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

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 awarded $134,000 to the Native Village of Port Lions under the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (GAP) (CFDA 66.926) on October 1, 2025, for a two-year performance period concluding September 30, 2027. This project grant supports capacity-building initiatives across five key environmental management areas: administrative operations, programmatic development, communications infrastructure, solid and hazardous waste management, and technical expertise. The funding enables the tribal government to maintain an environmental office, conduct staff training on environmental issues and resources, and establish baseline operational capabilities for managing local environmental concerns.

Deliverables under this award include performance reports, outreach materials, event summary reports, recycling and waste activity reports, and an updated environmental inventory. Core activities encompass community education programming, source separation and resource recovery initiatives, development of a spill response program, water and air quality assessments, and collection of ocean and surface water quality data. The grant directly benefits the Native Village of Port Lions tribal members and local community through increased tribal capacity to respond to environmental concerns, improved community knowledge of environmental protection, reduced hazardous waste and recyclables entering landfills, and enhanced technical capabilities to prioritize and address environmental needs. No subawards are included in this assistance agreement.

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; conducting community education activities; conducting source separation and resource recovery activities; building technical knowledge of water, air, and waste; developing an environmental inventory; developing a spill response program; and collecting baseline ocean and surface water quality data. Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the intended beneficiaries of this project are the native village of port lions, 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; copies of outreach materials; event summary reports; recycling and waste activity reports; and an updated environmental inventory.