Stormwater Grants & Aid

319(H) Projects - Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Funding

Each year, New Jersey publishes a Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit grant proposals for Section 319(h) funds. The RFP serves as a guidance document, establishing criteria for projects based on federal requirements and state priorities; identifies specific administrative, procedural, and programmatic requirements necessary for applicants; and provides timetables for funding. A notice is also published in the New Jersey Register (N.J.R.) on the 319(h) pass-through grant amount and availability for the state fiscal year. Each state may pass-through a portion of 319(h) funds to other entities to reduce water quality impairment through implementation of nonpoint source control projects.

The SFY 2006 guidance document and RFP are available on the NJDEP website http://www.nj.gov/dep/watershedmgt/319grant.htm, but the deadline for submission of the intent to apply form was April 29, 2005. Potential applicants for 319(h) FY2007 funding should look for the RFP hard copy and e-forms in early spring of 2006.

A list of previously funded 319(h) projects can be found at: http://www.nj.gov/dep/watershedmgt/319grant_sfy2005_projects.htm and includes watershed restoration and pollution reduction projects throughout the state.

New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust (NJEIT)

The NJEIT (an independent state financing authority) funds eligible Wastewater, Drinking Water, Stormwater, Landfill, Brownfields and Open space Acquisition projects through low (as low as 1.01%) and no interest loans. The loan process follows a 13-month cycle that begins in October and ends the following November. Information concerning NJEIT funding can be found at: http://www.njeit.org/. The capital portion of the Gloucester County Stormwater Management Program is being funded by the NJEIT.

Eligible NJEIT stormwater projects include the construction, expansion or replacement of:

• Nonpoint Source Pollution/Stormwater management
• Stormwater management systems or facilities
• Construction of regional basins
• Major stormwater system rehabilitation
• Replacement of existing storm drains
• Rehabilitation of tide gates
• Extension of outfall points
• Landfill closures
• Runoff control (manure/feedlots and stream bank stabilization/ restoration)
• New Landfills (Water quality/protection aspects)
• Salt domes
• Brown fields (Water quality/restoration)
• Equipment purchases (street sweepers, skimmer boats, outfall netting, aquatic weed harvesters, stream desnaggers, sewer cleaners)
• Environmentally, water quality sensitive land

Although capital costs of NJEIT funded projects typically exceed a few million dollars and more, the NJEIT regularly funds a number of smaller projects with costs ranging from $100,000 to $500,000.