MakingWaves - Grants, Public Meetings, Water Week, DEA Collection

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation sent this bulletin on 04/27/2018 03:00 PM EDT
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This Week's Updates:

  • WQIP and Engineering Planning Grants Available
  • Meeting Reminder
  • Water Week
  • DEA Pharmaceutical Takeback

Water Quality Improvement Project (WQIP) Grant and Engineering Planning Grant RFAs Available

The Requests for Applications (RFA) for the Water Quality Improvement Project (WQIP) program and the Engineering Planning Grant are now available to view. Applications will be accepted starting Tuesday, May 1, and must be completed by July 27 at 4:00 PM.

These grants are part of the NYS Regional Economic Development Councils Consolidated Funding Application (CFA). The WQIP program has $79 million available and the Engineering Planning Grant has up to $3 million available.

Multiple workshops on these and other grant programs offered through the CFA are being held around the state. The first workshops are scheduled for Tuesday, May 1 in Troy and Thursday, May 3 in New York City.

DEC to hold Public Information Meetings on Proposed Amendments to 6 NYCRR Parts 700, 703, and 890, BEACH Act Standards and Reclassification Rule

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will hold public information meetings at the following dates, times, and locations:

Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Time: 2:00 PM
Address:
NYSDEC Region 2 office, 8th Floor Conference Room 834
47-40 21st Street, Long Island City, NY 11101

Date: Thursday, May 3, 2018
Time: 2:00 PM
Address:
NYSDEC Region 8 office
6274 East Avon-Lima Rd, Avon, NY 14414

The proposed amendments and related documents are available on DEC's Proposed, Emergency and Recently Adopted Regulations webpage. At the public information meetings, DEC will present an overview of the proposed rulemaking and provide an opportunity for questions. Public comments will be accepted at separate public hearings, and in writing as described on the DEC website (above), but not at the public information meetings. For more information please contact BeachRule@dec.ny.gov or call 518-402-8179.

 Get Ready for Water Week

New York’s annual Water Week will be celebrated May 7 – 11 this year. Water Week is a time to re-commit to protecting and conserving New York’s water resources, because everybody is needed to help take care of our waters. We encourage you to learn more about current water-related issues and renew your efforts to restore, protect and conserve our lakes, rivers and streams.  

Upcoming DEA Prescription Drug Collection

The federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will conduct a nationwide prescription drug collection on Saturday, April 28, 2018 from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM. Collections will be held at many locations around the state and are the best way to dispose of unused and unwanted prescription drugs.  For more information and locations, visit DEA’s National Take Back Initiative webpage.

Visit DEC’S Drugs in New York’s Waters webpage for more information about drugs in water and DEC’s work to keep drugs out of our water.

View Division of Water updates from the last 30 days.