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Chesapeake Bay Program Technician Funding is a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) that funds conservation district staff positions — including Technicians, Engineer Specialists, and Engineer Assistants — within Pennsylvania's portion of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
The Technician program supports conservation district staff in providing agricultural best management practices technical assistance, developing and verifying erosion control and manure management plans, and ensuring compliance through the Chesapeake Bay Agriculture Inspection Program. The Engineer program supports design, survey, installation, and quality assurance for agricultural waste management systems.
Funding comes from the EPA Chesapeake Bay Regulatory Accountability Program grant, the DEP Chesapeake Bay Abatement Fund, and the EPA Chesapeake Bay Implementation Grant. Eligible applicants are county conservation districts in Pennsylvania's Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
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Chesapeake Bay Program Technician and Engineer Cost Share Program | Department of Environmental Protection | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Conservation District Support Chesapeake Bay Technical Assistance Program The DEP Chesapeake Bay Technical Assistance Program provides funding toward Technicians at conservation districts within the Pennsylvania portion of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
The focus of the program is to ensure that conservation district staff are available to provide technical assistance to agricultural landowners and operators to implement best management practices, develop and verify Agricultural Erosion and Sediment Control Plans and Manure Management Plans, verify and report best management practice implementation, and provide compliance assistance and compliance assurance through the Chesapeake Bay Agriculture Inspection Program (CBAIP).
Funding for this program comes from the EPA Chesapeake Bay Regulatory Accountability Program (CBRAP) grant and the DEP Chesapeake Bay Abatement Fund. <br>\r\n</p>\r\n<h2><br>\r\nChesapeake Bay Engineer Program</h2>\r\n<p>The DEP Chesapeake Bay Engineer Program provides funding toward Engineer Specialists and Engineer Assistants at conservation districts within the Pennsylvania portion of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
The focus of the program is to provide direct technical assistance to agricultural landowners and operators as well as to assist the Chesapeake Bay Technicians with the planning, design, procurement, installation, and maintenance of agricultural best management practices.
These staff also provide design, survey, computation, material testing and implementation of agricultural waste management systems and other structural best management practices and provide construction quality assurance checks and documentation of implemented practices. Funding for this program comes from the EPA Chesapeake Bay Implementation Grant (CBIG).
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The focus of the program is to ensure that conservation district staff are available to provide technical assistance to agricultural landowners and operators to implement best management practices, develop and verify Agricultural Erosion and Sediment Control Plans and Manure Management Plans, verify and report best management practice implementation, and provide compliance assistance and compliance assurance through the Chesapeake Bay Agriculture Inspection Program (CBAIP).
Funding for this program comes from the EPA Chesapeake Bay Regulatory Accountability Program (CBRAP) grant and the DEP Chesapeake Bay Abatement Fund. Chesapeake Bay Engineer Program The DEP Chesapeake Bay Engineer Program provides funding toward Engineer Specialists and Engineer Assistants at conservation districts within the Pennsylvania portion of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
The focus of the program is to provide direct technical assistance to agricultural landowners and operators as well as to assist the Chesapeake Bay Technicians with the planning, design, procurement, installation, and maintenance of agricultural best management practices.
These staff also provide design, survey, computation, material testing and implementation of agricultural waste management systems and other structural best management practices and provide construction quality assurance checks and documentation of implemented practices. Funding for this program comes from the EPA Chesapeake Bay Implementation Grant (CBIG). <b>Engineer</b>: Patrick Cullen<br>\n <a href=\"mailto:Patrick.
cullen@pa. nacdnet. net\">Patrick.
cullen@pa. nacdnet. net</a><br>\n 570-265-5539</p>"}}"> Engineer : Patrick Cullen Patrick.
cullen@pa. nacdnet. net <b>Engineer</b>: Lisa Walsh<br>\r\n<a href=\"mailto:lwalsh@chesco.
org\">lwalsh@chesco. org</a><br>\r\n610-455-1386</p>\r\n"}}"> <b>Engineer</b>: Mike Lubinsky<br><a href=\"mailto:mlubinsky@ccpa. net\">mlubinsky@ccpa.
net</a><br>\n 717-240-7812</p>"}}"> <b>Engineer</b>: Michael W. Clark<br><a href=\"mailto:mclark@dauphinc. org\">mclark@dauphinc.
org</a><br>\n 717-921-8100</p>"}}"> Engineer : Michael W. Clark <b>Engineer</b>: John M. High<br><a href=\"mailto:jhigh@franklinccd.
org\">jhigh@franklinccd. org</a><br>\n 717-264-5499</p>"}}"> <b>Engineer</b>: Bill Zavislak<br>\r\n<a href=\"mailto:zavislak@lccd. net\">zavislak@lccd.
net</a><br>\r\n570-382-3086</p>\r\n"}}"> Engineer : Bill Zavislak <b>Engineer</b>: Kent A. Bitting<br><a href=\"mailto:kentbitting@lancasterconservation. org\">kentbitting@lancasterconservation.
org</a><br>\n 717-299-5361</p>\n<p><b>Engineer</b>: Adam S. Hartz<br><a href=\"mailto:adamhartz@lancasterconservation. org\">adamhartz@lancasterconservation.
org</a><br>\n 717-299-5361</p>"}}"> Engineer : Kent A. Bitting kentbitting@lancasterconservation. org Engineer : Adam S.
Hartz adamhartz@lancasterconservation. org Conservation District Fund Allocation Program Conservation District Field Representatives State Conservation Commission County Conservation Districts Conservation District Support
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: County conservation districts within Pennsylvania's portion of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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EPA is seeking insightful, expert, and cost-effective applications from eligible applicants to provide the Chesapeake Bay Program’s non-federal partners with technical analysis and programmatic evaluation support related to water quality modeling and monitoring and spatial systems to manage, analyze, and map environmental data. The project assists the partners in meeting their restoration and protection goals and in increasing the transfer of scientific understanding to the Chesapeake Bay Program modeling, monitoring, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) activities. The recipient will support modeling, monitoring, and GIS programs needed to explain and communicate the health of and changes in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-R3-CBP-23-18. Assistance Listing: 66.466. Funding Instrument: CA. Category: ENV. Award Amount: Up to $5.3M per award.
The Chesapeake Bay Program Implementation Grants are awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to support the restoration and protection of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. These grants fund jurisdiction-level implementation activities aligned with the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership, which brings together federal and state agencies to coordinate bay restoration efforts. Funding is allocated to eligible jurisdictions within the Chesapeake Bay watershed to carry out water quality monitoring, data collection, toxics assessment, and other restoration activities. Grantees must follow detailed workplan, budget, and data submission requirements as outlined in EPA's grant guidance. The program includes provisions for multi-year budgets, progress reporting, and compliance with the Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act (CBARA) state reporting requirements.