The Navajo Nation Tribal Government will receive $160,198 under a Formula Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 to implement the tribe's Class II Underground Injection Control program from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. The grant will support the Navajo Nation in developing and maintaining inventories and compliance databases for underground injection systems. It will also fund permitting, enforcement, and reporting activities to protect underground sources of...
This $131,932 Formula Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the State Underground Water Source Protection program (CFDA 66.433) provides funding to the Navajo Nation Tribal Government to support its Navajo UIC program. The grant will enable the Navajo Nation to implement a range of activities to protect underground sources of drinking water from endangering injection activities, including: developing and maintaining inventories of injection systems; managing...
This $115,502 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the State Underground Water Source Protection program (CFDA 66.433) will provide financial assistance to the Navajo Nation Tribal Government for the implementation of its Underground Injection Control (UIC) program. The funding will support the Navajo Nation's oversight of Class II injection wells used for oil and natural gas production activities, with the goal of protecting underground sources of...
This $643,000 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the State Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Program (CFDA 66.432) assists the Navajo Nation in developing and implementing a comprehensive public water system supervision program. The key activities to be carried out under this one-year grant include: Developing drinking water regulations no less stringent than federal requirements, maintaining an inventory of public water systems,...
This $120,000 formula grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 provides funding to the Navajo Nation Tribal Government to carry out its Water Pollution Control Program from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026. The program aims to maintain, protect, and improve water quality on Navajo Nation lands through activities such as closure of an abandoned artesian well. This supports the goals of the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support...
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 Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded the California Department of Conservation a $673,333 Formula Grant under the State Underground Water Source Protection program (CFDA #66.433). The grant supports California's implementation of its Underground Injection Control program to ensure underground sources of drinking water are protected from injection activities involving treated wastewater. Key deliverables include developing and maintaining inventories and compliance databases for...
This $173,333 Formula Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 supports the Industrial Commission, Oil and Gas Division of North Dakota to implement its State Underground Water Source Protection program from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The grant funds the development and maintenance of inventories and databases to track underground injection systems and compliance information, as well as permitting and enforcement activities. The anticipated outcome is the...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $250,000 Formula Grant under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (CFDA 66.468) program to the Navajo Nation Tribal Government. This funding will support the Navajo Nation's Operator Certification Program, which ensures water operators are certified to the level required for the public water systems they operate and maintain. Key activities include providing training, examinations, and technical assistance to water operators. The...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 awarded a $114,666 Formula Grant to the Nebraska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission through the State Underground Water Source Protection program (CFDA 66.433). The grant supports the development and implementation of the State's underground injection control program under the Safe Drinking Water Act to prevent drinking water contamination and protect human health. Specifically, the funding will allow the Commission to foster protection of...