This agreement provides support to the choctaw nation of oklahoma (choctaw nation) to implement a program that manages underground storage tanks (USTS) on tribal lands to promote UST facility…

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Direct Implementation Tribal Cooperative Agreements (DITCA) program (CFDA 66.473), provides $100,000.00 in funding to the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma to implement a program that manages underground storage tanks (USTs) on tribal lands. The key objectives are to ensure compliance with Subtitle I of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and provide compliance assistance to regulated UST facilities within the Choctaw Nation boundaries. The activities include verifying UST facility information, reviewing prior inspections, conducting walkthrough inspections, discussing any compliance issues with facility operators, and providing guidance on correcting non-compliance. The anticipated outcomes are increased community knowledge of UST regulations, improved technical compliance rates, and routine UST facility inspections as requested by EPA Region 6. The award period is from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027.

This agreement provides support to the choctaw nation of oklahoma (choctaw nation) to implement a program that manages underground storage tanks (USTS) on tribal lands to promote UST facility compliance and prevent releases to the environment. The main objectives include ensuring subtitle I of the resource conservation and recover act (RCRA) is implemented and to provide compliance assistance to regulated facilities within the boundaries of the choctaw nation.activities:this agreement provides support to the choctaw nation to promote compliance assistance through the following activities: verify federally regulated UST facility information; review of previous inspections; review of the current compliance with the federal UST regulations by conducting walkthrough inspections; discuss any issues or concerns that were identified during compliance walkthroughs with the owner/operator; provide guidance on how to correct any issues that were identified during the walkthrough.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the choctaw nation will complete walkthrough inspections as directed by the U.S. Environmental protection agency (EPA) region 6 UST section. Federally credentialled choctaw nation inspectors will increase community wide knowledge of the federal UST regulations, strive to improve the technical compliance rates at UST facilities where noncompliance is identified, and conduct routine UST facility inspections as requested by EPA region 6. Beneficiaries include the community of the choctaw nation of oklahoma.