Project Grant 03E01954

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing a $260,000 Project Grant under the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (CFDA 66.926) to the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin. This award will support the tribe's environmental capacity building activities, enabling them to assess, monitor, and develop strategies for protecting human health and the environment within the Menominee Reservation. Specifically, the funding will allow the tribe to: 1) Develop and maintain program management capacity for sustaining environmental regulatory presence; 2) Update a joint environmental protection plan to guide long-term capacity development and program implementation goals; and 3) Support the tribe's effort to pursue Treatment as State (TAS) eligibility under the Clean Water Act and expand water resource protection activities. The grant period runs from Apr 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2028, directly benefiting the approximately 8,500 citizens of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.