Connecticut has more than $1 million available to upgrade private boat sewage disposal facilities, or pumpouts, along Long Island Sound for the 2012 season.
The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) said federal funds are through the Clean Vessel Act program to improve water quality in Connecticut harbors and waterways.
Up to 75 percent of the cost of an approved project may be reimbursed under the program, DEP said.
For a copy of the request for proposals (RFP), visit the DEP web page at www.ct.gov/dep/cva and click on “Grant Program Information” or contact Kate Hughes Brown, Grants and Outreach Coordinator, at (860) 424-3652 or by email at kate.brown@ct.gov.
Proposals must be received by 4:30 P.M. on Thursday, June 16 and should be submitted to DEP, Office of Long Island Sound Programs, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106-5127
