Clean Vessel Act Grant

Eligible Applicants

Additional Requirements

- The Clean Vessel Act Grant Program provides funding to States for the construction, renovation, operation, and maintenance of pumpout stations and waste reception facilities for recreational boaters. - The grant program funds 75% of the project costs, including the cost of new equipment, renovation or upgrading of existing equipment, necessary pumps, piping, fitting, lift stations, on-site holding tanks, pier or dock modifications, signs, permits, and other miscellaneous equipment. - Grant recipients are responsible for at least 25% of the installed costs, which can be in the form of cash, fair market value of labor or materials provided, or a combination thereof. - Eligible activities include the construction, renovation, operation, and maintenance of pumpout and dump stations, as well as activities necessary for holding and transporting boater's sewage to treatment plants. - Plans for construction and renovation of pumpout stations in the coastal zone are eligible if they ensure adequacy and convenience for recreational boaters using coastal waters. - Programs to identify operational pumpouts, surveys of recreational vessels with holding tanks or portable toilets, and the development of a list of operational pumpouts in the coastal zone are also eligible. - Educational programs related to pumpout stations and waste reception facilities are eligible. - Ineligible activities include those that do not provide public benefits, law enforcement activities, construction/renovation of land-based restroom facilities, and the construction, renovation, operation, and maintenance of on-site sewage treatment plants. - Additional requirements include being open to the public with full and reasonable access to pumpout, providing visible signage from water to direct boaters, locating pumpouts for easy access and use by all boats typical to the marina, charging equitable fees (maximum $5 per pumpout unless justified and approved), being open during reasonable hours, and operating and maintaining facilities for the useful life of recreational vessels. - To receive funding, applicants must have a project that fits the eligible activities and can receive reimbursement for 75% of the costs through the program. - Completed applications can be mailed to Steven Partin, grants coordinator, at One Conservation Way, Brunswick, GA 31520, or submitted electronically to steven.partin@dnr.ga.gov.

Geographic Eligibility

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