**Bureau of Reclamation**

**Colorado River**

**Basinwide & Basin States**

**Salinity Control Programs**

**NOFO Project Application**

**No. BOR-UC-R23AS00353**

**PROJECT NAME**

**PROJECT LOCATION**

**Applicant Name**

**Date**

**TABLE OF CONTENTS**

**PART I – PROJECT SUMMARY**

**PART II – PROJECT PROPOSED FOR FUNDING**

**PART III – PROJECT COSTS AND FUNDING PLAN**

**APPENDIX A – DETAILED COST ESTIMATE(S)**

**APPENDIX B – ESTIMATE OF ENABLED ON-FARM ACREAGE**

**APPENDIX C –****PROJECT MAPS**

**APPENDIX D – SUPPLEMENTAL DATA TABLES AND/OR DATA FOR OTHER TYPES OF SALINITY CONTROL (NON IRRIGATION RELATED)**

**APPENDIX E – SALT LOAD REDUCTION ESTIMATE(S)**

**PART III – PROJECT COSTS AND FUNDING PLAN – ALL COST SHARE FUNDING MUST HAVE SIGNED DOCUMENTATION TO PROVE VALID.  APPLICATION WILL BE REMOVED IF THIS STANDARD IS NOT MET.**

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**FUNDING REQUEST SUMMARY:    *[Use * to denote an in-kind contribution]***

**APPENDIX A:  DETAILED COST ESTIMATE**

1. The cost estimates must be provided with sufficient detail to evaluate the reasonableness of your budget Application. For example, show items such as different pipe diameters, farm turnouts, road crossings, air vents, pressure reducing valves, fittings, isolations valves, diversion structures, trash cleaners, mechanical equipment, metalwork, earthwork, lining materials, concrete structures, canal obliteration, structure removal, re-vegetation, and right-of-way acquisition.  The line item should show quantities and appropriate pricing either in unit prices or materials and installation. **Add lines to this table and customize for your specific project.**

1. All entries must match values and descriptions in the responses to Part II, Project Proposed for Funding.

1. Applicants must provide a detailed**Budget Narrative** which justifies the reasonableness of the cost estimates included in the budget Application. *Failure to give enough detail will result in a lower ranking.*  Examples of acceptable justifications are quotes from more than one vendor in the competitive market, construction reference manual, historical documentation of actual costs on prior similar projects, open competitive requests for Applications (RFP) and/or evidence of the industry standards for your geographic area.

1. The cost for the **Habitat Replacement Plan** should be at least five percent (5%) of the Total Construction Cost, unless, justification is provided in the project Application for a different value. See NOFO Section D.3**.  Construction Costs include the following: Labor, Supplies and Materials, Equipment and Construction Management & Contract Costs.**

1. Costs must be included for **NEPA**compliance and compliance with cultural resource laws.  The applicant is responsible for any costs of mitigation of cultural resource impacts and should include sufficient allowances.  See NOFO Section D.3.

1. Include cost of**Single Audit(s)**for each of your fiscal years when Federal expenditures exceeded $750,000.00. Expenditures begin when the financial obligations were incurred.

1. For further guidance please refer to the *Budget Pricing Guide*document which can be downloaded from http://www.usbr.gov/uc/progact/salinity.

1. Applications may budget up to 10% **contingency** on **supplies and materials** only.  No other contingency will be allowed on line items.  Contingency may only be used if the Grant’s Officer gives written approval, based on future escalating **supplies and material** prices.  

**COST ESTIMATE SHEET:**

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**APPENDIX B: ESTIMATE OF ENABLED ON-FARM ACREAGE**

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**APPENDIX C: GIS PROJECT MAPS**

Map(s) of existing facilities shall be scaled appropriately to easily identify the project area, existing facilities, and major geographic features including roads, streams, reservoirs, towns, and land ownership (Federal, state, Tribal, private, etc. If the proposed project is irrigation related, the map(s) should show locations of canals, laterals, and irrigated lands.  Those canals or laterals proposed for improvement or abandonment under this application should be clearly identified. A construction timeline should be included on the map(s) – PDF Format

**APPENDIX D:  SUPPLEMENTAL DATA TABLES AND/OR DATA FOR OTHER TYPES OF SALINITY CONTROL (NON-IRRIGATION RELATED)**

**APPENDIX E:****SALT LOAD REDUCTION ESTIMATE(S)**

Include the response letter from Reclamation providing the salt load reduction estimate. 

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