Watershed Funding

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Watershed Funding

• (Or how to provide incentives to implement your
  watershed plan)

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Watershed Funding

• USEPA Guidebook of Financial Tools
• www.epa.gov/efinpage/guidbk98/index.htm
• USEPA Catalog of Federal Funding Sources for
  Watershed Protection
• www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/wacademy/fund.html

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Watershed Funding

• 1. Grants/Loans
• 2. Capital Programs/Line Items
• 3. Polluter Pays
• 4. Find Others to Pay/Vice Taxes
• 5. Utilities/Fees/Taxes

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1. Grants/Loans

• Sec 319 Clean Water Act Grant (public)
• Foundation or Corporation Grant (private)
• State Revolving Loan (SRF) Fund (public)
• Strengths Weaknesses
• Sources of Paperwork,
• Limited Term
• Loans are loans

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2. Capital Programs/Line Items

• Federal Congressional Appropriation
• State Legislative Appropriation
• Municipal/County Budget
• Strengths Weaknesses
• Longer term Annual Review
• Compete w/budgets

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3. Polluter Pays

• Superfund -dumpers pay
• NPDES Discharge - permit fees
• Concrete/Pesticide Tax
• State Revolving Loan (SRF) Fund (public)
• Strengths Weaknesses
• Equitable Admin/Legal
• headaches

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4. Find Others to Pay/Vice Taxes

• Tourist Tax
• Lottery
• Gasoline Tax
• Alcohol/Tobacco Tax
• Lottery/Gambling Income
• Strengths Weaknesses
• Sources of Hard to link
• Not our to cause/effect.

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5. Utilities/Fees/Taxes

• Stormwater Utilities
• Water/Wastewater Surcharge Fee
• Real Estate Transfer Tax
• Strengths Weaknesses
• Equitable Its a tax
• Works in new areas Old areas hard to do
• Charge in sewer bill
• Can impose on watershed basis

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Nonfederal Funding Source

• DuPont Contribution
• Wm. Penn Foundation
• Newark Capital Budget
• State Bond Act
• Wastewater Permit Penalty Fund
• DNREC Line Item

• Grants/Loans
• Capital Programs/Line Items
• Polluter Pays
• Find Others to Pay/Vice Taxes
• Utilities/Fees/Taxes

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Nonfederal Funding Source

• Grants/Loans
• Capital Programs/Line Items
• Polluter Pays
• Find Others to Pay/Vice Taxes
• Utilities/Fees/Taxes

• License Plates
• Credit Cards
• Stormwater Utilities
• United Way
• Estate Giving
• Gas Tax
• Sales Tax
• Tobacco Tax
• Corporate Tax
• Real Estate Transfer Tax

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Federal Funding Sourcessource Funding for
Habitat Restoration Projects A Citizens Guide

• USACOE
• Sec 206 Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration
• Planning Assistance to States
• USDA
• Conservation Reserve Program
• EQUIP
• Wetlands Reserve Program
• PL 83-566

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Federal Funding Sourcessource Funding for
Habitat Restoration Projects A Citizens Guide

• USEPA
• Chesapeake Bay Program
• DW State Revolving Loan Fund
• National Estuary Program
• Sec 319 NPS Implementation CWA Grants
• USDOT
• TEA21 (Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
  Century)
• Dept of Interior
• Fish/Wildlife Foundation Grants
• Sportfish Restoration Grants

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Economics of Watershed Protection

• Beaton (1988) -Pinelands Act Improves Tax Base
• CEOs - Quality of Life 3rd most important
• Survey - Forests up prop value 6 - 15.
• Homes with trees - Saves 25 in energy bills
• Stormwater - decreased 17 due to forests in Utah
• Coastal wetlands - worth 800 to 9k to economy
• CO - Housing up 32 next to greenbelt
• Land by Floodplain - up 10,427 per acre
• Landowners - Save 270 - 640 acre/yr with buffers

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Plug in Environmental Benefits

• Cold water fishing 45/day
• Swimming 34/day
• Waterfowl Hunting 52/day
• Unusable to boatable 56/yr/du
• Boatable to rough fishing 48/yr/du
• Rough to game fishing 40/yr/du
• Unusable to game fishing 144/yr/du

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Economic Values

• Minnesota - Homes 1/3 higher near stormwater
  wetlands.
• Remlik Farm
• A. Conventional Subdivision 1.2 M
• B. Cluster Subdivision 0.59 M