This action approves an award in the amount of $100,000 to miccosukee corporation

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Miccosukee Corporation under the Solid Waste Management Assistance Grants program (CFDA 66.808). The purpose of the grant is to analyze the Miccosukee Tribe's solid waste stream, evaluate their waste management practices, and develop an Integrated Waste Management Plan (IWMP) to improve the tribe's waste management activities and consider upgrading their waste facility. Key activities include educating the public through outreach meetings, conducting a waste characterization study to quantify and qualify the tribe's waste, and hiring an engineering firm to determine expansion needs and design plans to upgrade the tribe's waste site. The anticipated deliverables include printed outreach materials and data collection from the waste study, which will benefit the Miccosukee Tribe, the local environment, the engineering firm, and the state of Florida. The grant has an award date of September 1, 2023 and a completion date of August 31, 2024.

The purpose of the grant is to analyze their solid waste stream and evaluate their waste management practices to develop an integrated waste management plan (iwmp). The tribe will use the iwmp to improve tribal waste management activities and to consider upgrading their facility. Activities include educating the public through outreach meetings that increase awareness of the tribe's solid waste program and grant opportunity, evaluating the waste management system through a waste characterization study (WCS) to determine the quantity and quality of their waste, and hiring an engineering firm to assit with determining the expansion needs of the tribe and designing proper plans to upgrade the tribe's waste site. The anticipated deliverables include printed flyers and pamphlets to be distributed at each public, collection of data from the WCS and gathering input the tribal members. The beneficiaries are the members of the miccosukee tribe, the local environment, the engineering firm, and the state of florida.activities:-activities include educating the public through outreach meetings that increase awareness of the tribe's solid waste program and grant opportunity, evaluating the waste management system through a waste characterization study (WCS) to determine the quantity and quality of their waste, and hiring an engineering firm to assit with determining the expansion needs of the tribe and designing proper plans to upgrade the tribe's waste site.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:-the anticipated deliverables include printed flyers and pamphlets to be distributed at each public, collection of data from the WCS and gathering input the tribal members. The beneficiaries are the members of the miccosukee tribe, the local environment, the engineering firm, and the state of florida.