RESTORE Act Direct Component - Construction Activities

Funding Opportunity Number: GR-RDC-15-002 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: EnvironmentNatural ResourcesOther (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)CFDA Number: 21.015Eligible Applicants State governmentsCounty governmentsAgency Name: USDOT-GCRClosing Date: Mar 31, 2015Award Ceiling: $56,094,801Expected Number of Awards: Creation Date: Sep 15, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: Under the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (RESTORE Act), Subtitle F of P.L. 112-141, the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund was established in the Treasury of the United States. Eighty percent of the civil penalties paid after July 6, 2012, under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act in connection with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill will be deposited into the Trust Fund and invested. The RESTORE Act created five components through which funds will be disbursed. Treasury is publishing multiple funding opportunity notices as part of the RESTORE Act. This announcement applies only to the Direct Component, and is only for applications for eligible construction activities. For eligible activities involving non-construction, acquisition of real property, and requests for funding to serve as non-federal share for another federally-funded grant (construct...
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Environment Natural Resources Other (see text field entitled Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity for clarification) Source Type: funding