Ag Tile Drain Water Quality Project

Post Date

July 18th 2012

Application Due Date

July 19th 2012

This is a Notice of Intent to award a Cooperative Agreement to University of Nebraska-Lincoln Water Sciences Lab, for the purpose of evaluating effects of surface and subsurface Ag Tile Drainage on Service trust resources within WPAs.

Funding Opportunity Number

F12AS00330

CFDA Number(s)

15.659

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Environment
Natural Resources

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
County Governments
City or Township Governments
Special District Governments
Independent School Districts
Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments
Public Housing Authorities or Indian Housing Authorities
Non-Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Organizations
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Non-Profits Without 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Private Institutions of Higher Education
Individuals
For-Profit Organizations (Except Small Businesses)
Small Businesses

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $15000

• Award Range:

  $12500 - $15000

Grant Description

This is a Notice of Intent to award a Cooperative Agreement to University of Nebraska-Lincoln Water Sciences Lab, for the purpose of evaluating effects of surface and subsurface Ag Tile Drainage on Service trust resources (water, sediment, biota) within WPAs. Provide unique analytical chemistry expertise for the extraction and analysis of polar organic chemical integrated samplers (POCIS). This Single Source Award is being made in accordance with Department of the Interior Policy 505 DM 2.14 B #4 Unique Qualifications, which allows for award without competition to an applicant. Dr. Dan Snow at the University of Nebraskaкs Water Sciences Laboratory (WSL) is uniquely qualified to perform the activity based upon a variety of demonstrable factors including their location (i.e., WSL is the closest lab to the project area that has extracted POCIS samples), voluntary support capacity (i.e., WSL is the only lab that has agreed, in the study proposal, to provide in-kind support through cost-sharing ability, and the WSL has unique technical expertise (i.e., is the only laboratory Iкm aware of that offers both POCIS extraction and then analysis of the extract for pesticides commonly applied to row crop agriculture in the Great Plain States of Nebraska and South Dakota). Currently, the Serviceкs National Analytical Control Facility does not analyze for many of the herbicides used in the project area including atrazine and glyphosate, nor do they extract POCIS samples for analysis.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Matt Schwarz
  matt_schwarz@fws.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  E-Mail

• Agency Email Address:

  matt_schwarz@fws.gov

• More Information:

  N/A