Nonpoint Source Water Pollution Control Grants ("319")

The primary objective of NPS projects is to prevent or reduce nonpoint source pollutant loadings entering water resources so that beneficial uses of the water resources are maintained or restored. Maine public organizations such as state agencies, soil and water conservation districts, regional planning agencies, watershed districts, municipalities, and nonprofit (501(c)(3)) organizations are eligible to receive NPS grants.  Contact:   Norm Marcotte (207-287-3901). 

• Request for Proposals: FY 2009 Grants for Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Projects (expired).
• Free Adobe Acrobat Reader (off-site) allows one to read pdf files. 

Forms

• DEP Invoice Form. For use by NPS Grant Recipients as invoice "fill in form" template or invoice MS Word document.

• Pollutants Controlled Report Form. A Grantee conducting an NPS Project involving implementation of BMPs at NPS sites submits this form to DEP before 12/31 of each year (pdf version, msword version) to report pollutant load reductions and resources protected for the year.

Guidelines, Quality Assurance, and Examples

• 319 NPS Management Program Quality Assurance Program Plan (QAPP)
• Example of a Watershed-Based Plan: Annabessacook Lake
• Examples of a "Final Project Report"
  • Bauneg Beg Lake
  • Echo Lake
• Examples of NPS projects
• NPS Grant Administrative Guidelines. Pdf version; msword version.
• NPS Project Work Plans - Examples
  Hancock and Sand Ponds Conservation Project – Phase I, Cumberland County Soil & Water Conservation District
  • Square Pond Watershed Survey, York County Soil & Water Conservation District
  • Togus Watershed NPS Reduction Project, Phase 2, City of Augusta
• Outreach Guidance for NPS Watershed Implementation Projects

Reports

• 2007 Annual Report (May 2008) and other recent annual reports
• Outcome – NPS Grants Request For Proposals -- FFY 2009 Grants for NPS Water Pollution Control Projects
• Summaries of NPS projects by year: 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998.  These summaries help one to see what types of projects have been funded in the past.