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Source Water Protection: Plan Implementation Grant Application - EH: Minnesota Depar... Page 2 of 8 Grant Awards The total amount of funding that is available under this notice is $175,000. The minimum amount for any grant is $1,000 and the maximum amount is $10,000. The cap amount will be increased up to a maximum grant amount of $30,000 if three or more PWSs apply jointly. Joint applications must identify which applicant will serve as fiscal agent and include a letter of support from the other PWS(s). Matching Funds No cost share is required for receiving a grant Funding Period All grant funds awarded under this FY 2021 SWP Plan Implementation Fall Request for Proposals, must be expended by December 31, 2021. Based upon availability of funds, SWP plan implementation grants will be offered annually, during the months of March and September. Termination for insufficient funding The State may immediately terminate this grant if it does not obtain funding from the Minnesota Legislature, or other funding source. Termination must be by written or fax notice to the grantee. The State will not be assessed any penalty if the grant is terminated because of the decision of the Minnesota Legislature, or other funding source, not to appropriate funds. The State must provide the grantee notice of the lack of funding within a reasonable time of the State's receiving that notice. Eligibility A SWP plan implementation grant is intended to support implementation of the drinking water protection measures that are contained in a SWP plan. Applicants shall look at their wellhead protection plan and refer on the application form to the measure(s) and objective(s) in the plan that will be supported by the grant. Only PWSs may apply for a SWP plan implementation grant but may use funding to support the work of other parties relating to the SWP plan. A PWS must meet all of the following conditions in order to qualify for a grant: The PWS must have a current SWP plan or extension to the plan; The PWS is not subject to administrative penalty action from MDH in regard to the Wellhead Protection Rule; The PWS must have an approved Drinking Water Supply Management Area (DWSMA) and work must take place only in DWSMAs that are currently active; For PWSs who were awarded a SWP grant in the past: the public water system has met all of the conditions that were specified in a previous SWP implementation grant and the previous grant is closed. If conditions of a previous grant of the same type have not been met the PWS is penalized by not being allowed to participate in the next grant cycle. Each eligible PWS can submit only one application per grant program announcement. https://www.health. state.mn.us/communities/environment/water/swp/implementation.html 8/18/2020