CLIMATE and ENVIRONMENT – Clean Water Projects, Northern Lake Champlain

CLIMATE and ENVIRONMENT – Clean Water Projects, Northern Lake Champlain

Supports project identification and assessment, project development, preliminary (30%) design, final (100%) design, and implementation/construction of best management practices or other programs designed to improve water quality. Also supports operations and maintenance costs for older pre-program projects. Eligible project types include sub-jurisdictional practices related to developed lands; river corridor restoration and protection; floodplain restoration and protection; wetland restoration and protection; riparian and lakeshore corridor protection and restoration; natural woody buffers associated with riparian, lakeshore, and wetland protection and restoration; forestry projects that provide water quality protection and restoration beyond the requirements of the Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation Acceptable Management Practices; projects on agricultural land if the farm in question does not meet the minimum eligibility criteria for the Required Agricultural Practices; natural resource restoration projects on a jurisdictional farm if confirmed by the VT Agency of Agriculture.

Details

• Funding Entity: Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission
• Funding Type: Grant
• Funding Range: Cost versus phosphorus reduction ratio is considered.Design, final design, and/or implementation/construction: Based on cost efficiency ratio.Operations and maintenance for adoption of older, pre-CWSP projects: Based on cost efficiency ratio.Project identification, assessment, or development: Up to $40,000 for traditional project development with discrete work tasks or up to $10,000 for ad hoc tasks.
• Match Required: None required

Notes

Projects must not be required by a permit (10 VSA, Chapter 47), or subject to the requirements of Vermont Agricultural Water Quality statutes (6 V.S.A, Chapter 215). Funding may be available for the portion of projects that exceed requirements set forth in the statutes above.