City of Atlanta, Georgia
55 Trinity Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30303
Project: Atlanta, GA Sewer System Rehabilitation
Recipient: City of Atlanta, Georgia
Funding Request: $2,000,000
Background: The proposed project would improve surface water quality by providing combined sewer capacity relief to capture more stormwater and sewage flows and associated flood relief in several areas of the city. The proposed relief system would allow the flow, typically stored on surface streets, to enter the collection system. Excess flow volume would be diverted and captured in a deep tunnel system for later treatment and release.
Spelman College
350 Spelman Lane, S.W.
PO Box 1551
Atlanta, GA 30314
Project: Environmental Sustainability and Policy Institute
Recipient: Spelman College
Funding Request: $396,000
Background: The proposed Environmental Sustainability and Policy Institute will encompass three concepts: 1) providing environmental sustainability education and outreach efforts for Spelman and Atlanta University Center students, the Spelman community (students, faculty and staff; and neighboring communities) and minority serving institutions (MSIs) in the Southeast region; 2) serving as a point of contact for environmental sustainability and policy workshops and training opportunities for students, faculty, and MSIs in the Southeast region; and 3) providing resources to MSI faculty and policy makers in the same areas of environmental policy and sustainability.
Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission
4310 Lexington Road
Athens, GA 30603
Project: Georgia Streambank Restoration
Recipient: Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission
Funding Request: $500,000
Background: These efforts provide incentives to approved landowners for practices which improve riparian buffers, repair stream banks, protect threatened and endangered species, and provide long-term protection of streams and water quality in Georgia through 10-year agreements. The Commission cost-shares in the application of approved stream bank and riparian best management practices. Funding will be used to provide habitat for wildlife species, some of which are threatened or endangered. The landowner provides 10% match and GSWCC provides $50,000 yearly to administer program.
Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District
40 Courtland Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Project: Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District
Recipient: Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District
Funding Request: $3,000,000
Background: The authorized mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is "to protect human health and the environment. Since 1970, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier, environment for the American people." This project relates to EPA's mission in that it too is working to protect the environment and provide for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people through watershed management, wastewater treatment and water conservation.
The Water Planning District serves broad public purpose-protecting water supplies and water quality. Rivers and streams don't follow political boundaries, (12 of 16 District counties lie within more than one watershed) regional solutions to problems are the only way to achieve lasting results. The Water Planning District's projects are multi-jurisdictional in nature and beyond abilities of individual local governments. Consequently, federal assistance will allow members to work towards these critical regional solutions. The Water Planning District's plan outlines a variety of related activities required by various state and federal requirements. Successful implementation of District's plans has national significance through protection of water resources of roughly half the Georgia population.
PROGRAM REQUESTS
Program: Forest Legacy Program
Funding Request: $150,000,000
Agency: US Forest Service
Background: Funding for the Forest Legacy Program to provide grants to preserve and protect private forestlands under the threat of clearing and conversion to non-forest uses.
Program: Heritage Partnership Program
Funding Request: $18,000,000
Agency: National Park Service
Account: Heritage Partnership Program
Background: $18 million for the National Heritage Area Program through the National Park Service's (NPS) Heritage Partnership Program. This funding, which is equal to the FY10 appropriation level, would preserve the ability of the National Heritage Areas (NHAs) to continue their work to sustain partnerships that foster job creation and economic, cultural, historic, environmental, and community development. Recognizing the fiscal challenges facing the nation, this request is $31 million less than the authorized amount for NHAs. Based on the proven ability of the NHAs to successfully leverage and match the federal funds they receive, this is the minimum necessary federal investment to sustain this program.
Program: International Affairs programs, including Multinational Species Conservation Fund and Wildlife Without Borders
Funding Request: $30,900,000
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service
Account: Other
Background: Over the past two decades, these popular and highly effective programs of the Fish and Wildlife Service have provided seed money for public-private partnerships that conserve wild tiger, elephants, rhinos, great apes, marine turtles and neotropical migratory birds in their native habitat. Specifically, we request $5 million for the combined Rhino-Tiger Conservation Fund (the only Fund that addresses two different of species), $2.5 million each for the African Elephant, Asian Elephant, Great Apes and Marine Turtle Conservation Funds. We also recommend $6.5 for the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund and $9.4 million for the Wildlife Without Borders Regional and Global Programs, which support capacity building for local wildlife managers in the developing world and help address cross-cutting threats like invasive species, climate change, and wildlife diseases that can pose risks to human populations.
