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f: <a href="tel:787-766-6302" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0/1">787-766-6302</a> <br>
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<a href="x-apple-data-detectors://0/3" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0/3">San Juan, PR 00926</a><br>
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<div><b>From:</b> "Figueroa, Magaly -FS" <<a href="mailto:mafigueroa@fs.fed.us">mafigueroa@fs.fed.us</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> September 23, 2015 at 7:05:27 AM AST<br>
<b>To:</b> "Cristina Cabrera Barros (<a href="mailto:ccabrera@drna.gobierno.pr">ccabrera@drna.gobierno.pr</a>)" <<a href="mailto:ccabrera@drna.gobierno.pr">ccabrera@drna.gobierno.pr</a>>, "Carmen Guerrero, Secretaria DRNA (<a href="mailto:cguerrero@drna.gobierno.pr">cguerrero@drna.gobierno.pr</a>)"
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<b>Cc:</b> FS-pdl iitf all <<a href="mailto:pdl_iitf_all@ms.fs.fed.us">pdl_iitf_all@ms.fs.fed.us</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>FW: EPA Urban Waters Small Grants RFP is now open!</b><br>
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should address urban runoff through diverse partnerships that produce multiple community benefits, with emphasis on underserved communities. Projects on a range of $40,000 to $60,000. Puerto Rico is included as an eligible area (map included). Application
deadline <b>November 20, 2015</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://www2.epa.gov/urbanwaters/urban-waters-small-grants">http://www2.epa.gov/urbanwaters/urban-waters-small-grants</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Ryan Campbell [<a href="mailto:rcampbell@michaeldbaker.com">mailto:rcampbell@michaeldbaker.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 22, 2015 4:13 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> '<a href="mailto:natalie.johnson@purduecal.edu">natalie.johnson@purduecal.edu</a>'; '<a href="mailto:Cardenas.Adele@epa.gov">Cardenas.Adele@epa.gov</a>'; '<a href="mailto:whittle.caitlyn@epa.gov">whittle.caitlyn@epa.gov</a>'; Lee, Garry - NRCS, East
Lansing, MI; '<a href="mailto:Mvp@conservationstrategy.com">Mvp@conservationstrategy.com</a>'; '<a href="mailto:Vogel-Leutung.Roberta@epa.gov">Vogel-Leutung.Roberta@epa.gov</a>'; '<a href="mailto:Butler.Elizabeth@epa.gov">Butler.Elizabeth@epa.gov</a>'; '<a href="mailto:Lisa.A.Baron@usace.army.mil">Lisa.A.Baron@usace.army.mil</a>';
'<a href="mailto:Simeon.Hahn@noaa.gov">Simeon.Hahn@noaa.gov</a>'; '<a href="mailto:Michael.Leff@davey.com">Michael.Leff@davey.com</a>'; Low, Sarah C -FS;
<a href="mailto:tstanton@me.com">tstanton@me.com</a>; '<a href="mailto:Matthew.G.Cosby@usace.army.mil">Matthew.G.Cosby@usace.army.mil</a>'; '<a href="mailto:Schafer.jeannette@epa.gov">Schafer.jeannette@epa.gov</a>'; '<a href="mailto:Donnelly.Peggy@epa.gov">Donnelly.Peggy@epa.gov</a>';
Rice, Cheryl - NRCS, Wauseon, OH; '<a href="mailto:Michael.d.pniewski@usace.army.mil">Michael.d.pniewski@usace.army.mil</a>'; Grove, Morgan -FS; '<a href="mailto:mgalvin@savatree.com">mgalvin@savatree.com</a>'; '<a href="mailto:Eriksen.Stacey@epa.gov">Eriksen.Stacey@epa.gov</a>';
'<a href="mailto:devon@thewaterconnection.org">devon@thewaterconnection.org</a>'; '<a href="mailto:Kemmerer.John@epa.gov">Kemmerer.John@epa.gov</a>'; Pauline Louie;
<a href="mailto:Wiegand.Danny@epamail.epa.gov">Wiegand.Danny@epamail.epa.gov</a>; '<a href="mailto:Jerry_Willis@nps.gov">Jerry_Willis@nps.gov</a>'; Westphal, Lynne -FS; '<a href="mailto:Tammy_Stidham@nps.gov">Tammy_Stidham@nps.gov</a>'; King, Catherine (<a href="mailto:King.Catherine@epa.gov">King.Catherine@epa.gov</a>);
Coelho, Dana L -FS; David A. Lange (<a href="mailto:david_a_lange@nps.gov">david_a_lange@nps.gov</a>) (<a href="mailto:david_a_lange@nps.gov">david_a_lange@nps.gov</a>); Griego, Mandy V (<a href="mailto:mandy.v.griego@hud.gov">mandy.v.griego@hud.gov</a>);
Williams, Kristian - NRCS, Grand Rapids, MI; '<a href="mailto:chris@mretail.com">chris@mretail.com</a>'; Glivinski, Elizabeth (<a href="mailto:Glivinski.Elizabeth@epa.gov">Glivinski.Elizabeth@epa.gov</a>); Edwards, Cynthia (<a href="mailto:Edwards.CynthiaY@epa.gov">Edwards.CynthiaY@epa.gov</a>);
