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The 2011 State Legislature provided a $30,000,000 appropriation for statewide stormwater construction projects. Based on the language in the Fiscal Year 2011-13 Capital Budget, Ecology is directed by the Legislature to develop evaluative criteria for a statewide stormwater construction grant program that meets the following policy objectives:
Ecology is currently working on initiating program planning and development for this stormwater funding. Based on Ecology’s on-going evaluation of the existing FY 2011 Stormwater Retrofit and LID Competitive Grant program, we are beginning to develop an initial framework for the new statewide stormwater construction grant program. Local government clients and stakeholders will be asked to participate in providing advice and guidance on developing the new grant program.
UPDATE - May 3, 2012:
The 2012 State Legislature provided $67M to help local governments covered by a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Municipal Stormwater permit fund stormwater infrastructure projects. The breakdown of funding is shown here:
Ecology developed a competitive grant program based on criteria outlined in the FY2011-13 Biennial Capital Budget; the funding program is called: FY2012 Statewide Stormwater Grant Program. In November 2011, Ecology received 111 applications totally more than $83M in eligible project costs. Ecology’s stormwater experts reviewed, rated, and ranked the applications and developed a priority list of the stormwater improvement projects. This priority list was submitted to the 2012 Legislature, demonstrating the local governments’ funding needs for good stormwater infrastructure management.
In addition to funding 96 high priority projects on the FY2012 Statewide Stormwater Grant Program, the legislature provided funding for an additional 21 unfunded projects from the FY2011 SWRLID Final Offer and Applicant List.
Offer letters for these funding appropriations are being mailed early May, and Ecology is preparing staffing plans for the 117 new stormwater construction projects. Local governments that receive funding offers will be contacted by Ecology’s Stormwater Project Management Team throughout May 2012 to negotiate project scopes of work and finalize agreement contracts. Ecology is committed to negotiating and having fully signed agreements with recipients by November 2012.
The funding lists for each appropriation are noted below in the bulleted section.
If you have questions regarding this funding program, please contact:
Patricia Brommer
Stormwater Grant Program Coordinator
Department of Ecology
Water Quality Program
PO Box 47600
Olympia, WA 98504-7600
(360) 407-6216
2012 Funded Project ListsThe Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) is soliciting grant proposals for projects of regional or statewide significance to support implementation of the Municipal Stormwater General Permits issued in January 2007 and reissued for draft review in October 2011:
The $2.2 million dollars available for this purpose is carry-forward funding provided by the Washington State Legislature to local governments to support stormwater permit implementation.
This competitive grant program is available only to cities, towns, and counties covered by a municipal stormwater permit. Ports, universities, school or drainage districts, state agencies covered by municipal stormwater permits, or other secondary permittees are not eligible to apply for this funding. For information on local governments covered by the permits and permit requirements, see Ecology’s website at: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/stormwater/municipal/index.html
This grant program will provide funding to Phase I and Phase II local governments for projects that benefit stormwater management programs across a region or statewide, and support implementation of NPDES municipal stormwater permit programs. Project benefits may include, but are not limited to:
NOTE: Capital construction projects are not
eligible for funding through this grant program.
UPDATE: Based on the postponement of the proposal submittal date due to inclement weather, Ecology is making the following changes to the review and posting of the Final Offer List.
Please follow the links below for information on the proposal submittal process and important deadline dates:
| Stormwater Grant Programs Coordinator | Pat Brommer | 360-407-6216 | patb461@ecy.wa.gov |
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Central Regional Office (CRO), 509-575-2490 Grant and Permit Manager - Terry Wittmeier, 509-574-3991, e-mail twit461@ecy.wa.gov
Grant and Permit Manager - David Duncan, 509-329-3554, e-mail ddun461@ecy.wa.gov
Grant Project Manager - Melisa Snoeberger, 425-649-7047, e-mail msno461@ecy.wa.gov Grant Project Manager - Denise Di Santo, 425-649-7263, e-mail ddis461@ecy.wa.gov
Permit Manager - Anne Dettelbach, 425-649-7093, e-mail adet461@ecy.wa.gov Permit Manager - Rachel McCrea, 425-649-7223, e-mail rmcc461@ecy.wa.gov
Permit Manager - Christina Maginnis, 360-715-5212, e-mail cmag461@ecy.wa.gov
Grant Project Manager - Randy Anhorn, 360-690-4782, e-mail ranh461@ecy.wa.gov Permit Manager - Vince McGowan, 360-407-7320, e-mail vmcg461@ecy.wa.gov
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Financial Assistance - General: (Lacey Headquarters)
Permit Questions:
Stormwater Engineer/Technical Support:
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Patricia Brommer, 360-407-6216 e-mail patb461@ecy.wa.gov Jeff Nejedly, 360-407-6566, e-mail jnej461@ecy.wa.gov
Harriet Beale, 360-407-6457, e-mail hbea461@ecy.wa.gov
Doug Howie, 360-407- 6444, e-mail doho461@ecy.wa.gov
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