Cooperative Agreement L10AC15930

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Cooperative Inspection Agreements with States and Tribes program (CFDA 15.222) will provide $636,000 in funding to the Navajo Nation Tribal Government over a 5-year period from 2024 to 2029. The funding will be used to carry out management, development, implementation, and evaluation of all oil and gas leases on the Navajo Nation Reservation. This includes employing and training Navajo Nation inspectors to...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $3,229,758.27 Cooperative Agreement under the Cooperative Inspection Agreements with States and Tribes program (CFDA 15.222) to the Jicarilla Apache Nation (the Nation). The funding will be used by the Nation's Jicarilla Oil Gas Administration (JOGA) to employ four (4) oil and gas inspection and enforcement (I&E) inspectors. The inspectors will ensure regulatory compliance, protect the surface and subsurface environments, and maintain the...

This federal Project Grant award from the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), under the Regulation of Surface Coal Mining and Surface Effects of Underground Coal Mining program (CFDA 15.250), provides $1,422,067 to the Navajo Nation Tribal Government to administer and enforce the approved regulatory program for surface coal mining operations within Navajo lands. The grant funds critical oversight activities, including permitting, inspection, environmental monitoring,...

This federal Project Grant award provided by the Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) under the Regulation of Surface Coal Mining and Surface Effects of Underground Coal Mining program (CFDA 15.250) will fund the Navajo Nation Tribal Government's administration and enforcement of its approved regulatory program for surface coal mining operations. The $1,420,967 grant, awarded on August 1, 2024, supports activities to comply with federal...

This Project Grant award of $1,299,620.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) under the Regulation of Surface Coal Mining and Surface Effects of Underground Coal Mining program (CFDA 15.250). The grant funds the administration and enforcement of the approved regulatory program of the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD) as described in 30 CFR, Subchapter T. Allowable activities...

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $123,929.78 Cooperative Agreement (Grant Award ID: L24AC00245) to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) on June 24, 2024. The purpose of this 20-month project under the BLM's Environmental Quality and Protection Program (CFDA 15.236) is to analyze the known and potential oil and gas resources within the Farmington Field Office in northwestern New Mexico, and to project the potential future oil and gas development...

This federal Project Grant award, funded by the Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) under the Regulation of Surface Coal Mining and Surface Effects of Underground Coal Mining program (CFDA 15.250), provides $1,162,026 to the New Mexico Energy, Minerals & Natural Resources Department to administer and enforce the state's approved regulatory program for surface coal mining operations. The grant supports activities such as permitting,...

The Navajo Nation Tribal Government was awarded a $475,609.50 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office on May 25, 2021 through June 7, 2022. The award was provided under the Tribal Energy Development Capacity Grants program (CFDA 15.148), which aims to support Indian tribes in developing their managerial and technical capacity for energy resource development and revenue accounting. Under this award, the Navajo Nation Division will utilize the...

The Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency received a $1,930,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the "Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program Grants: Class VI Carbon Sequestration Wells" (CFDA 66.486) program established by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The purpose of this 5-year award is to enable the Navajo Nation to develop regulations, secure primacy, and establish a comprehensive permitting framework for Class VI...

The Navajo Nation Tribal Government received a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Tribal Energy Development Capacity (TEDC) Grants program (CFDA 15.148). The grant will be used to build the Navajo Nation Minerals Department's (NNMD) capacity to develop priority regulatory infrastructures over a one-year period to facilitate the transition from fossil fuels to clean renewable energy resources. This includes creating two foundational documents: an Office of...