DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233
MUNICIPALITY WITH PERMITTED CSO’S THAT SERVES A POPULATION OF LESS THAN 200,000 PEOPLE
NYS Sewage Pollution Right to Know Grant Program
Applications will be accepted for projects that will assist communities with the detection, monitoring and reporting of Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) to fulfill reporting requirements of the Sewage Pollution Right to Know law. This grant will provide funding to municipalities so they can purchase and install detection or monitoring devices on CSO outfalls to better inform the public and state agencies about CSO conditions in real time. Specifically, this grant focuses on smaller communities with fewer CSO outfalls. Smaller communities typically have less funding available for projects such as monitoring or detection.
APPLICATION DEADLINE AND SUBMISSION
All applications must be developed and submitted in the NYS Grants Gateway by 3:00 PM, August 26, 2016.
Up to $500,000 is available from a NYS General Fund Local Assistance Account for the NYS Sewage Pollution Right to Know Grant program.
MATCH REQUIREMENT AND EXPENDITURES
Grant funds are available for up to 90 percent of the total eligible project costs. Applicants are required to provide a 10% match on the grant fund amount.
Eligible applicants must meet all of the criteria listed below.
1. Municipality, as defined in 6 NYCRR Part 750, means any county, town, city, village, district corporation, special improvement district, sewer authority or agency thereof; AND
2. Municipality must have permitted CSOs; AND
3. The municipal wastewater system must serve less than 200,000 people; AND
4. The municipality must agree to use NY-ALERT to report CSO discharges for their entire system. The municipality must be registered with NY-ALERT, or must have submitted to DEC by Friday, August 26, 2016 an application to use NY-ALERT.
MINIMUM PROJECT ELIGIBILITY
Application must include one of the following types of CSO detection technologies;
• CSO activation detection devices
• Flow monitoring devices
• Flow monitoring with remote communications systems
• Public notification system
Ineligible Projects include:
• Rehabilitation of CSO outfalls (i.e. weir adjustments, pipe diversions)
• Tidal gates or control devices
• Repair, replacement, or separation of combined sewer systems
For an application, contact: Applications must be submitted through the Grants Gateway. Please visit https://grantsgateway.ny.gov to register or submit your application.
