This agreement provides funding for the operation of the pueblo of sandia (sandia pueblo) continuing environmental programs while giving IT greater flexibility to address its highest environmental…

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded the Pueblo of Sandia $292,658 under the Performance Partnership Grants program (CFDA 66.605) on October 1, 2025, to fund tribal continuing environmental programs for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026.

The award funds air quality monitoring, water quality monitoring, solid waste and recycling implementation, and a general assistance program. Activities include maintenance of continuous air quality monitors (cleaning, filter changes, calibrations, monthly flow checks), data management through EPA's Quality Review and Exchange System for Tribes (QREST) and Air Quality System (AQS), permit compliance for the Sandia Resort and Casino synthetic minor source permit, maintenance of the Pueblo's open burn permit system, quality management and quality assurance project plan development, surface water quality monitoring across all reservation surface waters with data entry into EPA databases (WQX and ATTAINS), certification of Clean Water Act section 402 and 404 permits, construction general permit inspections on tribal lands and along the Pueblo's reach of the Rio Grande, macroinvertebrate sampling at the Rio Grande and other water sites, and staff participation in regional tribal operations committee and training conferences. The award includes $73,589 in surface water monitoring funding awarded under the non-competitive set-aside.

Work is performed at Sandia Pueblo in Pueblo of Sandia Village, New Mexico. The Performance Partnership Grants program allows tribes to combine funds from multiple eligible environmental grant programs into a single consolidated work plan with one application and one budget, strengthening EPA partnership and providing flexibility to address the tribe's highest environmental priorities.

This agreement provides funding for the operation of the pueblo of sandia (sandia pueblo) continuing environmental programs while giving IT greater flexibility to address its highest environmental priorities, improve environmental performance, achieve savings and strengthen the partnership between recipient and EPA. This agreement funds tribal continuing environmental programs for air, water, solid waste/recycling implementation, and a general assistance program (GAP). This award includes $73,589 in surface water monitoring for non-competitive funding awarded under 66.605 as a part of this incremental funding action. Activities:the activities to be performed include GAP, solid waste/recycling implementation, training, outreach, air quality monitoring including maintenance of continuous monitors such as cleaning, filter changes, data downloads, monthly flow checks, calibrations, data storage utilizing the quality review and exchange system for tribes (qrest) system; and data uploads into EPA's air quality system (AQS); maintaining and updating sandia resort and casino synthetic minor source permit; drafting and submit annual compliance reports; maintaining the pueblo of sandia open burn permit system; quality management plan (QMP) and quality assurance project plan (qapp) development; and conduct water quality monitoring of all surface waters within the reservation boundaries and enter data into EPA databases (WQX and eventually attains) as required; certify CWA 402 and 404 permits authorized by the U.S. Army corps of engineers and EPA; conduct construction general permit (CGP) inspections of activities that occur on the pueblo and review CGP permits for projects along the pueblo's reach of the RIO grande; conduct macroinvertebrate sampling at the RIO grande and other pueblo of sandia water sites; send two water quality staff to the regional tribal operations committee (rtoc) conference (or similar conference/training) and tribal land and environment forum (tlef) in dallas or oklahoma and host or participate in a new mexico tribal water quality working group or similar meeting. Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include quarterly progress reporting; training; outreach; regional and national workgroup participation and conference attendance; solid waste/recycling reporting; establishment of an air monitoring network including particulate matter (PM) 10, PM2.5, meteorological (met) data and validated datasets uploaded to AQS; description of any permit related actions and annual compliance reports submitted to region 6 by april 1ST, per the permit reporting requirements; issuance of burn permits and no burn notices; maintenance of an active permit database; and qapp and QMP development. Also, the anticipated deliverables include valid water quality sampling results uploaded to WQX. Samples indicating a potential impairment for a given reach and designated use will be investigated to determine the source. CWA permits review and written certifications if warranted. CWA permits review and written certifications if warranted. Written inspection reports and comments included in quarterly and final reports to EPA. Quarterly reports and a final report, plus updated qapps as necessary. Attendance at a total of 2 out of state conferences and/or trainings for WQ staff. The expected outcomes from this agreement are to provide the pueblo with a better understand how PM affects local air quality and help guide mitigation strategies related to PM pollution; annual permit compliance reports submitted to EPA; sample results will be reported to EPA through the final report and in WQX. The results will inform the next triennial review that the pueblo conducts. Direct beneficiaries of this program are the citizens of sandia pueblo