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~ 999 CIiALLENGE GRAN'T'S CNI)I7CI®NS ANT) CIiARACTERIS~'ICS / Granf Maximums. Grants will not exceed the amount requested. Grants will be awarded on a competitive basis. There is a $70,000 limit for multi-county applications and a $30,000 limit for individual county applications. / Match. All grants must be matched at a 1:1 ratio r~vith either local cash or in-kind goods and services. See enclosure on Criteria for Determining Eligible Local Match. / Grant Agreement Period. Grant period will be two years (October 1, 1998 -September 30, 2000) and may be extended an additional year with BWSR approval before the end of the grant period. / Records. Records must be kept regarding the receipt and expenditure of funds. / Audit. The joint powers board, county, or WMO, must agree to provide the State with audit information as requested, and agree to have an audit (meeting the standards of the Office of the State Auditor) covering the duration of the grant period within either one year from the end of the grant period, or within the context of a regularly conducted audit, whichever occurs first. / Annual Progress Reports. Annual progress reports are due by February I st of each year of the grant period. / Previous Challenge Grant Annual Reports. Payment of grant will be witheld if applicant has any overdue or unsatisfactory previous Challenge Grant Reports. If you are not sure if your Challenge Grant Annual Reports are current, contact your Board Conservationist. / Resolution. All applicants must submit the required resolution. Please refer to the two examples enclosed. / Eligible Projects for LWRPMP Challenge Grants. The purpose of this challenge grant is to accelerate the implementation of high priority action items of comprehensive local water management plans. The use of these challenge grant funds for the actual installation (cost sharing) or diagnostic studies of individual sewage treatment systems (ISTS) is prohibited. However, activities such as feasibility studies, investigations, and preliminary designs are eligible for funding. Surface and groundwater studies that would be done at a level equivalent to a diagnostic study under MPCA Clean Water Partnership Programs will not be eligible for challenge grant funds. BWSR's reason for not funding these types of diagnostic studies is that it cannot provide the same level of staff interaction and oversight that MPCA brings to its programs such as Clean Water Partnership, Phase 1 Diagnostic Studies. / Eligible Projects for Feedlot Challenge Grants. All counties are eligible to apply for a Feedlot Challenge Grant. However, funding priority will be given to applicants with a MPCA delegated feedlot program. Innovative approaches to reducing feedlot pollution are encouraged. Special consideration will be given to proposals that serve to initiate or enhance geographic or watershed based approaches to solving feedlot pollution problems.