Project Grant 01J55201

This $365,085 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920) will fund the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe's efforts to enhance waste reduction, recycling, and sustainable materials management on the Snoqualmie Reservation. The key activities to be performed include: Hiring a consultant to characterize the tribe's waste stream and document opportunities for composting, recycling, and other waste...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920) provides $888,416 to the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe in Tokeland, Washington to enhance the tribe's municipal solid waste management and recycling infrastructure. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: constructing a composting facility, purchasing equipment like a work truck, skid steer, and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920) provides $1,295,425 in funding to the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. The purpose of the award is to develop and construct a regional solid waste management hub serving Southeast Alaska's tribal network, increase and expand current composting/food waste reduction and recycling programs, and...

This EPA Region 10 Cooperative Agreement, awarded under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920), provides $1,186,754.00 in funding to the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska to support improvements to their municipal solid waste management and recycling infrastructure. The award will fund the purchase of recycling processing equipment and collection bins, hiring and training of staff, collection of recycling materials from the community, educational outreach,...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $780,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Congressionally Mandated Projects (CFDA 66.202) program to the Metlakatla Indian Community, doing business as Metlakatla Power & Light, to improve solid waste management in the Metlakatla community. The key activities funded under this 2-year project include: 1) purchasing a portable shredder and baler to reduce waste volume at the municipal disposal site; 2) acquiring safety equipment and...

This $555,708 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920) will fund the Metlakatla Indian Community's project to improve solid waste management and recycling infrastructure in the Metlakatla Indian Community. The key activities to be performed under this award include: 1) establishing a composting program, 2) expanding organic materials management, 3) purchasing recycling...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the Squaxin Island Tribe a $100,000 Project Grant under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program (CFDA 66.817). The primary objectives of this grant are to (1) establish or enhance the four statutory elements of an effective state or tribal response program, (2) maintain and update a public record of brownfield sites, and (3) conduct a limited number of brownfield site assessments or cleanups to help strengthen the Tribe's...

This $125,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (CFDA 66.926) will assist the Native Village of Port Graham in Alaska in building administrative, programmatic, communications, solid/hazardous waste management, and technical capacities to protect the tribal environment and health. Key objectives and activities include maintaining an environmental office, attending training, conducting community education,...

This $115,000 federal Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program supports the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska in enhancing their brownfields response program. The funding will enable the tribal government to survey and inventory brownfields sites, provide public involvement, and oversee the assessment and cleanup of contaminated properties within their lands. This will help...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CFDA 66.046) program, will provide $14,999,999 in funding to the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. The purpose of this award is to implement greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction programs, policies, projects, and measures identified in a priority climate action plan developed under a previous EPA planning grant. The key activities...