Or. Admin. Code § 695-035-0030 - [Effective 7/1/2025] Small Grant Program Application
(1) A Small Grant applicant may be a tribe, watershed council,
or soil and water conservation district. These entities may act on behalf of
private landowners, not-for-profit institutions, schools, community colleges,
state institutions of higher education, independent not-for-profit institutions
of higher education, local agencies, state agencies, or federal
agencies.
(2) When reviewing applications, Team members will abide by the
same conflict of interest standards that apply to Oregon's public officials, as
detailed in ORS 244.020.
(3) Small Grant Project applications submitted to the Small
Grant Team will include a completed application form provided by OWEB, and will
use technical guidance from at least one of the sources listed below in this
subsection. Small Grant Project applicants will cite in the application the
practice code(s), or the page number and paragraph, for the technical guidance
source listed. The Small Grant Team will verify the citation. If technical
guidance and standards for a project are not available from one of these
sources, the project is not eligible for funding under the Small Grant
Program.
(a) The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Field
Office Technical Guide, and local cost share list.
(b) A Guide to Placing Large Wood in Streams (Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife and Oregon Department of Forestry, 1995).
(c) The Oregon Road/Stream Crossing Restoration Guide (Oregon
Department of Forestry, Spring 1999).
(d) Forest Practices Technical Note No. 4: Fish Passage
Guidelines for New and Replacement Stream Crossing Structures (Oregon
Department of Forestry, May 10, 2002).
(e) Forest Practices Technical Note No. 5: Determining the
50-Year Peak Flow and Stream Crossing Structure Size for New and Replacement
Crossings Structures (Oregon Department of Forestry, May 10, 2002).
(f) The Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Guidebook for Local
Government (Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Oregon Department of
Land Conservation and Development, 1994).
(g) Urban Subwatershed Restoration Manual Series #4: Urban
Stream Repair Practices (Center for Watershed Protection, November
2004).
(h) Tribal Natural Resource Plans or Water Plans on Tribal
Trust Lands.
(4) Only watershed councils, soil and water conservation
districts, tribes, and entities designated as eligible by the Small Grant Team
in their operating procedures may serve as fiscal agents for a Small Grant
Project.
(5) The application budget is the Small Grant applicant's
statement of how OWEB funds will be spent. Should the Small Grant Team approve
the application for funding, the Grantee will only be able to bill OWEB for the
line items appearing in the OWEB column in the application budget. Changes in
line item amounts are permissible, with the exception of Project Management,
which may change only with prior approval from OWEB. Grantees wishing to add
new line items must also request prior permission from OWEB.
(6) The applicant, landowner, and fiscal agent will sign the
application. Teams may write a separate cooperative agreement where multiple
landowners are involved. Teams will keep the original cooperative landowner
agreement on file, and all signatories, plus OWEB, will be provided copies.
Project funds will not be released until OWEB has a signed copy of the
cooperative landowner agreement.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 541.906
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 541.890 - 541.969
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