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...
The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians received a $107,000 Formula Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 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). The grant award runs from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2027. Under this grant, the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians will...
This $363,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program provides funding to the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians (LRBOI) in Michigan to support the operation and enhancement of the tribe's environmental protection programs. The key objectives of this award are to: 1) build and strengthen the basic infrastructure of LRBOI's environmental program, 2) establish and enhance the tribe's site...
This federal Project Grant award provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CFDA Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act totals $115,000.00 and runs from June 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. The award funds the expansion and enhancement of air monitoring activities by the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians on the Red Lake Reservation. Specifically, the grant will support...
This Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the CFDA Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act provides $105,000.00 in funding to the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe to expand and enhance their air monitoring activities. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: 1) Upgrading aging ozone sampling equipment at the tribe's existing...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded $140,000 to the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin through 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 federal grant program (CFDA 66.038). The Formula Grant will support the tribe's efforts to implement air quality programs on tribal lands from April 1,...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $664,762 Cooperative Agreement to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe under the Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program. The agreement will fund the tribe's environmental programs, including air pollution and radon control activities, from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2028. Key activities to be performed under this award include ambient air monitoring for fine particulate matter and mercury deposition, updating the tribe's...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $115,000 Project Grant under the Federal Grant Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. The grant will fund the expansion and enhancement of the tribe's air monitoring activities, with a focus on collecting quality-assured data to assess polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) within and transported onto the Leech...
This $210,000 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 Formula Grant supports the Sault Sainte Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians' efforts 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 (CFDA 66.038) program. Key activities to be implemented from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2024 include building tribal capacity for air quality...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded Blue Lake Rancheria $306,209 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034) to conduct ambient air monitoring in its community from April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2026. The funding will support deploying air quality monitoring devices, identifying pollutants of concern, increasing data availability, and strengthening community...