EPA Announces Keystone Allotments From Clean Water Funds
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
PHILADELPHIA
Pennsylvania’s State Conserva
tion Commission has received
more than $2 million in federal
funds to support a variety of non
point source pollution abatement
projects in the state, including
funding for 10 conservation dis
trict level positions to help develop
nutrient management.
The announcement was made
last week and details were pro
vided during a conference call
based at the U.S. Environmental
Piotection Agency’s Region 111
headquarters in Philadelphia.
The teleconference was
arranged by Carolyn Szumal, a
spokesperson with the EPA Reg
ion HI Office of External Affairs.
She had a staff of several EPA
researchers and administrators on
line to field questions.
According to the announce
ment, there were 17 projects
targeted to receive matching feder
al funds. The funds are authorized
by Section 319 of the the Clean
Water Act and total a grant of
$2,087,360.
According to the EPA officials,
the funds were requested and are to
be administered at the state level
through Michael Krempasky, sec
retary to the State Conservation
Commission, and chief of the DER
Bureau of Soil and Water Conser
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vation, which oversees a Division
of Storm Water Management and
Sediment Control, and a Division
of Nonpoint Source Management
which oversees the Chesapeake
Bay Program and regional offices
for nutrient management
specialists.
Krempasky, who was not part of
the teleconference, also serves as
moderator and support to the
Nutrient Management Advisory
Board, which is to review and
comment on proposed regulations
by the State Conservation
Commission.
The federal funds available
through the Clean Water Act, were
awarded as matching funds based
on state and local contributions tot
aling $1,391,573. The total then
available for the 17 projects is
$3,478,933 for the 1994 fiscal
year.
The funds are targeted to be
used in two ways. Some of it is
directed to go toward “base” fund
ing and the remainder for “compe
titive” funding.
The “base” for Pennsylvania
was calculated to be $l.l million.
The base money is to be used to
institutionalize the programs, pro
vide staff and longer term stability.
The “competitive” funding is to be
then directed to specific projects
based on the submission of project
proposals.
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the EPA nationally, Pennsylvania
is among the top five states,
according to amount received.
For 1994, about 66 projects
were submitted in Region 111, 42
programs were funded, of which
Pennsylvania had the most
approved.
The criteria used to determine
worthy projects depends on sever
al things, in addition to environ
mental need. According to the
EPA officials, a critical require
ment is the ability of the project to
be measured for success, in addi
tion to the specific watershed,
which the states are expected to
prioritize to maximize the effec
tiveness of the funding, and the
amount of integrated agency sup
port for the project.
The measurability of the project
is a criteria requested so that offi
cials can show Congress that the
funds they have allocated are being
used effectively.
For Pennsylvania, 17 projects
were approved. The combined fed
eral, state and local funding
amounts are reported.
Conservation District
Mining Program
A project that involves 23 coun
ty conservation districts in western
Pennsylvania, the Conservation
District Mining Program has been
awarded a total of $301,560 for
1994 and is designed to receive
funds for a minimum of three years
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The project is designed to com
plete acid mine drainage remedia
tion work started by conservation
districts as part of DER’s Com
prehensive Mining Strategy. The
funds are to be used to hire a reg
ional coordinator who is to deve
lop an education program coordi
nate remediation activities in the
southwest portion of the state and
to generate local support for the
work. A possibility is the hiring of
a watershed coordinator who
would be in charge of seeing
through projects in a specific
region.
Conservation District
Agriculture Program
A total of $315,800 for 1994 is
to be used to pay for 10 nutrient
management technicians who are
to develop, review and revise
nutrient management plans in nine
priority watersheds and two addi
tion priority counties, which
would be significantly affected by
the state’s Nutrient Management
Act In addition, funding may also
be used to devlcop demonstration
projects. Under the program, the
10 people would also receive edu
cation and be certified as crop
advisors.
NPS Section Staffing
A total of $331,568 has been
approved to hire people to work
out of Harrisburg to oversee, coor-
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state’s non-point source program.
According to the ERA, the people
include a DER section chief,
grants manager, program special
ist, watershed manager, water
polution biologist, and a clerk/
typist.
Citizen Monitoring
Coordinator
A total of $53,850 has been
approved to hire a person who
would be responsible for coordi
nating the efforts of existing citi
zen environemental monitoring
groups, and to help stimulate the
development of others. The fund
ing is for one year.
Stream School
A 10-day residential workshop
on stream ecology and biomonitor
ing techniques is to be held at the
Stroud Water Research Center,
where the White Clay Creek is part
of a limnological study program
and the stream is classified as part
of a “high priority watershed.” A
total of $20,400 is to be used. The
program seeks to teach at least 30
people from across the state who
are “community stream watch
leaders.” They are to leant about
the mechanics of running a stream
watch program in their own
community.
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