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New England Stormwater Updates – November 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This e-update provides information about green infrastructure, MS4 permits, and other stormwater-related topics from EPA New England. For more about Soak up the Rain, please visit
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.epa.gov/soakuptherain__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!bGvnJI4jdKWbG7Ol1J2DspsUgoNRWdFs5rfLrINkPB4HoS5ArQtigYna9GLHZD-xDCfdeQ$">
www.epa.gov/soakuptherain [epa.gov]</a>. For more stormwater tools and assistance, please visit
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Stormwater Tools [epa.gov]</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="Default" style="line-height:105%"><a href="#SUR"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:#F3F2F1">Soak up the Rain Updates</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><span style="color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<li class="Default" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Webinar:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Design with Maintenance in Mind: Green Infrastructure Trainings and Techniques in Providence, RI (11/22/2021)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:105%"><a href="#MS4"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:#F3F2F1">MA & NH MS4 Corner</span></b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<li class="Default" style="color:windowtext;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Update on Year 3 MS4 Annual Reports in Massachusetts & New Hampshire</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:105%"><a href="#Events"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:#F3F2F1">Other Events and Opportunities</span></b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<li class="Default" style="color:windowtext;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">SNEP Webinar: Introducing the SNEP Pilot Watersheds Initiative (11/30/2021)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="Default" style="color:windowtext;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Webinar Series: Showcasing Leading Practices in Climate Adaptation: Experiences from the Water Sector to Empower Other Sectors and Communities (November 2021 – February 2022)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="color:windowtext;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Webinar: Using the EPA Environmental Resilience Tools Wizard (12/1/2021)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="color:windowtext;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Webinar: Smart Sewer Systems and Smart EPA Data Infrastructure, Part 2 (12/7/2021)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="color:windowtext;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Webinar Recordings Available:<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">NOAA & WRF: Our Changing Precipitation Webinar Series<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="color:windowtext;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">EPA Water Finance Center: Stormwater Funding and Financing Webinar Series<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="Default" style="line-height:105%"><a href="#Press"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:#F3F2F1">Press Releases and News Articles</span></b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<li class="Default" style="color:windowtext;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BioCycle: Using Compost in Storm Water Infrastructure Retrofits (9/20/2021)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="Default" style="color:windowtext;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">EPA Publishes its 2021 Climate Adaptation Action Plan (10/7/2021)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="color:windowtext;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Bangor Daily News: Intensifying storms put critical Maine infrastructure at rising risk of major floods (10/11/2021)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="color:windowtext;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">EPA Region 1 Press Release: Nearly $600,000 in EPA Funding for Four Pilot Watershed Projects will Demonstrate Holistic Solutions to Common Coastal Challenges (10/14/2021)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="color:windowtext;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">EPA Press Release: EPA Announces Selections for $3.8 Million in Grant Funding to Help Build Water Workforce (10/15/2021)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="color:windowtext;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Report: Green infrastructure projects can mitigate flooding, increase resiliency in underserved communities (10/20/2021)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="color:windowtext;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">NEIWPCC: Dam Removal Improves Water Quality, Flood Resilience, and Fish Habitat (11/1/2021)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:105%"><a href="#Funding"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:#F3F2F1">Funding Opportunities</span></b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">EPA Seeks Applicants for 2021 Environmental Education Grants (Applications due 12/6/2021)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="Default" style="color:windowtext;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">MassDEP 319 Nonpoint Source Competitive Grants (Applications due 12/15/2021)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="color:windowtext;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Massachusetts Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program Planning Grants (Applications due 1/7/2022)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="color:windowtext;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">USDA Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program (Applications due 1/10/2022)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="color:windowtext;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">DHS FEMA Fiscal Year 2021 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) (Applications Due 1/28/2022)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="color:windowtext;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Economic