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Information about Past and Present Funding Cycles
 

Funding Cycle Resources

• Pages for Each Funding Cycle (past and present):
   

  • By Fiscal Year: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,

    2010 (Pre-ARRA), 2010 (ARRA), 2011, 2012, 2013
    
     

  • Overview of Pages for Past Cycles' Funding Programs
     

• Offer Lists (past and present) & Application Materials (past and present)
   

• Past Funding Levels
   

How the Funding Cycles Work:

The three major funding programs are managed together. There is one combined funding cycle, one application form, and one final offer and applicant list.

The application period generally opens on September 1 and closes on the first Friday in November each year.

Eligible applicants include:

• Counties, cities, and towns
• Conservation Districts
• Political Subdivisions
• Municipal or Quasi-municipal Corporation
• Federally recognized tribes
• Washington State institutions of higher education (provided that the project is not included in that institution’s statutory responsibilities)
• Not-for-profit organizations that are recognized as tax exempt by the Internal Revenue Service (Section 319 only)

Eligible project categories and types include:

Wastewater Facility

• Comprehensive Sewer Planning
• Facilities Plans
• Facilities Design
• Facilities Construction
• Water Reclamation Facilities

Nonpoint Source Activity

• Best Management Practices
• Agricultural Best Management Practices
• Demonstration Projects
• Groundwater/Aquifer/Wellhead Planning and/or Protection
• Lake Restoration Planning and Implementation
• Riparian/Wetland Restoration Planning and Implementation
• Public Outreach and Education
• Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) Support
• Water Quality Monitoring
• Watershed Planning and Implementation

On-site Septic System

• Community Systems (planning, design, and construction)
• Planning/Survey
• Repair/Replacement Program

Stormwater

• Low Impact Development Techniques
• Outreach and Education
• Source Control Activities
• Stormwater Pollution Control Facilities
• Stormwater Retrofit
• Stormwater Best Management Practices

Before the application period opens, Ecology posts important funding information explaining the application process and schedule, and sends a public notice about the application period and corresponding application workshops. These public application workshops are typically held in September at various locations around the state. After the application period closes, staff at Ecology’s headquarters in Lacey will:

• Enter the application information into a database for future tracking.
• Email the application to the prospective regional evaluator who will prioritize the eligible projects through a project rating and ranking process.
• Solicit advice on project scope of work from other state agencies, if applicable.
• Conduct an evaluators’ meeting to discuss the project proposals, water quality priorities, finalize evaluations, and develop a Draft Funding List and Intended Use Plan document.
• Send the Draft Offer and Applicant List to the Governor’s Office of Financial Management (OFM) and the State Legislature for consideration during the funding appropriation process.
• Open a 30-day public review and comment period.
• Conduct a public meeting during the 30-day public review process to present the Draft Funding List and Intended Use Plan document.
• Make adjustments to the Draft Offer List and Intended Use Plan document based on legislative provisions.
• Publish the Final Funding Offer List and Intended Use Plan document, which includes a responsiveness summary to comments received on the Draft Funding List and Intended Use Plan document.

Applicants must complete development of funding agreements by the January 31 following the publication date of the Final Funding Offer List and Intended Use Plan document.