Assistance program
Geographic Programs - Columbia River Basin Restoration (CRBR) Program
$77.0 Million committed in FY2020–FY2026
- Agency
- Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Protection Agency
- Assistance
- Not Applicable
- CFDA number
- 66.962
- What it does
- To support the protection and restoration of the Columbia River Basin the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established the Columbia River Basin Restoration Program (CRBRP). CRBRP promotes ecosystem protection and restoration activities and strategies by working with federal agencies, states, tribes, regional water pollution control agencies and entities, local governments, non-governmental entities and soil and water conservation districts to improve water quality and support environmental protection and restoration. Program has considered relevant approaches to achieving the intended goals and objectives of the program consistent with statutory requirements, including priorities in Executive Order 14052, Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, to invest public dollars equitably, create jobs and high labor stands, ensure goods and services are made in America, and build infrastructure that is resilient and helps combat the climate crisis using Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) funds. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) is being used to fund grant projects in the Lower Columbia River Estuary and the Middle and Upper Columbia River Basin for Toxic Reduction Organization Leads and projects with the focus on Tribal Governments.
- Who benefits
- Not Applicable
- Who applies
- Eligible entities include state governments, tribal governments, regional water pollution control agencies and entities, local government entities, nongovernmental entities, or soil and water conservation districts. For certain competitive funding opportunities under this assistance listing, the Agency may limit eligibility to compete to a number or subset of eligible applicants consistent with the Agency's Assistance Agreement Competition Policy.
- Authorized by
- Public Law 117-58; 33 U.S.C. § 1275
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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