Tschampa, Andrew (<a href="mailto:tschampa.andrew@epa.gov">tschampa.andrew@epa.gov</a>); Nolan, Vivian (<a href="mailto:vpnolan@usgs.gov">vpnolan@usgs.gov</a>); Huertas, Evelyn (<a href="mailto:Huertas.Evelyn@epa.gov">Huertas.Evelyn@epa.gov</a>); '<a href="mailto:carolinemklos@msn.com">carolinemklos@msn.com</a>';
Dumpis, Martin -FS; '<a href="mailto:bmast@sara-tx.org">bmast@sara-tx.org</a>'; '<a href="mailto:sgraham@sara-tx.org">sgraham@sara-tx.org</a>'; '<a href="mailto:sally.basurto@sanantonio.gov">sally.basurto@sanantonio.gov</a>'; Mawhorter, Julie -FS; '<a href="mailto:Richard.l.lopez@hud.gov">Richard.l.lopez@hud.gov</a>';
<a href="mailto:dnmyers@usgs.gov">dnmyers@usgs.gov</a>; Ingrid Vila (<a href="mailto:ingridmvila@gmail.com">ingridmvila@gmail.com</a>); '<a href="mailto:Jensen_m_J@hotmail.com">Jensen_m_J@hotmail.com</a>'; Essoka, Jonathan (<a href="mailto:ESSOKA.JONATHAN@EPA.GOV">ESSOKA.JONATHAN@EPA.GOV</a>);
Svendsen, Erika -FS; '<a href="mailto:Beck.erik@epa.gov">Beck.erik@epa.gov</a>'; Blahna, Dale -FS; Eduardo Carrasco (IGR) (<a href="mailto:Eduardo.Carrasco@sanantonio.gov">Eduardo.Carrasco@sanantonio.gov</a>); Smith, Katherine L -FS; '<a href="mailto:Kovac.Steve@epa.gov">Kovac.Steve@epa.gov</a>';
Fisher, Cherie L -FS; Stephen Terracciano (<a href="mailto:saterrac@usgs.gov">saterrac@usgs.gov</a>); '<a href="mailto:Kovac.Steve@epa.gov">Kovac.Steve@epa.gov</a>'; '<a href="mailto:dstrong@usgs.gov">dstrong@usgs.gov</a>'; Fisher, Cherie L -FS; Barbour, Jamie
-FS; Wendy Ogilvie (<a href="mailto:wendy.ogilvie@gvmc.org">wendy.ogilvie@gvmc.org</a>);
<a href="mailto:matt@grandrapidswhitewater.org">matt@grandrapidswhitewater.org</a>;
<a href="mailto:heartlandconservationalliance@gmail.com">heartlandconservationalliance@gmail.com</a>; '<a href="mailto:jkjoiner@usgs.gov">jkjoiner@usgs.gov</a>'; Alexander, Constance (<a href="mailto:Alexander.Constance@epa.gov">Alexander.Constance@epa.gov</a>)<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Mackey, Megan (<a href="mailto:Mackey.Megan@epa.gov">Mackey.Megan@epa.gov</a>); Ewen, Alice -FS; '<a href="mailto:AWitherall@usbr.gov">AWitherall@usbr.gov</a>'; Harper, Claire L -FS; Ambrogio, Edward (<a href="mailto:Ambrogio.Edward@epa.gov">Ambrogio.Edward@epa.gov</a>);
Svendsen, Erika -FS; McCormick, Frank H -FS; Vollmer, Jared (<a href="mailto:Vollmer.Jared@epa.gov">Vollmer.Jared@epa.gov</a>); '<a href="mailto:lisa_pelstring@ios.doi.gov">lisa_pelstring@ios.doi.gov</a>'; Honker, William (<a href="mailto:honker.william@epa.gov">honker.william@epa.gov</a>);
Zipperer, Wayne -FS; Smith, Joseph D -FS; <a href="mailto:anne_dove@nps.gov">anne_dove@nps.gov</a>; Newport, Robert (<a href="mailto:newport.bob@epa.gov">newport.bob@epa.gov</a>); '<a href="mailto:Brian_Joyner@nps.gov">Brian_Joyner@nps.gov</a>'; Chavez, Deborah
-FS; Gail Ann Cooper; Kadri, Jamal (<a href="mailto:Kadri.Jamal@epa.gov">Kadri.Jamal@epa.gov</a>); Parry, John -FS; '<a href="mailto:Lisa_Mendelson-Ielmini@nps.gov">Lisa_Mendelson-Ielmini@nps.gov</a>'; Balboni, Mike -FS; Shapiro, Mike (<a href="mailto:Shapiro.Mike@epa.gov">Shapiro.Mike@epa.gov</a>);
Rains, Michael -FS; '<a href="mailto:Shawn.B.Komlos@usace.army.mil">Shawn.B.Komlos@usace.army.mil</a>'; '<a href="mailto:WSteele@usbr.gov">WSteele@usbr.gov</a>'; Johnson, Terri (<a href="mailto:Johnson.Terri@epa.gov">Johnson.Terri@epa.gov</a>); Klos, Caroline
(<a href="mailto:Klos.caroline@epa.gov">Klos.caroline@epa.gov</a>); '<a href="mailto:cvmiller@usgs.gov">cvmiller@usgs.gov</a>'; '<a href="mailto:Shah.Surabhi@epa.gov">Shah.Surabhi@epa.gov</a>' (<a href="mailto:Shah.Surabhi@epa.gov">Shah.Surabhi@epa.gov</a>);
Simon, Roy; '<a href="mailto:Michael.Freedberg@hud.gov">Michael.Freedberg@hud.gov</a>';
<a href="mailto:McDonald.Michael@epamail.epa.gov">McDonald.Michael@epamail.epa.gov</a>; '<a href="mailto:ethel.v.locks@hud.gov">ethel.v.locks@hud.gov</a>'; '<a href="mailto:moira.l.kelley.civ@mail.mil">moira.l.kelley.civ@mail.mil</a>'; Bilardo, Elyse (<a href="mailto:Bilardo.Elyse@epa.gov">Bilardo.Elyse@epa.gov</a>);
