The Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas will receive $180,000 through a two-year Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817). The funding will support the Tribe's Tribal Response Program, which will conduct timely brownfield site surveys and inventories, provide oversight and enforcement to ensure environmental and human health are protected during cleanup activities, offer meaningful public involvement, approve...
This $299,753 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program (CFDA 66.608) supports the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma (KTO) in implementing an interdepartmental environmental asset and workflow management visual database, as well as developing informative project-based public websites to display environmental findings to the tribal membership and community. The key products and services to be...
This $393,095 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program supports the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska's ongoing environmental programs. The funding will enable the tribe to plan, develop, and implement a comprehensive tribal environmental program focused on protecting human and environmental health, monitoring tribal lands and resources, coordinating with local and state...
This EPA Region 8 Cooperative Agreement award of $442,451 to the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe (Tribe) supports the operation of the Tribe's ongoing environmental programs under the Performance Partnership Grants (PPG) program (CFDA 66.605). The award provides the Tribe with greater flexibility to address its highest environmental priorities, improve environmental performance, achieve administrative savings, and strengthen the partnership between the Tribe and EPA. The Cooperative Agreement funds...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska a $130,499 cooperative agreement under the Performance Partnership Grants program (CFDA 66.605) to support the Tribe's continuing environmental programs from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023. Key deliverables under the award include quarterly and final reports, a Section 106 water quality assessment report, and a watershed-based plan for the Winnebago watershed. The funding will allow the Tribe to...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 awarded a $448,562 cooperative agreement to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The funding supports the operation of continuing environmental programs under the Performance Partnership Grants program (CFDA #66.605). As the designated state recipient, KDHE will deliver a range of environmental services that foster EPA's partnership with states through the National Environmental Performance...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 awarded a $985,358 cooperative agreement to the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023 under the Performance Partnership Grants program (CFDA 66.605). The funding supports the Tribe's operation of continuing environmental programs and provides flexibility to address priorities such as nonpoint source pollution prevention, water quality monitoring and assessment, implementation of solid and hazardous waste...
This $343,164 cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 funds the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe to operate its continuing environmental programs from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The award will support the tribe in protecting and building environmental capacity, managing solid waste, and ensuring clean and safe water resources on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota. Key activities include daily operation of the tribe's Office of...
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,...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under the Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program, provides $564,105 in funding to the Crow Tribe of Indians for the continued operation of their environmental programs. The grant supports the tribe's water, land, and data quality management, as well as pollution prevention and brownfield assessment activities. Key deliverables include quarterly progress reports, communication with the EPA...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 awarded the Kickapoo Tribe In Kansas a $428,937 cooperative agreement under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants program (CFDA 66.461) to support continuing environmental programs from December 1, 2021 through August 30, 2023. Activities supported through this funding include management of the tribe's environmental office and financial management; ensuring program goals are met; community engagement; solid waste management, composting, and recycling; monitoring of rivers, streams, tributaries, ponds, and groundwater wells; participation in the regional ambient fish tissue program; utilizing geographic information systems software to aid in water quality monitoring; developing assessment reports; evaluating water quality monitoring strategies; and updating the nonpoint source assessment report and program management plan. No subawards are planned under this cooperative agreement.