DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES Bureau of Forestry; Wildfire Hazard Mitigation Federal Assistance Grant Program [31 Pa.B. 6196] The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) has announced that funding is available for grants to help Commonwealth forested communities guard against the threat of wildfires.
The program provides matching grants to communities under the National Fire Plan under section 10(b)3 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (Volunteer Fire Assistance). Only those communities that are in the Pennsylvania Firewise Community program are eligible to receive grant funding.
DCNR is announcing an application period for these grants. The cut off date for submitting applications for the first round funding is 4 p.m. on December 17, 2001. The total amount available to Pennsylvania Firewise Communities is $425,000. If there are funds uncommitted and available after the first round funding decisions, DCNR may offer a second round of funding, which will begin at 8 a.m. on December 18, 2001. Second round applications will be considered on a first come first serve basis. This second round of funding will close at 4 p.m. on June 30, 2002.
This is a cost-share program. Financial assistance on any project during any fiscal year cannot exceed 50% or $40,000, whichever is less, of the actual expenditures including expenditures of local, public and private nonprofit organizations participating in the agreement.
The maximum grant to be considered for this program is $40,000 per community.
Communities, municipalities and all persons interested in applying for, or have questions about this grant program, should request application materials from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Forestry, Division of Forest Fire Protection, P. O. Box 8552, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8552. Individuals may also contact the Division of Forest Fire Protection at (717) 787-2925 or in person at the 6th Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
JOHN C. OLIVER,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 01-2018. Filed for public inspection November 9, 2001, 9:00 a.m.]
