This agreement provides funding for the operation of the yankton sioux tribe's continuing environmental programs while giving IT greater flexibility to address its highest environmental priorities,…

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program provides $375,600.00 in funding to the Yankton Sioux Tribe to operate its continuing environmental programs. The key activities to be performed include daily operation of the Yankton Sioux Environmental Department, tribal solid waste management, environmental education and outreach, staff training, water quality assessment and planning, land reclamation, and grants management. The anticipated deliverables and outcomes include quarterly progress reports, effective management of EPA funding, and measures to improve and protect human health and the environment on the Yankton Sioux Indian Reservation. No sub-awards are included in this assistance agreement.

This agreement provides funding for the operation of the yankton sioux tribe's continuing environmental programs while giving IT greater flexibility to address its highest environmental priorities, improve environmental performance, achieve savings and strengthen the partnership between yankton sioux tribe's and EPA. This agreement funds tribal continuing environmental programs for water, land, and data quality; pollution prevention; brownfields.activities:the activities to be performed include daily operation of yankton sioux environmental department, tribal solid waste management, environmental education and outreach on the yankton sioux reservation, training of department staff, tribal capacity building around water quality assessment and planning, reclamation of damaged lands for community reuse and grants management and accounting.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables and expected outcomes include quarterly progress reports to the EPA, the appropriate and effective management of EPA funding, and measures to improve and protect human health and the environment. Direct beneficiaries of this program are the residents of the yankton sioux indian reservation.