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with the goals, objectives, and priority watersheds and aquifers iden-
tified in the Texas NPS Management Program. Up to $1.2 million of
the TSSWCB's FY2013 CWA 319(h) grant will be eligible for this
RFP. No more than 10% of these funds may be utilized for groundwa-
ter projects. A competitive proposal process will be used so that the
most appropriate and effective projects are selected for funding.
Project proposals should, where applicable, stress interagency
coordination, demonstrate new or innovative technologies, use
comprehensive strategies that have statewide applicability, and
stress public participation. Examples of project proposals pre-
viously funded by TSSWCB are available at http://www.tss-
wcb.texas.gov/managementprogram/browseactive. Additionally, ap-
plicants are encouraged to review EPA's expectations for well-crafted
proposals described in the EPA Region 6 Review Guide for
CWA 319(h) Workplans (June 2012) available at http://www.tss-
wcb.texas.gov/files/docs/nps-319/rfps/EPAR6WPReview Guide.pdf.
EPA's Grant Guidelines for the NPS Program are available at
http://www.epa.gov/owow keep/NPS/cwact.html.
This RFP does not set a maximum or minimum amount for individual
projects; however, project funding generally ranges between $100,000
and $400,000 for a two to three year project. The TSSWCB CWA
319(h) NPS Grant Program has a 60/40% match requirement. The
cooperating entity will be reimbursed up to 60% from federal funds
and must contribute a minimum of 40% of the total costs to conduct the
project. The 40% match must be from non-federal sources and must be
described in the budget justification. Reimbursable indirect costs are
limited to no more than 15% of total federal direct costs.
Quarterly progress and final reports are the minimum project re-
porting requirements. All projects that include an environmental
data collection component (e.g., water quality monitoring, modeling,
bacterial source tracking) must have a Quality Assurance Project
Plan (QAPP), to be reviewed and approved by TSSWCB and EPA.
Project budgets and timelines should account for the development and
review of QAPPs accordingly. More information on QAPPs and the
TSSWCB Environmental Data Quality Management Plan is available
at http://www.tsswcb.texas.gov/quality.
TSSWCB PRIORITIES
For this FY2013 RFP, the following priorities have been identified.
Proposals that do not focus on these priorities are still welcomed. All
things being equal between proposals, those proposals that do focus on
these priorities have a greater probability of being selected.
Priority Project Activities
- Implement WPPs and TMDL I-Plans (See priority areas listed below).
- WPP development initiatives (See priority areas listed below), which
include activities such as formation of watershed groups or water qual-
ity data collection and analysis. More information on developing WPPs
is available at http://www.tsswcb.texas.gov/wpp.
- Conserve healthy watersheds with a goal to protect high quality
waters and prevent future water quality impairments. See EPA's
Healthy Watershed Initiative at http://water.epa.gov/polwaste/nps/wa-
tershed/index.cfm.
- Implement components of the Texas Coastal NPS Pollution
Control Program in the Coastal Management Zone (http://www.tss-
wcb.texas.gov/coastalnps).
- Support use of federal Farm Bill Programs through Cooperative Con-
servation in impaired watersheds.
- Demonstration projects and/or development/delivery of statewide ed-
ucation programs.- Conducting a comprehensive, site-specific analysis of the factors
causing an impairment. Specifically for those waterbodies with the
Strategy of Evaluation as listed in Appendix C of the 2012 Texas NPS
Management Program (i.e., Segments 1304, 1401, and 1501).
- Conduct Recreational Use Attainability Analyses. Specifically for
those waterbodies where an RUAA is identified as appropriate in Ap-
pendix C of the 2012 Texas NPS Management Program.
Priority Areas for WPP and TMDL Implementation Projects
WPPs
- Arroyo Colorado
- Geronimo Creek
- Granbury Lake
- Pecos River
- Plum Creek
TMDLs
- Adams and Cow Bayous (bacteria and dissolved oxygen)
- Aquilla Reservoir (atrazine)
- Gilleland Creek (bacteria)
- E.V. Spence Reservoir (salinity)
- Lake 0' the Pines (dissolved oxygen through phosphorus)
- Lower San Antonio River (bacteria)
- North Bosque River (nutrients)
- Guadalupe River above Canyon Lake (bacteria)
- Lake Houston (bacteria)
For detailed information on these completed WPPs and adopted
TMDLs, including links to the published documents, see
http://www.tsswcb.texas.gov/watersheds.
Priority Areas for WPP Development Initiatives
- Watersheds identified in Appendix C of the 2012 Texas NPS Man-
agement Program where the development of a WPP is identified as the
Strategy to address the water quality issue:
- Lake Conroe (Segment 1012)
- Lake Creek (Segment 1015)
- Wilbarger Creek (Tributary to Segment 1434)
ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS
Grants will be available to public and private entities such as local mu-
nicipal and county governments and other political subdivisions of the
State (e.g., soil and water conservation districts), educational institu-
tions, non-profit organizations, and state and federal agencies. Private
organizations, for profit, may participate in projects as partners or con-
tractors but may not apply directly for funding.
SELECTION PROCESS
Submitted proposals will be reviewed, scored, and ranked based on
the evaluation and ranking criteria included in this RFP. A minimum
scoring requirement (70%) is necessary for proposals to be eligible for
consideration.
All applicants, unsuccessful and successful, will be notified. Those
applicants whose proposals are recommended for funding will be con-
tacted and then TSSWCB will work with the applicant to revise and37 TexReg 7004 August 31, 2012 Texas Register
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