'<a href="mailto:warren.camilla@epa.gov">warren.camilla@epa.gov</a>'; '<a href="mailto:Mary.Rountree@fema.dhs.gov">Mary.Rountree@fema.dhs.gov</a>';
<a href="mailto:Lynda_lancaster@nps.gov">Lynda_lancaster@nps.gov</a>; San Gil, Alicia G -FS; Hutten, Miranda L -FS; Sheehan, Katharine A -FS; Figueroa, Magaly -FS; Macie, Edward -FS; Johnson, Jill -FS; Rodbell, Phillip -FS;
<a href="mailto:white.marion@epa.gov">white.marion@epa.gov</a>; Honkonen, Karl W -FS; '<a href="mailto:Bowler.Gina@epa.gov">Bowler.Gina@epa.gov</a>'; Reed, Kay -FS; Simonson, Emily (<a href="mailto:Simonson.Emily@epa.gov">Simonson.Emily@epa.gov</a>); Ann-Marie
Mitroff; Diana Toledo; Balassiano, Kim (<a href="mailto:Balassiano.Kim@epa.gov">Balassiano.Kim@epa.gov</a>); Ryan Campbell; '<a href="mailto:jsimes@usbr.gov">jsimes@usbr.gov</a>'; Linda Garczynski; Tara Failey;
<a href="mailto:Jstefen@grcity.org">Jstefen@grcity.org</a>; Ousley, Jennifer (<a href="mailto:Ousley.Jennifer@epa.gov">Ousley.Jennifer@epa.gov</a>); Benfield, Stephanie S. (<a href="mailto:sbenfield@atlantaga.gov">sbenfield@atlantaga.gov</a>); '<a href="mailto:darryl@wawa-online.org">darryl@wawa-online.org</a>';
<a href="mailto:Purdy.irene@epa.gov">Purdy.irene@epa.gov</a>; Berk, Adrianna (<a href="mailto:Adrianna.Berk@tetratech.com">Adrianna.Berk@tetratech.com</a>); Hart, Brent - FS<br>
<b>Subject:</b> EPA Urban Waters Small Grants RFP is now open!<br>
<b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello Urban Waters Federal Partnership Leads, Ambassadors, and Supporters,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>We hope that you spread this important announcement with your networks.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Urban Waters Small Grants program is currently requesting proposals!
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<p class="MsoNormal">Under this announcement, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting proposals from eligible applicants for projects that will advance EPA’s water quality and environmental justice goals. Proposed projects will address
urban runoff pollution through diverse partnerships that produce multiple community benefits, with emphasis on underserved communities. Note that proposed project activities must take place entirely within one of the Eligible Geographic Areas, as illustrated
on the interactive map provided on the Urban Waters Small Grants mapping website at
<a href="http://www2.epa.gov/urbanwaters/urban-waters-small-grants-mapping">http://www2.epa.gov/urbanwaters/urban-waters-small-grants-mapping</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The complexity and widespread impact of urban runoff pollution requires various levels of government and local stakeholders (e.g., community residents, local businesses, etc.) to work together in developing effective and long-term solutions
with multiple benefits. EPA supports and empowers communities, especially underserved communities, that are working on solutions to address multiple community needs, and fostering successful collaborative partnerships. Projects should address local water quality
issues related to urban runoff pollution; provide additional community benefits; actively engage underserved communities; and foster partnership.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The total estimated funding available for awards under this competition is approximately $1.6 million. EPA expects each award to range from $40,000 to $60,000. EPA Regional Offices will award the cooperative agreements resulting from this
announcement. It is anticipated that each EPA Regional Office will award approximately two to three cooperative agreements. Funding is contingent upon Agency funding levels, the quality of proposals received, and other applicable considerations.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Visit the Urban Waters Small Grants website to learn more about the program and how to submit a proposal at
<a href="http://www2.epa.gov/urbanwaters/urban-waters-small-grants">http://www2.epa.gov/urbanwaters/urban-waters-small-grants</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Urban Waters Team<o:p></o:p></p>
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