The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded the Seneca Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma a $133,421 Formula Grant under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support program (CFDA 66.419) to maintain, protect, and improve water quality in rivers, lakes, streams, and groundwater on tribal lands from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023. Through this funding, the tribe will monitor Buffalo Creek, Sycamore Creek, Elk River, and Grand Lake to prevent degradation of...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma $226,651 under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) Formula Grant program for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. Under this award, the Tribe will carry out its water quality protection program to maintain, protect, and improve the quality of its rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies. Key activities include...
This $112,071 federal Formula Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) program will fund the Seneca Cayuga Nation's efforts to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of its rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies. Key activities include developing a water quality monitoring program, attending trainings and meetings, participating in events with...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 awarded a $160,316 Formula Grant to the Cherokee Nation under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) on October 1, 2023. This grant funding will enable the Cherokee Nation to carry out a program to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of its rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies. Key activities include conducting baseline water quality sampling at 5...
This EPA Region 6 Formula Grant award of $162,316 to the Cherokee Nation provides funding to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other water bodies on tribal lands. The activities under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) grant include conducting baseline water quality sampling on Lake Spavinaw, water quality sampling on several creeks, coordinating water quality planning and...
The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma was awarded a $149,685 Formula Grant by the Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 to carry out a water quality program from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. Under the grant, the Tribe will maintain, protect, and improve the quality of rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater and other waterbodies within its jurisdiction. Key activities will include monitoring water quality to determine if existing conditions are meeting needs, identifying any changes in...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded $226,200 to the Osage Nation through the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support grant program (CFDA #66.419) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. Under this Formula Grant award, the Osage Nation will carry out a program to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of its rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies. Activities will include obtaining data to monitor...
This $103,000 EPA Region 6 Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) Formula Grant awarded to the Mescalero Apache Tribe will fund activities to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of the tribe's rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies. Key activities include: Sampling surface water quality on tribal lands, assessing the water quality data collected, and submitting the data to the Water Quality Exchange (WQX) database. The...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas a $110,000 Formula Grant under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) program. The funding supports the Tribe's program to monitor and protect water quality in rivers, lakes, streams and groundwater within its territory from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. Key activities include conducting surface water quality monitoring of parameters such as...
The Cherokee Nation received a $156,316 formula grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) program. The grant will fund the Cherokee Nation's activities from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023 to maintain, protect, and improve water quality in rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater and other waterbodies within tribal lands. Key deliverables include conducting baseline water quality...