Development Administration (EDA) American Rescue Plan Programs (Deadlines Vary)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="color:windowtext;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Other Available Funding<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:105%"><a href="#Tools"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:#F3F2F1">Tools and Resources</span></b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Comprehensive Set of Climate Adaptation Actions for Urban Forests</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="Default" style="color:windowtext;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">MassBays Launches AquaQAPP for water quality monitoring programs<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#0070C0">Soak Up the Rain Updates<span style="color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Design with Maintenance in Mind: Green Infrastructure Trainings and Techniques in Providence, RI<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Green infrastructure can improve water quality, provide wildlife habitat, and build community health and resiliency to urban heat and flood risks – but only
when properly designed, installed, and maintained. The Providence Stormwater Innovation Center (PSIC) is a green infrastructure training center that demonstrates the benefits of green stormwater practices to communities across Southeast New England. In Providence,
Rhode Island’s Roger Williams Park, PSIC provides hands-on training and best practices for municipalities, engineers, construction companies and scientists to design and implement green infrastructure and stormwater Best Management Practices (BMP’s) with maintenance
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">This webinar will showcase green infrastructure projects, trainings and tools developed by PSIC to help communities develop effective green infrastructure installations
and programs. Speakers will highlight design, installation and maintenance recommendations and lessons learned through the $1.5M project to construct 42 stormwater BMP’s in Roger Williams Park. Special topics will include planting considerations for green
infrastructure installations including pollinators, current and future controls for invasive plant species, and new botanical initiatives with the University of Rhode Island.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="Default" style="color:windowtext;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ryan Kopp, Stormwater Coordinator, Providence Stormwater Innovation Center (PSIC)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="color:windowtext;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Brian Byrnes, Deputy Superintendent, City of Providence Parks Department, and member PSIC<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="color:windowtext;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Lee Ann Freitas, Roger Williams Park Botanical Center Director, City of Providence Parks Department, and member PSIC<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="Default" style="line-height:105%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Update on Year 3 MS4 Annual Reports in Massachusetts & New Hampshire<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Region 1 congratulates all permittees that submitted Year 3 MS4 Annual Reports by the deadline. Our preliminary analysis
indicates that permittees maintained strong on-time Annual Report submittal rates of 92% in MA and 89% in NH. Annual Reports are required by the MS4 permit and provide key information to EPA, state agencies, and the public regarding the effectiveness of local
stormwater management programs. Region 1 is in currently reviewing the contents of all submitted reports for compliance monitoring and will share updates on progress in future issues.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;background:white">SNEP Webinar: Introducing the SNEP Pilot Watersheds Initiative (11/30/2021 1:00pm – 2:30pm ET)</span><span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:black;background:white">The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is pleased to announce the funding of $599,993 through EPA’s Southeast New England Program (SNEP) to support projects by four organizations
as a part of the new SNEP Pilot Watershed Initiative. This funding is the first installment of an expected $3 Million across the four projects over the next five years. Project partners are also expected to leverage an additional $1.1 Million in matching funds.
These projects are intended to demonstrate how concentrated, collaborative efforts and holistic planning can more effectively address common environmental challenges in coastal southeast New England. Demonstrating watershed scale solutions is a key piece of
SNEP’s Five-Year Strategic Plan and ultimately an important part of promoting safe and clean water, healthy habitats, and thriving communities. This webinar will welcome representatives from each of the four SNEP Pilot Watersheds to present their project proposals
and engage with the SNEP community during an audience Q&A. Register here: </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;background:white">Webinar Series: Showcasing Leading Practices in Climate Adaptation: Experiences from the Water Sector to Empower Other Sectors and Communities (November 2021 – February 2022)</span><span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:black;background:white">Climate change is one of the most significant challenges of the 21st century. This webinar series, sponsored jointly by NOAA’s Adaptation Sciences Program, WUCA, WRF, and
EPA, will explore practical lessons and leading practices focused on steps to mainstreaming climate science and adaptation considerations into building for climate resilience. Having worked on climate adaptation for over a decade, water utilities have learned
many lessons and developed approaches to share with peer sectors seeking to learn and taking steps to adapt now. Expanding the exchange of knowledge across communities will also foster more effective adaptation and improve community resilience.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:black;background:white">The goal of these webinars is to help us, adaptation practitioners, advance our thinking about effective approaches by learning from others what has worked (or not worked).
