This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program, will fund the operation of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians' (LTBB) environmental programs. The $353,948 award, effective January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2026, will enable LTBB to build and enhance its environmental program infrastructure, conduct monitoring and assessment activities, implement regulatory compliance...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program, will fund the Lummi Nation's continuing environmental programs. The $584,000 award, effective January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2026, will enable the Lummi Indian Business Council to build and implement environmental programs, address environmental and public health concerns related to pollution, and strengthen the partnership between the...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program provides $664,762 in funding to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe to operate their Continuing Environmental Programs. The key activities to be performed include ambient air monitoring for fine particulate matter and mercury deposition, updating their emissions inventory, reviewing air operating permits, promoting energy efficiency and alternative energy,...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program, funds the operation of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa's continuing environmental programs. The $437,500 award from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2027 will enable the Grand Portage Reservation Tribal Council to protect the tribe's water, land, and air resources through activities such as administrative oversight, project...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 provides $517,106 in funding to the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe for the EPA's Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program. The funding supports the operation and enhancement of the tribe's environmental programs, including activities to protect the quality of water, land, and air resources, establish and maintain a brownfields program, and manage a Clean Air Act program. Specific outputs and...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program provides $580,594 in funding to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation for the operation of their continuing environmental programs. The key activities and deliverables include: Identifying and documenting the scope of the tribe's brownfields problems, and establishing a tribal response program to ensure protective response actions. Participating in...
This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program, provides $550,580 to the La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians for the operation of their continuing environmental programs. The key activities to be performed include drafting a zero waste policy, conducting an annual waste stream characterization, reviewing and updating the tribal environmental plan, assessing indoor air quality, sampling surface...
The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians (LRBOI) was awarded a $178,000 Formula Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Training, Investigations, and Special Purpose Activities of Federally-Recognized Indian Tribes Consistent With the Clean Air Act (CAA), Tribal Sovereignty and the Protection and Management of Air Quality program (CFDA 66.038). Under this two-year award spanning April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2025, LRBOI will monitor particulate matter and ozone levels...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program provides $441,487 in funding to the La Posta Band of Mission Indians for the operation of their continuing environmental programs. The key activities to be performed include water sampling and quality data analysis, stormwater monitoring and assessment, wetland and riparian assessment, organizing a tribal ecological knowledge community event,...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program provides $432,244 in funding to the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians, also known as the Gun Lake Tribe, located in Shelbyville, Michigan. The grant supports the operation and enhancement of the tribe's ongoing environmental protection programs, including activities to safeguard water quality, air quality, and brownfield site...