This agreement provides funding for the operation of the sisseton-wahpeton oyate tribe's continuing environmental programs while giving IT greater flexibility to address its highest environmental…

This agreement provides funding for the operation of the sisseton-wahpeton oyate tribe'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 sisseton-wahpeton oyate and EPA. This agreement funds tribal continuing environmental programs for; environmental capacity building and water quality.activities:the activities to be performed include environmental capacity building and maintenance of existing capacity, and water quality sampling and analysis.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include the maintained establishment of the sisseton-wahpeton office of enviromental protection, water sampling data uploaded to EPA's national database, quality assurance activities and staff training. The expected outcomes from this agreement are continued environmental presence of the sisseton-wahpeton oyate tribe, awareness and eventual improvement in water quality and quarterly progress reports to EPA. Direct beneficiaries of this program are the citizens of the lake traverse indian reservation that will benefit from the grant.