RESTORE Act Direct Component - Construction Activities | GR RDC 17 002

Opportunity Information: Apply for GR RDC 17 002

The RESTORE Act Direct Component - Construction Activities grant (Funding Opportunity Number GR RDC 17 002; CFDA 21.015) is a discretionary grant program administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury under the RESTORE Act Program. It is funded through the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund, which was created by the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (RESTORE Act), Subtitle F of P.L. 112-141. The Trust Fund receives 80 percent of certain civil penalties paid after July 6, 2012 under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act in connection with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and those funds are deposited and invested for Gulf Coast recovery purposes.

This particular notice covers only one slice of the broader RESTORE Act funding structure: the Direct Component, and only for eligible construction activities. Treasury notes that the RESTORE Act has five funding components overall, and it is issuing multiple funding opportunity notices to address different kinds of work and different uses of funds. If an applicant is pursuing non-construction activities, acquisition of real property, or wants RESTORE funds to be used as the non-federal match for another federally funded grant (whether that other grant involves construction, non-construction, or real property), the applicant is expected to use a different, more appropriate funding opportunity announcement rather than this one.

Eligible applicants are limited to state governments and county governments, reflecting the program design that routes Direct Component resources through governmental entities responsible for Gulf Coast recovery and rebuilding. The overall purpose is to support projects that help restore and strengthen the Gulf Coast region environmentally and economically in ways consistent with the eligible activity categories written into the RESTORE Act. While the announcement is restricted to construction proposals, the construction still has to fit within the statutory eligible uses of RESTORE funding, meaning applicants must tie their construction work directly to one or more of the eligible RESTORE activity types.

The eligible activity categories listed for RESTORE funding are broad and include both environmental restoration and economic revitalization goals. They include: restoration and protection of natural resources and ecosystems (including fisheries, marine and wildlife habitats, beaches, and coastal wetlands); mitigation of damage to fish, wildlife, and natural resources; implementation of federally approved marine, coastal, or comprehensive conservation management plans (including fisheries monitoring); workforce development and job creation; improvements to or on state parks in coastal areas affected by the Deepwater Horizon spill; infrastructure projects that benefit the economy or ecological resources (including port infrastructure); coastal flood protection and related infrastructure; planning assistance; administrative costs; promotion of tourism in the Gulf Coast region (including recreational fishing); and promotion of consumption of seafood harvested from the Gulf Coast region. As a geographic rule, eligible activities generally must be carried out in the Gulf Coast region, with the announcement noting exceptions for certain categories (specifically planning assistance and seafood consumption promotion, as referenced in the text).

From an award and timing standpoint, the notice was created on January 18, 2017, with an original closing date of June 5, 2017. The award ceiling listed is $65,460,782, indicating the maximum amount that could be awarded under this opportunity, though the number of expected awards is not specified in the provided source data. The funding instrument type is a grant, and the activity categories are identified broadly as Environment and Natural Resources (and Other), which aligns with the dual restoration and redevelopment aims of the RESTORE Act.

• The U.S. Dept. of Treasury RESTORE Act Program in the environment, natural resources, other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "RESTORE Act Direct Component - Construction Activities" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 21.015.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2017-01-18.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-06-05. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $65,460,782.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments.

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