Columbia River Basin Restoration Funding Assistance Program
The Columbia River Basin Restoration Funding Assistance Program is a competitive grant program for environmental protection and restoration programs throughout the Columbia River Basin. The grant program offers funding assistance to eligible entities on a competitive basis. See below to learn more about the program and how it was established.
Grant awards
2023 grants
EPA is in the process of awarding more than $72 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding across 18 projects to reduce toxics in fish and water throughout the Basin.
Highlights
- Total BIL funds: $72,153,158
- Amount going to Toxics Reduction Lead entities: $56,574,442
- Amount going to Tribal Government entities: $15,578,716
- Amount of match which leverages community partnerships and resources: $17,386,816
Grant summaries
About the Columbia River Basin Restoration Funding Assistance Program
Congress amended the Clean Water Act in 2016 by adding Section 123 (33 U.S.C. § 1275), which required EPA to establish a Columbia River Basin Restoration Program.
Section 123 directs EPA to develop a voluntary, competitive grant program for environmental protection and restoration programs throughout the Basin. The grant program offers funding assistance to eligible entities on a competitive basis.
EPA initiated its first request for applications in 2019 and awarded over $2 million in 14 grants to tribal, state and local governments, non-profits and community groups throughout the Basin.
Since then, additional rounds of awards have been announced in 2022 and 2023.
For more information about the Columbia River Basin Restoration Funding Assistance Program, please contact:
- Michelle Wilcox (wilcox.michelle@epa.gov), 360-753-9469, EPA Region 10 (including Idaho, Oregon, and Washington).
- Peter Brumm (brumm.peter@epa.gov), 406-457-5029, EPA Region 8 (including Montana).