Program: LWCF Land Acquisition
Funding Request: $96,792,000
Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Background: Funding for land acquisition by the Bureau of Land Management through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) to help preserve, develop, and assume access to outdoor recreation facilities to strengthen the health of the U.S. citizens.
Program: LWCF Land Acquisition
Funding Request: $119,874,000
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service
Background: Funding for land acquisition by the Fish & Wildlife Service through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) to help preserve, develop, and assure access to outdoor recreation facilities to strengthen the health of U.S. Citizens.
Program: LWCF Land Acquisition
Funding Request: $119,800,000
Agency: National Park Service
Account: Land Acquisition (LWCF)
Background: Funding for land acquisition by the National Park Service through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) to help preserve, develop, and assure access to outdoor recreation facilities to strengthen the health of U.S. citizens.
Program: LWCF Land Acquisition
Funding Request: $88,534,000
Agency: US Forest Service
Background: Funding for land acquisition by the Forest Service through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) to preserve, develop, and assure access to outdoor recreation facilities to strengthen the health of U.S. citizens.
Program: Preserve America - National Recreation and Preservation Account
Funding Request: $4,600,000
Agency: National Park Service
Account: Other
Background: Preserve America helps local communities develop sustainable resource management strategies and sound business practices for the continued preservation and sue of heritage assets. The program complements SAT's bricks-and-mortar grant projects.
Program: Save America's Treasures (SAT)
Funding Request: $25,000,000
Agency: National Park Service
Account: Historic Preservation
Background: SAT is the nation's only bricks and mortar preservation grants program. Over the past ten years, SAT has been a driver of economic development in saving 1,132 of America's most significant places in all 50 states and creating over 16,000 jobs. SAT's decade-long track record exhibits efficient use of federal funding and has leveraged more than $350 million in private matching funds.
Program: State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPOs)
Funding Request: $55,000,000
Agency: National Park Service
Account: Historic Preservation
Background: We request $50 million for SHPOs in FY11. SHPOs carry out the requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act on behalf of the Department of Interior. Funding for SHPOs supports their mission of: 1) locating and recording historic resources; 2) nominating significant historic resources to the National Register of Historic Places; 3) fostering historic preservation programs at the local government level and promoting the creation of preservation ordinances; 4) providing funds for preservation activities; 5) administering federal preservation tax projects (which created over 70,000 jobs in FY09); 6) reviewing all federal projects for their impact on historic properties; and 7) providing technical assistance to federal agencies, state and local governments and the private sector.
Program: State and Tribal Wildlife Grants
Funding Request: $100,000,000
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service
Account: State and Tribal Wildlife Grants
Background: The State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program is the nation's core program to prevent wildlife from becoming endangered in every state. Adequate and consistent funding for in essential to fulfilling this shared federal-state mission. Taking action to conserve wildlife before it becomes endangered is environmentally sound and fiscally responsible. This work creates thousands of jobs and stimulates the economy. Now more than ever, we should be focusing limited resources on this kind of smart, effective conservation investment.
Program: Stateside Grants Program
Funding Request: $175,000,000
Agency: National Park Service
Account: Land Acquisition (LWCF)
Background: Funding for the National Park Service's matching grant program to assist states in recreational planning, acquiring recreational lands and waters, and developing outdoor recreational facilities.
Program: Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (THPOs)
Funding Request: $12,000,000
Agency: National Park Service
Account: Historic Preservation
Background: THPOs carry out many of the same functions as SHPOs in tribal areas. There will be over 100 THPOs in FY10. The amount of HPF funds appropriated to THPOs is not keeping pace with this expansion. The addition of new THPOs each year keeps the average level of support per THPO around $75,000. The requested amount would provide a support level of over $100,000 per THPOs. The final amount will depend upon how many THPOs the NPS authorizes in FY10 and how much of the money they use for a grant program.