RESTORE Act Direct Component - Non-Construction Activities | GR RDC 17 001

Opportunity Information: Apply for GR RDC 17 001

The RESTORE Act Direct Component - Non-Construction Activities grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number: GR RDC 17 001) is a discretionary grant program run by the U.S. Department of the Treasury under the Treasury RESTORE Act Program. It is funded through the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund, which was created by the RESTORE Act (Subtitle F of P.L. 112-141). The Trust Fund receives 80 percent of certain civil penalties paid after July 6, 2012 under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, specifically those tied to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and those dollars are then invested and later distributed through several funding components established by the law. This notice covers only one of those components, the Direct Component, and it is limited to eligible non-construction activities.

The central purpose of this announcement is to support Gulf Coast recovery by financing planning and programmatic work that fits the RESTORE Act list of eligible activities, without paying for construction, real property acquisition, or using RESTORE dollars as a non-federal match for other federal grants. In other words, if a proposal involves building something, buying land, or supplying a match share for another federally funded project (whether construction or non-construction), applicants are directed to use the separate, more appropriate funding opportunity announcement designed for those situations. This notice is meant for the kinds of activities that often precede or complement major projects, such as planning assistance and other non-construction efforts, including planning work needed to prepare the Multiyear Plan required by the RESTORE Act.

Eligible applicants under this opportunity are governmental entities at the state and county levels (State governments and County governments). The opportunity is categorized as a grant (Funding Instrument Type: Grant) and spans multiple public purpose areas, including environment and natural resources, as well as employment, labor and training, reflecting the RESTORE Act's dual focus on ecological restoration and economic recovery.

Activities that can be funded must fall within the RESTORE Act's eligible use categories. These include: restoring and protecting natural resources and ecosystems across the Gulf Coast region (such as fisheries, marine and wildlife habitats, beaches, and coastal wetlands); mitigating damage to fish, wildlife, and natural resources; implementing a federally approved marine, coastal, or comprehensive conservation management plan (including fisheries monitoring); workforce development and job creation efforts; improvements to state parks in coastal areas affected by the Deepwater Horizon spill; certain infrastructure projects that benefit the economy or ecological resources (including port infrastructure); coastal flood protection and related infrastructure; planning assistance; administrative costs; promoting tourism in the Gulf Coast region (including recreational fishing); and promoting consumption of seafood harvested from the Gulf Coast region. While most eligible activities must be carried out within the Gulf Coast region, the notice notes exceptions for specific categories (as stated in the source text, exceptions apply to items (h) and (k)).

Key administrative details from the notice include an original closing date of June 5, 2017, a posting/creation date of January 18, 2017, and an award ceiling listed at $65,460,782. The CFDA number associated with the program is 21.015. Overall, the opportunity is aimed at helping Gulf Coast states and counties move forward with recovery and resilience efforts by funding non-construction work that supports restoration, long-term planning, monitoring, economic revitalization, and related eligible actions tied to the Deepwater Horizon penalty-funded Trust Fund.

• The U.S. Dept. of Treasury RESTORE Act Program in the employment, labor and training, environment, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "RESTORE Act Direct Component - Non-Construction Activities" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 21.015.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2017-01-18.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-06-05. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $65,460,782.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments.

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