Beyond sharing examples from the water sector, these webinars will foster a multi-sectoral dialogue, sharing practical resources and tools for planning.</span><span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;background:white">Webinar: Using the EPA Environmental Resilience Tools Wizard (12/1/2021 3:00 – 4:00pm EST)</span><span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:black;background:white">The
</span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.epa.gov/emergency-response-research/environmental-resilience-tools-wizard__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!bGvnJI4jdKWbG7Ol1J2DspsUgoNRWdFs5rfLrINkPB4HoS5ArQtigYna9GLHZD-YZM_UNA$"><span style="background:white">Environmental
Resilience Tools Wizard</span> [epa.gov]</a><span style="color:black;background:white"> is a curated, online repository of EPA tools and resources designed to build community resilience to disasters. The wizard is designed to be used by state, tribal, and
local environmental and emergency management agencies. It contains publicly available resources produced by EPA that address how to reduce disaster risks to the environment and human health. This webinar will provide an overview of the environmental dimensions
of disasters and of building resilience and walk-through examples of how to conduct searches and evaluate the results. Register here:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;background:white">Webinar: Smart Sewer Systems and Smart EPA Data Infrastructure, Part 2 (12/7/2021 1:00 – 2:00pm EST)</span><span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:black;background:white">EPA is hosting a
</span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Fwww.iawea.org*2Fwp-content*2Fuploads*2F2021*2F08*2FCSO-Webinar-Series-Flyer_9.14.2021.pdf&data=04*7C01*7CRea.Kristi*40epa.gov*7C42d5ef734a5a495cb37308d9a85bf0e7*7C88b378b367484867acf976aacbeca6a7*7C0*7C0*7C637725935116066062*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C3000&sdata=AGBNCa73qCv*2FEsAp82Kdr12yn1ZidW0HGhqavog5Jvg*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJQ!!KKphUJtCzQ!bGvnJI4jdKWbG7Ol1J2DspsUgoNRWdFs5rfLrINkPB4HoS5ArQtigYna9GLHZD9PjBADcw$"><span style="background:white">two-part
webinar series</span> [gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com]</a><span style="color:black;background:white"> on smart sewer systems and smart data infrastructure. Smart sewer systems use real-time monitoring and other advanced technologies to improve decision-making
regarding capacity, management, and operation and maintenance programs. Smart data infrastructure is the ecosystem of technology tools and solutions focused on the collection, storage, and/or analysis of water-related data. Both webinars will highlight how
communities have implemented these approaches to improve their sewer system management and decision-making. Speakers: O.J. McFoy from the City of Buffalo, New York, Sewer Authority and Stacia Eckenwiler from City of Columbus, Ohio. Register here:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;background:white">Recordings Available: NOAA & WRF: Our Changing Precipitation Webinar Series</span><span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:black;background:white">NOAA's Climate Program Office and National Centers for Environmental Information, in partnership with The Water Research Foundation, hosted a five-part webinar series on
Our Changing Precipitation. Attendees heard in lay terms, and helped advance the conversation about, our current ability to project precipitation at temporal and spatial scales relevant for local water infrastructure decision making. The webinar series also
covered some practical ways to take action to build resilience to climate change. To view the recordings, please visit:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;background:white">Recordings Available: EPA Water Finance Center: Stormwater Funding and Financing Webinar Series
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:black;background:white">Webinar 1: EPA Programs for Stormwater Funding and Financing (6/8/2021)</span><span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:black;background:white">Webinar 2: Stormwater Infrastructure Funding and Equity (7/21/2021)</span><span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:black;background:white">Webinar 3: Funding for Stormwater Operations and Maintenance (9/21/2021)</span><span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Access the recordings at: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.epa.gov/waterfinancecenter/water-finance-webinars-and-forums__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!bGvnJI4jdKWbG7Ol1J2DspsUgoNRWdFs5rfLrINkPB4HoS5ArQtigYna9GLHZD9C68H9cA$">
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<p class="Default" style="line-height:105%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">BioCycle: Using Compost in Storm Water Infrastructure Retrofits (9/20/2021)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="Default" style="line-height:105%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">EPA Publishes its 2021 Climate Adaptation Action Plan (10/7/2021)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="Default" style="line-height:105%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Bangor Daily News: Intensifying storms put critical Maine infrastructure at rising risk of major floods (10/11/2021)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="Default" style="line-height:105%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">EPA Region 1 Press Release: Nearly $600,000 in EPA Funding for Four Pilot Watershed Projects will Demonstrate Holistic
Solutions to Common Coastal Challenges (10/14/2021)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="Default" style="line-height:105%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Report: Green infrastructure projects can mitigate flooding, increase resiliency in underserved communities (10/20/2021)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="Default" style="line-height:105%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">EPA Seeks Applicants for 2021 Environmental Education Grants (Applications due 12/6/2021)
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<p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that up to $3 million in funding for locally-focused
environmental education grants is now available under the 2021 Environmental Education (EE) Local Grant Program. Through this grant program, EPA intends to provide financial support for projects that design, demonstrate, and/or disseminate environmental education
practices, methods, or techniques, that will serve to increase environmental literacy and encourage behavior that will benefit the environment in local communities, especially in underserved communities. EPA recognizes underserved communities as people or
communities of color, Tribal and Indigenous populations that may be disproportionately impacted by environmental harms and risks, high-poverty areas, persistent poverty counties, and Title 1 schools for this grant program. EPA will award grants in each of
