This agreement provides funding for the operation of the klamath tribes' continuing environmental programs while giving IT greater flexibility to improve environmental performance, achieve…

This $545,000 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 under the Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program provides funding to the Klamath Tribes in Oregon for the operation and implementation of their environmental programs. The key activities include:

• Developing and enhancing the Tribes' core environmental program capabilities in areas such as administrative/financial systems, information management, environmental assessments, public education, and technical data analysis
• Conducting water quality planning, monitoring, data management and reporting, and non-point source assessment and management activities
• Providing professional development training to tribal environmental staff and building partnerships to increase their knowledge of regional and national environmental issues

The expected outcomes include increased skills and knowledge of tribal environmental staff, enhanced understanding of potential environmental impacts to human health, improved water resource management, and overall improvements to the health of the Tribes' lands, air, and water. The award has a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026.

This agreement provides funding for the operation of the klamath tribes' continuing environmental programs while giving IT greater flexibility to improve environmental performance, achieve administrative savings and strengthen the partnership between the tribe and EPA. This agreement provides funds to build and implement environmental programs and address environmental and public health concerns related to pollution.activities:activities to be performed under this agreement include planning, developing and establishing core environmental program capacities related to administrative and financial systems, information management, environmental baseline needs assessment, public education, and technical/analytical data. The recipient will conduct water quality planning, monitoring, data management and reporting, and non-point source assessment and management activities.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the work includes deliverables associated with managing continuing environmental programs and activities to protect and maintain air, water, land and data quality, including environmental protection and management, non-point source activities, and management of data. The recipient will attend professional development training, continue to build the tribe's environmental programs, conduct water quality monitoring activities, draft a water quality report and submit to EPA, and conduct non-point source protection activities. Expected outcomes include increased skills and knowledge of tribal environmental staff, increased tribal knowledge of regional and national environmental issues, enhanced working relationships with partners, increased understanding of potential cumulative impacts to human health, increased knowledge of tribal waters to assist the tribe in making sound decisions regarding water resource management, and the tribe's lands, air and water will become healthier. Direct beneficiaries of this grant are members of the tribe.