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...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe a $133,421 Formula Grant under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) program. The two-year grant will fund the Tribe's program to monitor, protect, and improve water quality in its rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies through September 2023. Key activities to be delivered include developing a water quality monitoring program, attending trainings and...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe a $311,546 Formula Grant under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support program (CFDA 66.419) from October 1, 2021 to July 30, 2026. The funding will allow the Tribe to characterize and quantify potential metal contributions in two sections of the Mancos River, assess metal mobilization and suspended sediments, and synthesize water quality, sediment, and aquatic life data for the...
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...
This $162,000 Formula Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 on June 1, 2025 under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) will fund a 2-year project for the Pueblo of San Felipe in New Mexico to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of its rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies. The key activities include creating a Quality Assurance Project Plan, developing Standard Operating...
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 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 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 $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...
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...