Section 319 Nonpoint Source Management Grants
Application Process
What’s New?
New grant features include:
- Section 319 WIP Revisions or updates to existing WIPs that are at least 8 years or older are encouraged to apply. New Section 319 WIP development applications are no longer an eligible project category.
- Preference will be given to Section 319 WIP implementation projects in Pennsylvania’s Environmental Justice Areas.
1. Sign Up
- Sign up for notification for Growing Greener Watershed Protection, EPA 319, and Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act Grant Programs notification.
2. Review Materials
- 2025 Section 319 Nonpoint Source Management Grants Program Guidance
- A Primer for Fitting Charges within Budget Categories
- Map of Watershed Implementation Plans
- Pennsylvania Nonpoint Source Management Plan 2024
- Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans
- Guide to Permitting for Watershed Improvement Project
3. Watch Video Tutorial
4. Look Over Examples
- Sample Agriculture Workplan
- Sample AMD Workplan
- Sample Maps and Photos
- AMDTreat Sample Report
- Chesapeake Bay Countywide Action Plan BMP Implementation Form
- Landowner Access Authorization
- Landowner-Grantee Agreement
- Landowner Letter of Commitment
- Task and Deliverable Budget Worksheet
5. Complete Forms
- Workplan Template
- Task and Deliverable Budget Worksheet
- Chesapeake Bay Countywide Action Plan BMP Implementation Form
- Landowner Letters
- Land Use Planning Form
- Multi-Municipal Planning Form
6. Apply
- Apply Online - Applications will be accepted beginning at 8 a.m. on Monday April 22, 2024, through 11:59 p.m. on Friday, June 21, 2024.
- eGrants Instructions for Applicants
Grant Awards
Investment Tracker
For a listing of awarded grants, please see DEP’s Investment Tracker*
*Currently, DEP’s Investment Tracker is only displaying information for grants awarded using the Electronic Single Application system. Dates of inclusion in this system will vary by grant program. Historic data for all awards not contained in this current report will be added in the near future.
Grant Program Management
- 319 Application for Reimbursement and Instructions
- 319 Application for Reimbursement Supplemental Sheet and Instructions
- 319 Application for Reimbursement Checklist
Contact
Email: RA-EP319grantFunding@pa.gov
Success Stories
We regraded streambanks, improved in-stream habitat, created a vegetated stormwater swale, installed streambank fencing, and planted a riparian buffer on a farm at the bottom of a highly developed unnamed tributary of Mill Creek. This is removing 67 tons of sediment, 96 pounds of nitrogen, and 34 pounds of phosphorus from the creek every year. -- Matt Kofroth, Lancaster County Conservation District
We’re following the Pine Creek Watershed Implementation Plan to address nonpoint source water pollution. Since completion of Phase 1, the transformation of our community has been striking, not only in the new commercial district infrastructure, but in how we view ourselves and how we’re seen by our neighbors, our partners in the watershed, and regionally as an example of the benefits of the Section 319 program. The Green Streets Project has attracted new residents and influenced businesses to consider Etna. -- Mary Ellen Ramage, Manager, Borough of Etna
