MATCHING GRANTS
FOR LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES (ESP
Matching Grants)
PURPOSE OF FUNDING
To assist local environmental commissions and soil conservation
districts with funding for a variety of local environmental
projects including: community education projects; environmental
resource inventories; beach monitoring and management
projects; environmental trail designs; lake rehabilitation
studies; stream and water quality testing; wellhead
delineation; GIS mapping projects; NEPPS indicator projects;
and surveys of threatened and endangered species.
SOURCE OF FUNDING
Varies. NOTE: Funding for this program is presently
unsecured. Interested parties should contact
the program to verify availability of funds.
STATUTORY CITATION
Environmental Aid Act, N.J.S.A. 13:1H-1 et seq. Program
rules: N.J.A.C. 7:6-1.1 et seq.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE
Municipal environmental commissions and joint environmental
commissions established pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:56A-1
et seq., soil conservation districts, and county environmental
commissions.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR
CONSIDERATION
Applicant must be an eligible entity as described above
and must use funds for a project having the purpose
described above. Eligible projects and costs may be
found in the Environmental Services Program (ESP) Matching
Grants Program Guide and Application Package.
GRANT LIMITATIONS
The maximum annual grant is $2,500. Applicant must match
at least 50% of the total cost of the project. ESP grant
money is paid upon completion of project.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES
Contact the Environmental Services Program for an application
package. Applications are mailed annually to environmental
commission chairs, and soil conservation districts in
early September.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
December 1st annually.
NOTIFICATION DATE
March 15th of the following year.
FOR INFORMATION OR TO REQUEST
AN NJDEP APPLICATION, CONTACT
Joseph C. Rogers, Program Manager
NJDEP-Office of Local Government Assistance
Environmental Services Program
PO Box 402
Trenton, NJ 08625-0402
(609) 984-0828
joseph.rogers@dep.state.nj.us
APPLICATION HOT LINK:
www.state.nj.us/dep/esp |
