AppendixI

• Basin: Statewide
• Title: SWSI Phase 1 Report - Appendix I
• Date: 11/15/2004
• Author: CWCB
• SWSI - Doc Type: Final Report

Appendix I
Overview of Relevant Funding Programs
Section 22 and Secfion 219
In addition to the nine Continuing Authorities, the USACE
has authority under Section 22, Planning Assistance to
States, and under Section 219, Environmental
Infrastructure Programs, to assist local governments.
^ Planning A~sistanc~ to Stat~s (Sec~i~n 22~ - This
authority allows for comprehensive planning for the
development, utilization, and conservation of water-
related land resources. Typical activities studied
under the Section 22 Program are flood control, water
supply, water conservation, water quality,
hydropower, erosion, environmental evaluation, and
navigation. These projects are conducted on a
50 percent cost-share, and the local share can be
entirely in in-kind services.
^ Environmental Infrastructur~ Progr~ms
(Section 219) - This authority allows the USACE to
assist non-federal interests carry out water-related
environmental infrastructure and resource protection,
and development of such projects. USACE
participation is in the form of technical and planning
and design assistance.
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Reclamation
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agency in the West -- with a primary mission of
agricultural water supply and a secondary, but no less
important, function of hydroelectric power generation.
While the BOR's activities are largely centered upon the
construction, operation, and maintenance of specifically
authorized project and facilities, the agency possesses
an organic authority to study watershed and water
management and to design water infrastructure.
In the midst of this reshaping of policy and management
objectives at the BOR, Congress was also able to
provide "rural water supply" project authority to the BOR
for both agriculture and M&I purposes - another
significant departure from the traditional agricultural
emphasis. Also, the funding authority for projects under
this authority is significantly different from traditional cost-
sharing - with the federal share reaching 75 to
80 percent of total project costs.
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BOR involvement in Colorado can most easily be
initiated under BOR organic authority for investigations
related to existing BOR projects and facilities in the state.
Other investigations, and design and construction
financial support or engineering, can be initiated via new
specific legislative authorities.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
In contrast to the USACE's and the
~~"~'~~F ~F~~~t~ BOR's longstanding presence in
~ ~ Western water development, EPA is
2~~ a relative newcomer. Born of a shift
~Ft, ~4`$ in policy emphasis towards
r°' ~R°'~G environmental concerns and of
regulatory mandate, EPA and the
State Revolving Fund designed to implement CWA point
source pollutant reductions, have significantly evolved.
While the increasing layering of federal regulatory
demands can be a crushing burden on water resource
planning and operations, it can also present an
opportunity for increased federal agency assistance,
technically and financially. For instance, where a water
quality issue overlaps another water quality issue, a case
can be made to utilize one agency's capabilities to
achieve another agency's requirements. Thus, a case
could be made to utilize EPA funding as part of the local
cost-share.
Two key EPA funding accounts are:
State arrd Trib~l ~Qssistance ~r~nts ~c~~sant
(STAG) - This account funds local water supply and
wastewater projects. There is a 55 federal/45 non-
federal cost-share, and the funds can be used for
both studies and construction. For Fiscal Year 2002,
Congress approved a$100 million increase for EPA's
State and Tribal Assistance Grant Program, rising
from $3.63 billion in Fiscal Year 2001 to $3.73 billion
in Fiscal Year 2002. For Fiscal Year 1992 to 2004, a
total of over $5.7 billion in STAG grants were
administered by EPA on 2,078 projects, for an
average of about $2.8 million per grant. Over this time
period, Colorado projects were granted a total of just
$13 million.
^ Environment~l Pr~gram~ and M~n~g~r~~nt (EPM}
- These funds are available on a 95 federal/5 non-
federal cost-share for non-construction activities. In
Fiscal Year 2002, Congress trimmed $33 million from
EPA's EPM Account for a decrease from Fiscal Year
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