This performance partnership grant provides funding for the operation of the passamaquoddy tribe at indian township's continuing environmental programs while giving the tribe greater flexibility to…

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 awarded $347,717 to the Indian Township Tribal Government under the Performance Partnership Grants program (CFDA 66.605) for the three-year period from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This cooperative agreement supports the Passamaquoddy Tribe's continuing environmental programs while providing operational flexibility to address the tribe's highest environmental priorities. The funding enables the tribe to build administrative, financial management, information management, and technical capacities through a General Assistance Program component that strengthens overall environmental program infrastructure.

The award funds specific environmental protection activities including water quality monitoring program planning and administration under Clean Water Act Section 106, surface water quality monitoring with associated data management and analysis, and identification and mapping of invasive aquatic species. Additionally, the agreement supports invasive aquatic species removal activities under Clean Water Act Section 319. The anticipated outcomes include enhanced tribal and community understanding of water pollution and environmental threats, improved data collection and management related to water quality, strengthened public health and environmental risk awareness, and effective reduction of invasive aquatic species populations in the tribe's waters. No subrecipient awards are included in this assistance agreement.

This performance partnership grant provides funding for the operation of the passamaquoddy tribe at indian township's continuing environmental programs while giving the tribe greater flexibility to address IT's highest environmental priorities, improve environmental performance, achieve savings and strengthen the partnership between the tribe and EPA. This agreement funds tribal continuing environmental programs such as the general assistance program to build administrative, financial management, information management, public education, and technical capacities. This agreement also funds activities under the clean water act section 106 which includes monitoring of water resources and identifying invasive aquatic species, and work under clean water act section 319 which includes activities to remove invasive aquatic species. Activities:the activities to be performed include building and strengthening fiscal, administrative management and other environmental program capacities; water quality monitoring program planning and administration; surface water quality monitoring, data management and data analysis; identification and mapping of invasive aquatic species; and removal of invasive aquatic species. Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the activities to be performed under this assistance agreement will lead to outputs and outcomes associated with managing environmental programs which include activities to protect and maintain, air, water, and data quality. The anticipated deliverables and outcomes include the tribe and greater community having a better understanding of air and water pollution, collecting and managing data related to air and water quality, a better understanding of public health and environmental risks, data management, reducing invasive aquatic species, and better understanding of environmental threat to the tribe's waters. Direct beneficiaries of this program are the tribal members of the passamaquoddy tribe at indian township by protecting human health and the environment.