FY22-FY27 BIL Work Plan & Budget (2025 Update)

Purpose

For the timeframe of October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2027, Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership (APNEP) anticipates receiving a total of $4,549,000 under Cooperative Agreement 4T - 02D41823 to support activities geared towards Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) implementation and its mission pursuant to the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58) / Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).

This document provides an FY22-27 Work Plan and Budget (2025 Update) for the BIL grant funds from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to support CCMP implementation This work plan builds upon the EPA approved initial two-year (FY 2022-2024) BIL Work Plan and Long-Term Strategy and is supported by the EPA approved APNEP BIL Equity Strategy.

This work plan incorporates and supersedes all previous versions of the budget proposed in previously approved plans, outlined below and available on the BIL page of the APNEP website:

• The initial two-year (FY 2022-2024) BIL Work Plan and associated budget were approved by the Leadership Council in October 2022 and supported the initial application BIL funds. In February 2023, APNEP received $1,819,600 from EPA to support a 2022-2024 Work Plan for the timeframe of October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2027, under Cooperative Agreement 4T – 02D4182-0.
• The Partnership submitted the APNEP BIL Long-Term Strategy to serve as the initial overall strategic narrative work plan for the associated cooperative agreement for the entire BIL funding cycle and included an initial budget. It was approved by the Leadership Council May 2023 and approved by EPA October 2023.
• Funding proposed in previous versions of the budget was realigned as described below after directions from the Leadership Council’s February 22, 2023, meeting.
• The 3^rd iteration of the Work Plan and Budget built upon the initial two-year BIL Work Plan, the Long-Term Strategy, and supported by the Equity Strategy was approved by EPA Headquarters on November 29, 2023. This document was utilized to amend the existing cooperative agreement and request FY23-24 funds. It was approved by the Leadership Council April 23, 2024, submitted to EPA May 2024, and YR3 funds were received September 2024.
• This document (2025 Update) contains the 4^th iteration of the Work Plan and Budget. It builds upon the initial two-year BIL Work Plan, the Long-Term Strategy, and is supported by the Equity Strategy approved by EPA Headquarters on November 29, 2023. This document supersedes all previous versions of the Workplan and Budget and will be utilized to request FY24-25 funds and amend the existing cooperative agreement. It was approved by the APNEP Leadership Council December 16, 2024.

This FY22-27 Work Plan (2025 Update) contains project information and proposed budget where more detail is available. During implementation of this plan, funding may be allocated from non-primary focus areas undesignated funds due to support the cross-cutting nature of needs as described in the strategy and below. APNEP anticipates requesting FY 24-25 grant funds through this document and will submit an annual updated work plan in June each year per guidance detailed by a July 26, 2022, NEP BIL Funding Implementation Memorandum from EPA Assistant Administrator, Radhika Fox.