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SFY2021 Ecosystem Restoration Grant Round: Dam Removal Projects Request Date: 3/26/2021 10:31:57 AM
Open Date: 3/26/2021
Closing Date: 4/22/2021 4:00 PM
Intent To Bid Deadline: 
Est. Dollar Value: $500,000.00
RFQ Number: 
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DEC - WATER INVESTMENT DIVISION

1 National Life Drive - Davis 3
MontpelierVT 05620-3510

Bid Type:
Request for Proposal

Locations:
State-Wide
Keywords:
Environmental Conservation

Bid Description:
The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Clean Water Initiative Program (CWIP) is pleased to announce the state fiscal year (SFY) 2021 Request for Proposals (RFP) for Ecosystem Restoration Grants for Dam Removal Projects. These grants are supported by the state Clean Water Fund. The goal of the program is to support projects that reduce sediment and nutrient pollution, including phosphorus, from runoff and soil erosion that discharge into the state’s rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, and wetlands. Funds are available solely for the design or implementation of dam removal projects. Minimum funding request is $20,000. Each dam removal project is unique. These projects can range from simple, quick, and inexpensive to remove, to more complexity requiring more effort and cost, and to the high range of very complex and requiring great time and effort and very expensive to design and implement. The complexity of a dam removal project will drive the requirements for the various local, state, and federal permits. Permitting requirements must be identified early in the process with documentation of the replies reported by local, state, and federal regulatory staff as to whether a project is jurisdictional (i.e., requires a permit) or non-jurisdictional (i.e., does not require a permit) for each program. Applicants are expected to have reviewed the details and eligibility requirements listed in the DEC CWIP State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2021 Funding Policy, available at: https://dec.vermont.gov/sites/dec/files/wsm/erp/docs/2021-02-04_FINAL_FY21_CWIPFundingPolicy_signed.pdf. Proposals should address the Funding Policy’s dam removal definitions, standards, and performance measures (Funding Policy Appendix B) and standard milestones and deliverables (Funding Policy Appendix C).

Special Instructions:
Please see attached RFP details for proposal content requirements, submission requirements, and links to relevant reference information. Also see attached Q&A document posted on 4/15/21.
Awardees
FARM & WILDERNESS FOUNDATION, INC.
2/18/2022  
263 Farm & Wilderness Rd.
Plymouth, VT
$50,000.00  

VERMONT NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL
8/24/2021  
11 Baldwin Street
Montpelier, VT
$196,000.00  

Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District
3/7/2022  
617 Comstock Road
Berlin, VT
$124,467.00  

Vermont Land Trust
2/28/2022  
8 Bailey Avenue
Montpelier, VT
$59,460.00  

Friends of the Winooski River
2/22/2022  
P.O. Box 777
Montpelier, VT
$69,300.00