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I ~ I I I I I I I II I I I I I I ~ I 8.15.01 Environmental Protection Ageney (EP A): Clean Lakes Grant The Federal Clean Lakes Grant is the next step in lake restoration following the State Clean Water Partnership Program. The program ean include significantly more funding than the state program and can be used for development and implementation of lake restoration planS. Clean Lakes funding is administered through the MPCA. Environmental Proteetion Agencv (EPA): Section 319 - Clear Water Act Funding through EPA's Section 319 program supports state programs but is potentially available for urban BMP and project implementation coordination. The grants program includes a spring application period (May to June) for the state. The program is significant in that it can fund implementation (i.e" eonstruction) rather than funding planning efforts or studies. Available funds may involve either full or matehing funds. U.S. Army COqJs of Engineers: Section 22 Planning Assistanee to States Programs Funds are a 50/50 cost share, The program is administered through state planning. Eligible projects are given to COE to prepare a eost estimate for preliminary design. The estimate is negotiated with the "customer". The "eustomer" provides 50 pereent cost share in the form of eash. The COE then completes the preliminary design or study. These funds are applicable on an "as-available" basis. Wallop-Breaux Funds The program is called Wallop-Breaux, referring to the 1984 amendments to the Dingell-Johnson program and named for its primary sponsors, Senator Malcolm Wallop (R-WY) and Senator John Breaux (D-LA). Its formal name is the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund, of which part is used for sportfishing enhancement ($215.3 million, in 1992) and part is used for boating safety in each state ($70 million, in 1992). Wallop-Breaux is an example of a user- pays/user-benefits program, where taxes on an activity are strictly reinvested baek into the activity's maintenance, The Internal Revenue Service collects the money and gives it to the U, S. Fish and Wildlife Service. After taking a percentage off the top for administration, the service gives money to each state based on its relative size and the number of resident fishermen, No state receives more than 5 percent of the total, nor less than 1 percent of the total fund. To obtain Wallop-Breaux funds, the state sends a proposal to the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service office in its region. The project must be "substantial in eharacter and design," but there is no requirement that the project directly benefits sport fishermen, In 1991,32.4 percent went to surveys and research. About half of the 6 percent the service takes pays for the staff that administers City of Arden Hills, Minnesota Local Water Resource Management Plan A-ARDEN0101.00 Page 33