This project will assist the native village of nanwalek in building capacities and developing programs to protect the tribal environment and health

The Native Village of Nanwalek was awarded a $120,000 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 under the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (GAP) to build capacities and develop programs to protect the tribal environment and health. Key objectives include building administrative, programmatic, communications, solid and hazardous waste management, and technical capacities. Activities will include maintaining an environmental office, attending training, researching issues and resources, communicating about issues and conducting education, building technical knowledge of air and water quality and household hazardous wastes, planning for a new landfill site, developing an environmental inventory, and collecting baseline ocean water quality data. Intended beneficiaries are Nanwalek tribal members and the local public. Expected outcomes include increased tribal administrative and programmatic capacities to address environmental concerns, increased community environmental knowledge, decreased amounts of recyclables and hazardous wastes entering landfills, and increased technical capacities to prioritize needs and develop programs. No subawards are included in the Project Grant award.

Objectives/workplan components include: 1) building administrative capacity; 2) building programmatic capacity; 3) building communications capacity; 4) building solid and hazardous waste management capacity; and 5) building technical capacity.activities:workplan activities/tasks include: maintaining an environmental office and administrative and program management functions; attending training and researching issues and resources; communicating internally and externally about issues and conducting community education activities; building technical knowledge of air and water quality and household hazardous wastes; planning for a new landfill site; developing an environmental inventory; and collecting baseline ocean water quality data. Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the intended beneficiaries of this project are the native village of nanwalek, tribal members, and the local public. The expected outcomes of this project include: increasing tribal administrative capacity to respond to local environmental concerns; increasing tribal programmatic capacity to assess local environmental issues; increasing community knowledge of environmental issues and actions protective of the environment; decreasing amounts of recyclables and hazardous wastes entering landfill; and increasing tribal technical capacities to prioritize environmental needs and develop programs to address them. Anticipated deliverables include: performance reports; financial reports; copies of outreach materials; event summary reports; landfill activity reports; and an updated environmental inventory.