NOTICES
Environmental Stewardship and Watershed Protection (Growing Greener) Grant Applications and Notice of Grant Workshops
[30 Pa.B. 78] The new Environmental Stewardship and Watershed Protection Act authorizes the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) to make available grants to protect and restore watersheds, reclaim abandoned mines and plug abandoned oil and gas wells.
The Department has set February 11, 2000, as the deadline for its first round of Growing Greener grant applications.
Eligible applicants include: 1) counties, authorities and other municipalities; 2) county conservation districts; 3) watershed organizations, which means entities recognized by the Department and established to promote local watershed conservation efforts in an identified watershed; and 4) other authorized organizations, including nonprofit entities involved in research, restoration, rehabilitation, planning, acquisition, development, education or other activities which further the protection, enhancement, conservation, preservation or enjoyment of Pennsylvania's environmental, conservation, recreation or similar resources.
Applications should describe the intended watershed protection project including: the organization of a watershed group, watershed assessments, development of watershed restoration/protection plans, implementation of watershed restoration/protection projects and demonstration/education/outreach activities.
Priority consideration will be given to applications submitted to implement local watershed-wide conservation efforts and to improve water quality impaired watersheds, including those polluted by past mining activities, agricultural and urban runoff, atmospheric deposition and earth-moving activities.
The Department will hold grant workshops at six locations around the state to respond to questions about Growing Greener and the grant program and to assist prospective applicants. The grant workshops will begin at 1:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. as follows:
January 11, 2000
DEP's Southeast Regional
Office
Suite 6010, Lee Park
555 North Lane
Conshohocken, Pa.January 13, 2000
DEP's Northeast Regional
Office
2 Public Square
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.January 19, 2000
DEP's Northwest Regional
Office
230 Chestnut Street
Meadville, Pa.January 20, 2000
Sheraton Inn--Pittsburgh
North
910 Sheraton Drive
Mars, Pa.January 24, 2000
DEP's Southcentral
Regional Office
Susquehanna River
Conference Room
909 Elmerton Avenue
Harrisburg, Pa.January 26, 2000
DEP's Northcentral
Regional Office
208 West Third Street
Williamsport, Pa.To request an application or for more information, visit the DEP web site at www.dep.state.pa.us, send e-mail to GrowingGreener@dep.state.pa.us, or contact the Growing Greener Grant Center at 877-PAGREEN or (717) 705-5400 or write: Growing Greener Grant Center, 9th Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, P. O. Box 8776, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8776.
Persons with a disability may use the AT&T Relay Service by calling (800) 654-5984 (TDD users) or (800) 654-5988 (voice users) and request that the call be relayed.
JAMES M. SEIF,
Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 00-22. Filed for public inspection December 30, 2000, 9:00 a.m.]
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