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

This agreement provides funding for the operation of the pueblo of santa ANA'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 recipient and EPA. This agreement funds tribal continuing environmental programs for water-related projects such as nonpoint source implementation and surface water quality monitoring projects. This award includes $119,835 in clean water act (CWA) section 106 funds and $85,000 in CWA section 319 funds competitive funding awarded under funding opportunity number 66.605 as a part of this new award funding action.activities:the activities to be performed include assessing the pueblo of santa ANA's storm water drainages and flow paths in order to identify best management practices (bmps), sampling and monitoring surface water quality in waterbodies within the pueblo of santa ANA, assessing and analyzing the data collected, and submitting the data via water quality exchange (WQX) database and the assessment and total maximum daily load tracking and implementation system (attains), and a variety of education/outreach activities.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include data submission through water quality exchange (WQX), reporting through the assessment and total maximum daily load tracking and implementation system (attains) pilot and the development of a CWA section 319 competitive project proposal. The expected outcomes from this agreement are an improved understanding of pueblo of santa ANA's surface water quality and an increase in community awareness to surface water quality issues and nonpoint source pollution. Direct beneficiaries of this program are the citizens of the pueblo of santa ANA, human health and the environment.