WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for the construction and maintenance of pumpout stations and waste reception facilities for recreational boaters. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $12 million with a ceiling of $1.5 million for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The funding is open to state governments.  more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for HAZMAT worker health and safety training. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $28 million with a ceiling of $700,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) environment and b) health. The funding is open to private, public and state controlled institutions of higher ed more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it expects to award up to 50 discretionary grants for North American wetlands conservation. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $3 million with a ceiling of $100,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) environment and b) natural resources. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district government more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for HAZMAT training in DOE nuclear weapons complex. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $9.5 million with a ceiling of $700,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) environment and b) health. The funding is open to private, public and state controlled institutions of hi more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for Chesapeake Bay optimization tool development. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $956,400. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The agency description of the grant states: "The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO) is announcing a Request for Applications (RFA) addressing the ongoing i more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $208,835 cooperative agreement to the James River Association of Richmond, Virginia, for the enhancement of physical access and provide recreational and educational programming for students, educators and trail visitors. The agency description of the grant states: "The project encompasses several related objectives: 1) provide teacher training for 40 educators and conduct on- more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $29,000 grant to the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation for plover management and monitoring. The agency description of the grant states: "NYS Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation owns and manages multiple parks throughout New York State. Piping plovers have recently began to nest at Sandy Island Beach State Park along more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $43,254 cooperative agreement to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for national wetlands inventory data collection. The agency description of the grant states: "The Emergency Wetlands Resources Act requires the NWI to map wetlands of the nation, digitize the maps, archive and distribute the data, and produce a 10 year national wetlands status and trends re more ST