Infrastructure programs
Table of infrastructure programs under the IIJA, compiled by EBTJV. We will update the table and attached excel file as information comes in.
Disclaimer: this table was compiled mostly from publicly available information. We are providing this table simply as a reference.
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Program |
Lead Agency |
Total Funding Amount |
Eligible entities |
Priorities |
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National Culvert Removal, Replacement and Restoration Grant Program |
DOT and NOAA |
$1 Billion | States, units of local government, or Indian Tribe | Prioritize awarding grants under the program to projects that improve fish passage for anadromous fish listed as federally Threatened & Endangered (T&E), at-risk, prey for T&E, climate resilient stocks; and projects that open more than 200 m of upstream habitat. |
| National Fish Passage Program | USFWS | $200 Million into an existing program | Federal agencies, states, tribes, municipalities, NGOs, private landowners Projects for 22 are expected to be selected by mid-summer. Projects are selected regionally. |
Restoring fish and wildlife passage by removing in-stream barriers and providing technical assistance under the National Fish Passage Program |
| Forest Service Legacy Roads & Trails Remediation Program | USFS | $250 Million |
USFS roads, culverts and trails. prioritization will be coming from regions, with collaboration at regional level. |
Restoring fish passages, road decommissioning, preparing roads for long-term storage, relocating NFS roads and converting NFS roads to trails, including improving resilience to extreme weather events, flooding, or other natural disasters. Prioritize projects that protect or improve water quality in public drinking water source areas, restore the habitat of a threatened, endangered, or sensitive fish or wildlife species, or maintain future access to the adjacent area for the public, contractors, permittees, or firefighters. |
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Anadromous fish passage |
NOAA | $400 Million | Federal agencies, states, tribes, municipalities, private landowners. 15% reseved for Indian Tribes or partnerships with Indian Tribes | Restoring fish passage by removing in-stream barriers and providing technical assistance. |
| Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery | NOAA | $172 Million | competitive grants to states and tribes | Restoring habitat for Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery |
| Collaborative-based, Aquatic-Focused, Landscape-Scale Restoration Program | USFS | $80 Million | Collaboratively-developed proposals on federal and non-federal land, incudling Tribal lands | 5 year projects to restore fish passage or water quality on federal and non-federal land. Gives priority to a project proposal that would result in the most miles of streams being restored for the lowest amount of Federal funding. |
| Chesapeake Bay Basin | EPA | $238 Million | State, local government, Indian Tribes, NGOs within the Chesapeake Bay Basin. Federal share for grants to state or local government is not more than 80% of project cost | Authorizes transfer of funds for Geographic Programs, National Estuary Program grants, and Gulf Hypoxia Action plan to FWS and NMFS for the costs of carrying out their responsibilities under section 7 of the ESA. |
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Great Lakes Restoration Initiative |
EPA | $1 Billion | State, local government, Indian Tribes, NGOs within the Great Lakes basin. Federal share for grants to state or local government is not more than 80% of project cost | Authorizes transfer of funds for Geographic Programs, National Estuary Program grants, and Gulf Hypoxia Action plan to FWS and NMFS for the costs of carrying out their responsibilities under section 7 of the ESA. |
| Puget Sound | EPA | $89 Million | State, local government, Indian Tribes, NGOs within the Puget Sound basin. Federal share for grants to state or local government is not more than 80% of project cost | Authorizes transfer of funds for Geographic Programs, National Estuary Program grants, and Gulf Hypoxia Action plan to FWS and NMFS for the costs of carrying out their responsibilities under section 7 of the ESA. |
| EPA | $40 Million divided over 5 yrs; new grant streams added on top of existing TMDL funding program | State, local government, Indian Tribes, NGOs within the Lake Champlain basin. Federal share for grants to state or local government is not more than 80% of project cost | Grants (process to be determined) to support infrastructure (which could be nature-based, green infrastructure, stormwater, WWTPs, etc.), environmental justice, and climate change. | |
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Columbia River Basin |
EPA | $79 Million | State, local government, Indian Tribes, NGOs within the Columbia River basin. Federal share for grants to state or local government is not more than 80% of project cost | Authorizes transfer of funds for Geographic Programs, National Estuary Program grants, and Gulf Hypoxia Action plan to FWS and NMFS for the costs of carrying out their responsibilities under section 7 of the ESA. |
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Colorado River Basin |
DOI (?) | $500 Million | State, local government, Indian Tribes, NGOs within Colorado River basin. | $100 M for watershed management projects; $250M for aquatic ecosystem restoration and protection; $100M for multi-benefit projects to improve watershed health; $50M for endangered species recovery and conservation programs - all within the Colorado Basin |
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Klamath River Basin |
USFWS | $162 Million | State, local government, Indian Tribes, NGOs within the Klamath River basin | Klamath basin restoration activities including habitat restoration, planning, design, engineering, , environmental compliance, fee acquisition, infrastructure development, construction, operations and maintenance, improvements, and expansion, as necessary, on lands currently leased by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for conservation and recovery of endangered species; |
| USFWS |
$26 Million (5.2m/yr infusion into an existing program that already has a grantmaking component with NFWF) |
State, local government, Indian Tribes, NGOs within the Delaware River basin | Supports investments in critical on-the-ground projects in the Delaware River Watershed aimed at conserving the region’s natural resources, restoring and protecting important habitat for birds and other wildlife, and helping ensure clean drinking water for more than 13.3 million people. | |
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Invasive Species eradication at point of entry |
USFS | $100 Million | Federal and non-federal lands | $100 million for FS to detect, prevent, and eradicate invasive species at points of entry and grants for eradication of invasive species on non-federal land and on federal land |
| Abandoned Mineland Restoration |
USDA and DOI |
$200 Million | Federal and non-federal lands thru Secretary of Agriculture ($100M) and Secretary of Interior ($100 Million) | To restore native vegetation and mitigate environmental hazaards on mine lands |
| Dam safety | FEMA | $733 Milllion | states | Funding to FEMA to states under National Dam Safety Program Act to enhance dam safety and rehabilitate or remove aging dams |
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Forest Service dam decommissionin removal |
USFS | $10 Million |
Non-hydropower Federal dams on USFS managed lands
smaller number of projects, sounds like (many?) have been identified prioritization will be coming from regions, with collaboration at regional level. |
Removal of non-hydropower Federal dams and for providing dam removal technical assistance |
| Dam safety, flood risk reduction, fish passage/water quality, incentive payments max 30% | Dept. of Energy | Dam owners or operators of hydroelectric facilities | Incentive payments to dam owners or operators of hydroelectric facilities for improvements | |
| Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration | ACOE | $1.9 Billion, incl. $1B for aquatic ecosystem restoration | Multi-purpose projects or multi-purpose programs that include aquatic ecosystem restoration as a purpose | |
| Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership Program |
NRCS and USFS |
$180 Million | States, counties, muncipalities, federal agencies, tribes, NGOs collaborating with FS, NRCS and private producers (funding for FY22 and FY23 only) | Through the Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership, the two USDA agencies are restoring landscapes, reducing wildfire threats to communities and landowners, protecting water quality and enhancing fish and wildlife habitat. |
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