This agreement provides funding for the operation of the fond DU LAC band of lake superior chippewa's (fond DU LAC band) continuing environmental programs while giving IT greater flexibility to…

Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded the Fond du Lac Reservation $664,000 under the Performance Partnership Grants program (CFDA 66.605) on April 1, 2026, to operate continuing environmental programs with flexibility to address tribal environmental priorities.

The Fond du Lac Band will protect the quality of the tribe's water, land, and air resources by building and enhancing environmental program infrastructure, maintaining measures for prevention and control of surface and groundwater pollution from point and non-point sources, and determining air quality on the reservation through ambient air monitoring. The work includes planning, developing, and establishing the administrative, technical, legal, enforcement, communications, and environmental education and outreach infrastructure needed to assume and implement EPA environmental programs through delegation, certification, approval, and authorization.

The award obligates $664,000 for the period April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2030, with performance at the Fond du Lac Reservation in Cloquet, Minnesota. The direct beneficiaries are citizens of the Fond du Lac Band. No sub-awards are included in this assistance agreement. The Performance Partnership Grants program enables states and tribes to combine funds from multiple eligible grant programs into a single consolidated work plan with one application and one budget, strengthening EPA partnerships while providing recipients flexibility to direct resources to environmental and public health priorities.

This agreement provides funding for the operation of the fond DU LAC band of lake superior chippewa's (fond DU LAC band) continuing environmental programs while giving IT greater flexibility to address its highest environmental priorities, improve environmental performance, achieve administrative savings, and strengthen the partnership between fond DU LAC and the environmental protection agency (EPA). The work includes outputs and outcomes associated with managing continuing environmental programs which include activities to protect and maintain environmental program capacity building, water quality, and air quality.activities:specifically, the fond DU LAC band will protect the quality of the tribe's water, land, and air resources by building and enhancing the basic infrastructure of an environmental program, maintain adequate measures for the prevention and control of surface and groundwater pollution from both point and non-point sources, and determine the quality of air on the reservation through ambient air monitoring.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the work includes outputs and outcomes associated with managing continuing environmental programs which include deliverables to protect and maintain environmental program capacity building, water quality, and air quality. This includes planning, developing, and establishing the administrative, technical, legal, enforcement, communications, and environmental education and outreach infrastructure needed to assume and implement EPA environmental programs through delegation, certification, approval and/or authorization. The direct beneficiaries of this agreement are the citizens of the fond DU LAC band.