The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $21,652,072 Project Grant under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) to the Midwest Tribal Energy Resources Association, Inc. (MTERA) on December 1, 2024. The grant will enable MTERA to improve the internal capacity of tribes in EPA Region 5 to plan, fund, deploy, and manage climate and pollution reduction infrastructure projects. The key activities include deploying energy-efficient, healthy,...
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...
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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $875,335 Cooperative Agreement under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046) to the Midwest Tribal Energy Resources Association (MTERA) to develop climate action plans for eight Native American tribes in the Midwest region. The four-year project aims to help these tribes establish near-term and long-term greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction goals and strategies across key sectors. Key deliverables include a Priority...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 awarded a $406,482 Project Grant to The Keya Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization, under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034). The funding will be used to conduct ambient air monitoring of pollutants, including particulate matter (PM2.5) and mercury vapor, in the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal communities in South Dakota over a...
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,...
This $115,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program will fund the Forest County Potawatomi Community in Wisconsin to upgrade their regulatory air monitoring site. The award will enable the tribe to replace aging monitoring equipment with newer models to ensure consistent, reliable, and accurate data collection...
This $137,000 Formula Grant award 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) provides funding to the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians to protect air quality through enhanced regulatory capacity on air quality issues. The key...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Inc. under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034). The grant will fund the creation of a community-based network of neighborhood-level air sensor stations in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2026. Children's Hospital will install PurpleAir and portable...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy a $369,344 Project Grant under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034). The grant funds will support enhanced monitoring of particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) and other National Ambient Air Quality Standards pollutants in communities facing disproportionate exposure and health...