Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act (FRIMA) (Select Areas) - FY 2024
| Agency: | U.S. Department of Interior |
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| CFDA: | 15.685 |
| Federal FON: | F24AS00414 |
| Office: | Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Fish and Aquatic Conservation Program (FAC) |
| Multipart Grant: | No |
| Next Due: | 09/30/2024 (Proposal) |
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| Solicitation Date: | 07/11/2024 |
| Match Required: | Yes |
| Match Type: | Cash/In-Kind |
| Actual Funds: | Unspecified |
| Award Range: | $100,000 (Min) / $1,000,000 (Max) |
| Number of Awards: | 10 (Estimated) |
Summary:
The purpose of this program is to support projects that involve the implementation of the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act (FRIMA). The FRIMA was established with the goals of decreasing fish mortality associated with the withdrawal of water for irrigation and other purposes without impairing the continued withdrawal of water for those purposes, as well as decreasing the incidence of juvenile and adult fish entering water supply systems. In particular, this program is intended to voluntarily reconnect habitats fragmented by irrigation-related barriers in the Pacific Ocean drainage areas of California, Idaho, western Montana, Oregon, and Washington by providing fish screening and passage to help restore native fish and other aquatic species to self-sustaining levels.
Eligible projects must involve the development, improvement, or installation of voluntary irrigation diversion passage, screening, barrier inventories, and related features. Participation must be voluntary for all projects.
Additional consideration will be given to projects that meet one or more of the following criteria:
- Provide benefits for priority species and habitats, including enhancing climate change resilience for species and habitat, as detailed on page 19 of the NOFA file
- Focus on the removal of barriers and natural channel or floodplain restoration rather than on establishing passage around a barrier using methods reliant on artificial passage structures, such as fishways or fish ladders
- Leverage other federal investments in ecological restoration in the watershed and are significant in their geographic context
- Provide meaningful and measurable benefits to tribal communities or identified disadvantaged communities, as detailed on pages 21-22 of the NOFA file
- Are tribal projects in which an Indian tribe is intended to be the prime award recipient, a substantially involved partner on the project, or the primary beneficiary of project benefits
Eligibility is limited to projects located within the Pacific Ocean drainages in California, Idaho, western Montana, Oregon, and Washington.
Eligibility Notes:
Eligibility for this program is unrestricted.
Projects must be located within the Pacific Ocean drainages in California, Idaho, western Montana, Oregon, and Washington.
Projects that meet one or more of the following criteria will receive additional points during the proposal evaluation process:
- Provide meaningful and measurable benefits to tribal communities or identified disadvantaged communities, as detailed on pages 21-22 of the NOFA file
- Are tribal projects in which an Indian tribe is intended to be the prime award recipient, a substantially involved partner on the project, or the primary beneficiary of project benefits
Eligible Applicants:
Local GovernmentAcademic Institutions
Consortia
Native American Tribe
Non Profits
Other
Private Sector
Schools/School Districts
State Government
Tribal Organizations/Institutions
Application Notes:
To initiate the proposal process, applicants must contact local Fish and Aquatic Conservation Program (FAC) field program or Fish and Wildlife Service regional staff prior to submitting a proposal. In particular, applicants must contact the appropriate regional National Fish Passage Program (NFPP) coordinator listed online at www.fws.gov/program that corresponds to the location of the project for additional information regarding regional priorities and coordination with Fish and Aquatic Conservation Program (FAC) staff. Applicants that are already developing projects in coordination with other FAC staff may continue to do so without coordinating directly with the appropriate regional NFPP coordinator.
Mandatory proposals must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. ET on September 30, 2024.
Proposals must be emailed to the appropriate regional NFPP coordinator.
Proposals must include:
- Project name
- Project location
- Project watershed
- State in which the project is located
- Species benefitted
- Brief project description (1-2 sentences)
- Requested funding amount
- Nonfederal match amount
- Applicant and contact information
- Budget table
- Response to selection criteria
Proposals are limited to six pages in length. Proposals must be formatted on single-spaced pages using a 12-point font.
The following are required in order to submit a proposal:
- Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number
- SAM (System for Award Management) registration
- SPOC (state Single Point of Contact) notification
Applicants may obtain a UEI number and verify or renew SAM registration status at www.ecivis.com/sam. Applicants in states participating in the SPOC program must contact the relevant SPOC listed in the SPOC file before applying.
Proposals will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
- Benefits to priority species and habitats (20 points)
- Permanence of fish passage benefits (15 points)
- Regional and watershed context (15 points)
- Additional opportunities for biological or water delivery system benefits (10 points)
- Benefits for human community resilience to climate change impacts and other co-benefits (15 points)
- Achievement of environmental justice goals of investing in communities (10 points)
- Whether the project is a tribal project (5 points)
- Community support (5 points)
- Estimated project duration and timeline of project milestones (5 points)
Applicants submitting successful proposals will be invited within 60 days of the proposal deadline to complete full applications, which must be received by 11:59 p.m. ET on April 30, 2025.
Refer to the NOFA file for additional application information.
| Match Required: | Yes |
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| Match Type: | Cash/In-Kind |
| Actual Funds: | Unspecified |
| Award Range: | $100,000 (Min) / $1,000,000 (Max) |
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| Number of Awards: | 10 (Estimated) |
Match Notes:
Applicants must provide at least 35 percent of the total project costs via nonfederal cash and/or in-kind contributions.
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) funding may be used as a match.
Projects that leverage other federal investments in ecological restoration in the proposed watershed will receive additional points during the proposal evaluation process.
Costs for lobbying activities may not be used as a match.
Nonfederal participants in projects carried out on land or at a facility that is not owned by the United States must be responsible for all costs associated with operating, maintaining, repairing, rehabilitating, and replacing the project.
Funding Notes:
An unspecified amount of funding is available to support approximately ten awards ranging from $100,000 to $1 million through this program.
Funding will be provided primarily in the form of cooperative agreements or grants; however, the funding agency may also utilize procurement instruments or Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units in accordance with federal regulations. Procurement agreements may include use of the multiple-award task order contracts (MATOCs) for indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts if the project d falls under the parameters of the current MATOCs available.
Funds may not be used for:
- Project components receiving federal funds from any other source, with the exception of BPA funds, for the same purpose
- Fish passage projects that are used for any federal or state compensatory mitigation
- Fish passage projects in which fish passage is a condition provided by existing federal or state regulatory programs
- Certain telecommunications and video surveillance services or equipment, as detailed under title 2, section 200.216 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
- Activities that result in profit
- Lobbying activities
Contacts:
Programmatic Technical Assistance Contact:
John Netto
(503) 724-8366
john_netto@fws.gov
Program Administration Assistance Contact:
Monica Randolph
(816) 377-1341
monica_randolph@fws.gov
Agency Address
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1849 C Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20240
Contact Notes:
Questions should be directed to the appropriate program contact, or to the appropriate regional National Fish Passage Program (NFPP) coordinator listed online at www.fws.gov/program.
Proposals must be emailed to the appropriate regional NFPP coordinator.
The agency address provided is for reference purposes only.
File Notes:
The NOFA file contains the full solicitation for this program. The SPOC file contains information on the state Single Point of Contact program.
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