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The Environmental Services Program (ESP) is a matching grants
program that provides financial assistance to local governments
for environmental projects. Administered by the Department of
Environmental Protection’s Office of Local Government Assistance,
the ESP helps finance projects that will enhance environmental
quality in New Jersey.
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The statutory authority for the ESP is the Environmental Aid
Act (N.J.S.A. 13:1H-1 et seq.) which authorizes the DEP to issue
local matching grants from $1,000 to $2,500 to environmental
commissions and soil conservation districts.
ESP grant monies may be used to fund the following projects:
- environmental resource inventories
- brownfields redevelopment planning
- smart growth and sustainable communities planning
- beach monitoring and management projects
- environmental trail designs
- lake rehabilitation studies
- stream and water quality testing
- wellhead delineation
- surveys of threatened and endangered species
- environmental education programs
- community outreach initiatives
- -designing or implementing projects that initiate and/or
expand sustainable communities
IIn addition, ESP grants may be used to fund an incomplete phase
of an environmental project in progress – from scoping
and planning to project development and implementation.
The information contained in this application package will provide
additional details on projects that are eligible for funding through
the ESP program along with the requirements for submitting an application
in accordance with the rules published in the New Jersey Administrative
Code (N.J.A.C. 7:6 -1.1 et seq.).
For
a complete copy of the application package in PDF format, click here.
Eligibility Info >>
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