Opportunity Information: Apply for F18AS00243
The Papermill Pond Dam Removal opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number F18AS00243) is a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service notice stating the government intends to make a single-source cooperative agreement, rather than running an open competition. In practical terms, this is not a grant solicitation and it is not asking organizations to submit proposals. Instead, it functions as a public notice that the Service plans to award funding directly to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) for a specific restoration and public safety project.
The project itself focuses on removing an old and deteriorating dam on the East Aspetuck River in New Milford, Connecticut. The dam is described as antiquated and hazardous, with the removal intended to address multiple outcomes at once: improving aquatic and river habitat, helping migratory fish movement and overall riverine health, expanding or improving recreational fishing opportunities, and eliminating a safety hazard for downstream residents created by the dam's disintegrating condition. Because the funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, the work is expected to be carried out with meaningful involvement by the federal agency alongside the recipient, rather than being a hands-off grant.
A key element of the notice is the partnership structure and how it ties to Department of the Interior priorities. The award is framed as supporting a conservation stewardship legacy by building collaboration between a major conservation organization (TNC) and a local sportsmen's group and landowner, the Ousatonic Fish and Game Protective Association. The notice also emphasizes community benefits, describing the project as a way to restore trust with local communities by directing federal funds toward a local priority that also reduces risk to public safety. In addition, the project is positioned as supporting broader departmental initiatives, including creating American jobs and increasing and improving outdoor recreation.
The money for the award is coming from a natural resource damage settlement, not from a typical annual appropriations program. Specifically, it is tied to a settlement involving the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the States of Massachusetts and Connecticut, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (acting as trustees), and the General Electric Company. The settlement relates to injuries to natural resources caused by releases of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from GE's facility in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Funding is provided under CFDA 15.658 (Natural Resource Damage Assessment, Restoration, and Implementation) and is intended to compensate for those injuries through restoration actions such as this dam removal.
Administratively, the notice identifies the opportunity as discretionary and in the natural resources activity category, with an expected number of awards of one and an award ceiling listed as 1 (as posted in the source entry). The posting date is July 17, 2018, with an original closing date of July 20, 2018, reflecting the fact that this is a time-limited public notice rather than an open application window. The determination not to compete the award is cited as being made under Departmental Manual 505 DM 2, paragraph 2.14(B)(4), and the notice states that this decision is within the government's discretion.
For questions, the notice directs inquiries to Artela Jacobs at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, reachable by phone at (404) 679-7197 or by email at artelajacobs@fws.gov.Apply for F18AS00243
- The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Papermill Pond Dam Removal" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.658.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 17, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 20, 2018 THIS IS ANOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD TO A SINGLE SOURCE, AND THERE IS NO FULL ANNOLTNCEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS NOTICE.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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