Water Act; and (3) provide information on planning, design, construction, and operation of publicly owned treatment works and decentralized wastewater treatment systems.
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Helps small, rural, and tribal communities improve their wastewater systems. Provides training and technical support for better water quality and compliance with regulations.
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What Is This Program?
What Benefits Are Offered?
Provides free technical assistance and training to improve the operations, management, financial capacity, and regulatory compliance of rural, small, and Tribal wastewater systems, helping them secure funding and protect water quality.
Who Is Eligible?
Business Size: small
Industries: water and sewage utilities
Region: all 50 states, U.S. territories, Tribal lands
Demographics: Tribal communities, rural communities
Other Criteria: municipalities and governments, wastewater systems (centralized and decentralized), seeking to improve operations, management, and financial capacity, aiming to protect public health and the environment, addressing critical challenges related to wastewater management and water quality
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📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
- 📝Steps to Apply
- Submit questions via email by November 4, 2024
- Prepare application addressing one Priority Area
- Submit application through Grants.gov
- 🌐Application Portal
- https://www.grants.gov/
- 📤Submission Method
- online
- 📅Key Dates
- November 4, 2024Question submission deadline
- 🔄Intake Type
- fixed-deadline
📄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
- 📐Format Requirements
- PDF only, max 10MB
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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- on-site trainings
- technical assistance
- operator training
- workforce development
- assistance forming Responsible Management Entities
- one-to-one technical assistance
- 🚫Ineligible Expenses
- costs related to lobbying
- costs for services or products not awarded under competitive procurement
- 📏Expense Caps
- Applications under this announcement may not exceed $6,000,000 in federal funds for Priority Area 1 and Priority Area 2.
- 💳Payment Model
- reimbursement
- ⏪Retroactive Expenses Eligible
- No
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
- 🔀Matching Required
- No
- 📚Stacking Rules
- No restrictions on combining with other government funding.
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 🗓️Reporting Frequency
- annual
- 📑Reporting Requirements
- performance progress report
- SF-425 Federal Financial 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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FAQFrequently Asked Questions
This program is available to small businesses in water and sewage utilities industries located in all 50 states, U.S. territories, Tribal lands.
This program offers funding up to $579,695 (minimum $579,695).
This program accepts applications on a rolling basis.
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