This agreement provides funding under the inflation reduction act (IRA) to indian nations council of governments (incog) to develop or update existing regional climate mitigation plans to address…

The Indian Nations Council of Governments (INCOG) has been awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046). The award will fund the development of a Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) by March 1, 2024 and a Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP) within two years to identify strategies for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, particularly from the transportation sector, across the Tulsa metropolitan region. The project will involve close coordination with state and regional partners to complete a GHG inventory, quantify emissions reduction measures, and conduct meaningful engagement with low-income and disadvantaged communities. The expected outcomes include determining annual and lifetime GHG pollution reductions, as well as the specific impacts on priority populations. This grant award supports the EPA's efforts to assist state, local, and tribal governments in planning and implementing comprehensive climate action strategies.

This agreement provides funding under the inflation reduction act (IRA) to indian nations council of governments (incog) to develop or update existing regional climate mitigation plans to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reduction measures throughout the entire metropolitan area and to conduct meaningful engagement with low-income and disadvantaged communities and coordinate with geographically proximate tribes as appropriate. Specifically, the recipient will focus on GHG emissions from transportation activities during the process of developing the priority climate action (pcap) and comprehensive climate action plan (ccap). A significant effort will be made to accurately identify the contribution to GHG emissions from transportation activities and investigate the potential GHG emission reductions.activities:in general, activities include the development, updating, and evaluation of plans to reduce climate pollution (i.e., to reduce GHG emissions and/or enhance carbon sinks). Specific activities include working in close coordination with oklahoma department of environmental quality (odeq) and association of central governments (acog) to develop two key components of the pcap, the GHG inventory and quantified GHG reduction measures.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:three key deliverables will be produced and submitted over the course of the four-year program period, including: a priority climate action plan (pcap), due march 1, 2024; a comprehensive climate action plan (ccap), due two years from the date of the award; and a status report, due at the close of the grant period. The expected outcomes include a pcap and ccap that identifies: tons of pollution (ghgs and CO-pollutants) reduced over the lifetime of the measures; tons of pollution (ghgs and CO-pollutants) reduced annually; and tons of pollution (ghgs and CO-pollutants) reduced with respect to low-income and disadvantaged communities. The intended beneficiaries include residents within the tulsa region metropolitan statistical area (MSA), identified as the five member counties of tulsa, osage, creek, rogers, wagoner, the two nonmember counties of pawnee and okmulgee, and low income and disadvantaged communities.