EPA’s 10 Regions, for no less than $50,000 and no more than $100,000 each, for a total of 30-40 grants nationwide. Applications are due Dec. 6, 2021, and the Request for Application (RFA) notice is now posted on
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<p class="Default" style="line-height:105%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">MassDEP 319 Nonpoint Source Competitive Grants (Applications due 12/15/2021)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) is seeking proposals for the §319
Nonpoint Source Competitive Grants to fund comprehensive projects that address nonpoint sources of pollution affecting water quality. For more information, including a link to the RFR, see the MassDEP website:</span>
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<p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs is seeking proposals for MVP
Planning Grants, which provide support for Massachusetts cities and towns to complete vulnerability assessments and develop action-oriented climate resiliency plans. The program helps communities define extreme weather and natural and climate-related hazards;
understand how their community may be impacted by climate change; identify existing and future vulnerabilities and strengths; and develop, prioritize, and implement key actions. State-trained MVP providers offer technical assistance to communities in completing
the assessment and resiliency plans. Communities that complete the MVP planning grant program become certified as an MVP community and are eligible for MVP Action Grant funding. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis through 4:00 p.m. on January 7, 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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community forests by protecting forest land from conversion to non-forest uses. The grants are also intended to provide community benefits such as environmental benefits including clean air, water, and wildlife habitat; forest-based educational programs; and
recreational benefits. Access the Request for Applications at: </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Fwww.federalregister.gov*2Fdocuments*2F2021*2F08*2F13*2F2021-17317*2Frequest-for-applications-the-community-forest-and-open-space-conservation-program&data=04*7C01*7CRea.Kristi*40epa.gov*7C42d5ef734a5a495cb37308d9a85bf0e7*7C88b378b367484867acf976aacbeca6a7*7C0*7C0*7C637725935116125800*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C3000&sdata=9XhLPal*2Bg3ofTMAQT37kRKpYcGxrjviGDcXUXQdU27A*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSU!!KKphUJtCzQ!bGvnJI4jdKWbG7Ol1J2DspsUgoNRWdFs5rfLrINkPB4HoS5ArQtigYna9GLHZD_l0xu8ag$"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/08/13/2021-17317/request-for-applications-the-community-forest-and-open-space-conservation-program</span>
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<p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">The Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program makes federal funds available
to states, U.S territories, federally recognized tribal governments, and local communities for hazard mitigation activities. It does so with a recognition of the growing hazards associated with climate change, and of the need for natural hazard risk mitigation
activities that promote climate adaptation and resilience with respect to those hazards. These include both acute extreme weather events and chronic stressors which have been observed and are expected to increase in the future.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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nationwide in the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and to build local economies that will be resilient to future economic shock. EDA investments will have a focus on underserved communities impacted by COVID-19 and there are six funding opportunities.
To learn more about the funding opportunities, click here: </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Fwww.eda.gov*2Farpa*2F&data=04*7C01*7CRea.Kristi*40epa.gov*7C42d5ef734a5a495cb37308d9a85bf0e7*7C88b378b367484867acf976aacbeca6a7*7C0*7C0*7C637725935116135755*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C3000&sdata=vQS1qm9FixYAJtcs109s*2BIEzRpdPhwT5wGasoCqY02I*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJQ!!KKphUJtCzQ!bGvnJI4jdKWbG7Ol1J2DspsUgoNRWdFs5rfLrINkPB4HoS5ArQtigYna9GLHZD-LrrcW9w$"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://www.eda.gov/arpa/</span>
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EPA provides grant announcements and other funding resources on the </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.epa.gov/green-infrastructure/green-infrastructure-funding-opportunities__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!bGvnJI4jdKWbG7Ol1J2DspsUgoNRWdFs5rfLrINkPB4HoS5ArQtigYna9GLHZD-bt48Vvw$"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Green
Infrastructure Funding</span> [epa.gov]</a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> page, including the ongoing
</span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.epa.gov/cwsrf/sewer-overflow-and-stormwater-reuse-municipal-grants-program__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!bGvnJI4jdKWbG7Ol1J2DspsUgoNRWdFs5rfLrINkPB4HoS5ArQtigYna9GLHZD9mwDQQjQ$"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0071BC;background:white">Sewer
Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grants Program</span> [epa.gov]</a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">. The
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <b>Comprehensive Set of Climate Adaptation Actions for Urban Forests<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A new Urban Forest Climate and Health Adaptation Menu developed by the U.S. Forest Service is designed to help natural resource managers and community leaders identify urban forestry actions
suitable for certain landscapes and projects. It suggests a range of adaptation tactics across nine separate strategies for optimizing climate and human health outcomes of urban forestry projects.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">In September, the Massachusetts Bays National Estuary Partnership (MassBays) launched AquaQAPP, a web-based application
to assist monitoring program managers in developing project-specific Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs) for fresh, marine, and estuarine water quality and benthic monitoring that align with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Massachusetts
Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) requirements. The AquaQAPP website also provides supporting materials to the application, which are generally useful for planning and implementing monitoring programs, including a User Guide with details on
developing data quality objectives and selecting an analytical laboratory, Field Standard Operating Procedures recommended by MassDEP and EPA for collecting samples, and forms and templates suitable for any field monitoring. Learn more at:
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