The District of Columbia Department of Environment (DDOE) is soliciting applications from educational institutions, federal agencies, District of Columbia government agencies, and nonprofit organizations to assist DDOE with controlling nonpoint source pollution to District waters, protecting the District’s watersheds and habitats, and meeting the District’s commitment to assist with the protection and restoration of the Chesapeake Bay.  Approximately $847,000 in Federal and District funds may be available on a competitive basis, pending the availability of funding and approval by the appropriate federal agency.

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The following projects will be available for application:

• Green Toilets for Schools

• Schoolyard Conservation Site Education Program, “RiverSmart Schools”

• Meaningful Watershed Education Experiences For Fourth Grade Students in the District of Columbia

• Chesapeake Bay State Implementation Plan Development

• District of Columbia’s Storm Water Management Guidebook Expansion Phase II

• Watershed Art Demonstration Project

• Non-Engineering Solutions for Trash Reduction in the Anacostia Watershed

Applications can be obtained from:
Sheila Besse
District Department of the Environment
51 N Street, NE, Fifth Floor
Washington, DC  20002 

You may also request an email version of the application by writing to John Wasiutynski at: john.wasiutynski@dc.gov. 

The deadline for application submission is September 4, 2009 at 5 pm. Five hard copies and one electronic copy of the application must be submitted to the address above.  For additional information, please contact Sheila Besse at (202) 535-2244.