The Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program is seeking proposals for the FY24 Buzzards Bay Watershed Infrastructure and CCMP Grant Support Program – Round 2, with $737,131 in federal funding available through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021. Eligible projects must implement a recommendation in the Buzzards Bay Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) and be principally located within the Buzzards Bay Watershed. Eligible municipalities may submit any number of applications but may only receive a maximum of two grant awards not to exceed $400,000. No single grant award may exceed $375,000. There is no match required.

Eligible projects include:

1. Feasibility and design of stormwater facilities to treat discharges to impaired surface waters.
2. Construction of stormwater facilities to treat discharges affecting surface waters.
3. Support for tasks to achieve Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) compliance (other than required routine maintenance).
4. Feasibility studies and conceptual plans to enhance nitrogen removal from municipal wastewater treatment facilities using innovative or unconventional approaches.
5. Restoration of wetlands, habitat, and migratory fish passage.
6. Construction of a boat pump-out facility in a municipality or harbor when none exists.
7. Creation of online reporting systems for tracking of operation, maintenance, and monitoring of innovative and alternative septic systems.
8. Projects that, through direct action, mitigate or restore coastal waters, coastal resources, freshwaters, or freshwater resources impaired by pollutant loading.
9. Land, open space, or habitat preservation, acquisition, or protection.
10. Other activities in support of the CCMP and compatible with BIL funding.

Additional details and required forms are posted on our Funding page and the COMMBUYS website.