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2023-06-12EPA Posts an Overview of Current and Upcoming Funding Opportunities from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act
Table provides an abridged overview of funding opportunities. Complete program descriptions, funding amounts, period of availability, eligible recipients and eligible uses are available through the White House Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Guidebook and the White House Inflation Reduction Act Guidebook. [ full text ]

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2023-02-21EPA’s Watershed Academy Launches Hazard Mitigation Module Creating Co-Benefits Through Hazard Mitigation Planning and Water Resource Management Module
This module is intended for water quality and hazard mitigation professionals that are interested in integrating water quality issues and/or nature-based solutions into state or local Hazard Mitigation Plans (HMPs), and highlights the benefits of working across water quality and hazard mitigation programs. Modules in this series can be used as training tools to help planners from both worlds explore activities of mutual interest and benefit. Case studies and examples are provided to assist hazard mitigation planners with integrating water resource programs into HMPs and help watershed planners understand the synergies between water resource plans and HMPs. [ full text ]

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2023-02-14FEMA’s SAVE THE DATE: Hazard Mitigation Partners Virtual Workshop is October 16-19, 2023.
Theme: All Together for Climate Resilient Communities will bring stakeholders together to discuss our focus on partnerships, community-based efforts to prevent and reduce the risk of flooding, expanding access to Hazard Mitigation Assistance grant funding, and simplifying our mitigation programs and processes to help the whole community build climate resilience. Abstract submissions open March 2023 [ full text ]

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2023-02-14 EPA Announces $6.5 Billion in New Funding Available for Water Infrastructure Projects
Releases notices of funding availability for the agency’s Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) program and the State Infrastructure Financing Authority WIFIA (SWIFIA) program. OPEN NOW! Letters of interest may be submitted by prospective borrowers and received by EPA at any time on or after September 6, 2022. The submission period will close when all available funds are committed to prospective borrowers. EPA encourages submissions at the beginning of the availability period. This round’s program priorities include one water innovation, resilience, increasing investment in economically stressed communities, making rapid progress on lead service line replacement, and addressing PFAS and emerging contaminants. Letters of interest will be accepted on a rolling basis until all funds have been expended. [ full text ]

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