CLEAN WATER ACT PROGRAM SUPPORT

SUMMARY OF WORK: The non-federal entity will perform the required program support to: (1) perform environmental analysis in support of the Clean Water Act program (Section 402 and 404); (2) perform field investigations at land disturbance sites relevant to sediment and erosion control operating requirements and develop environmental reports related to sediment and erosion control activities and the related impacts to watersheds; (3) provide best management practice evaluations and recommendations that will assist in meeting Clean Water Act requirements; (4) provide Spill Prevention and Response Program field investigations and reporting; (5) provide Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) field investigations and reporting; and (6) administrative functions, environmental reports, Geographic Information Systems and updates in support of the protection of water resources. BACKGROUND: Fort Leonard Wood currently consists of 61,410 acres and is designated as an active Installation Management Command (IMCOM) installation. Fort Leonard Wood is located just south of Waynesville and St. Robert, in Pulaski County, Missouri located in the northern Ozark Highland region of south-central Missouri. The installation encompasses 61,000 acres of primarily upland oak-hickory forest, 19/25 miles of permanent/intermittent streams, and 240 acres of impoundments that support an abundance of terrestrial and aquatic flora and fauna, including sensitive species.ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: All responsible, non-federal entities submitting funding requests that meet the requirements in the scope of work will be considered for this funding opportunity. STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Title 16 U.S.C. Section 670c-1 provides, in part, that “[t]he Secretary of a military department may enter into cooperative agreements…with nongovernmental organizations” for the purposes of “[t]he maintenance and improvement of natural resources on, or to benefit natural and historic research on, military installations and State-owned National Guard installations.”