Cooperative Agreement 04NA601923

This $2,326,679.33 federal Project Grant award, funded by the Department of the Interior's Energy Community Revitalization Program (CFDA 15.018) under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, supports the Fort Belknap Indian Community in Montana to plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned oil and gas wells on tribal lands. Key activities include: Plugging, remediating, or reclaiming at least one orphaned well on tribal land Remediating soil and restoring habitat degraded by orphaned wells and...

The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation received a $200,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 under the Columbia River Basin Restoration (CRBR) Program (CFDA 66.962). The funding will be used to assess the influence of mining-associated waste streams on contaminant exposure patterns and health of burbot (Lota lota), a culturally significant sport fish species, in the upper Columbia River Basin. Key activities include collecting burbot...

This $18,914,000 Formula Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Small and Underserved Communities Emerging Contaminants Grant Program (CFDA 66.442) will fund projects and activities to address emerging contaminants, such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), in drinking water for small or disadvantaged communities in the state of North Dakota. The grant will enable the North Dakota Department of Environmental...

This $376,000 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Small and Underserved Communities Emerging Contaminants Grant Program (CFDA 66.442) provides funding to the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (NDDEQ) to assist an underserved community in North Dakota in meeting and complying with Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) regulations. The key activities supported by this grant include: (1)...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $2,817,400 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to the MNI Waste Water Company (MNI), a tribally owned, minority-owned business in South Dakota. The grant funding will support the construction of water distribution pipelines and residential connections to provide clean drinking water to 37 homes northwest of Eagle Butte on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe reservation. The...

This $7,640,000 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (CFDA 66.468) program will provide capitalization funding to the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to support its Drinking Water State Revolving Fund program. The grant funding will enable DEQ to offer low-interest financing to eligible public water systems in Montana for planning, designing, and constructing projects that address emerging...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $386,703 Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 66.802) to the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to provide technical assistance at the Butte Mine Flooding Operable Unit of the Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund site. Through this 4-year grant (Apr 2024 - Jun 2028), DEQ will perform a range of support activities, including defining technical requirements,...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $7,640,000 Formula Grant to the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) program (CFDA 66.468). The purpose of this grant is to capitalize DEQ's DWSRF program with the primary focus of addressing emerging contaminants in drinking water, particularly per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Through this grant, DEQ will utilize the funds to provide low-interest loans and...

This federal Formula Grant award, provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Small and Underserved Communities Emerging Contaminants Grant Program (CFDA 66.442), will fund a $345,440 project for the Picuris Pueblo Indian Tribe in New Mexico. The project aims to upgrade and modernize the community's water system to improve resilience and meet Safe Drinking Water Act requirements. Key activities include: 1) Installing solar...

Hazen and Sawyer, PC was awarded a $202,837.56 cooperative agreement from the Bureau of Reclamation under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560) to pilot an electrochemical oxidation system for treating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contaminated concentrate from a brackish water desalination facility. The pilot project will operate an electrochemical oxidation skid to treat PFAS impaired membrane concentrate from the Brackish Groundwater National...