Federal Grant Award Summary

The Aleut Community of Saint Paul Island received a $134,000 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 under the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (GAP) (CFDA 66.926), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. The award funds capacity-building and environmental management initiatives tailored to the tribe's priorities, with no subawards to external organizations included in the assistance agreement. Key deliverables include quarterly progress reports to EPA documenting environmental results, trip reports detailing technical competencies gained from training and conference attendance, updated Quality Assurance Project Plans for baseline environmental data collection, and data documenting accomplishments from environmental clean-ups, backhauls, and waste reduction activities.

The grant activities focus on technical training to strengthen administrative and environmental management skills, baseline data collection across multiple environmental media (water, air, and coastal hazards), and community outreach and education initiatives. The program emphasizes building management capacity and establishing public participation mechanisms to support the tribe's meaningful engagement in EPA environmental programs. Direct beneficiaries of the award are tribal members, with environmental results concentrated in solid waste management planning and implementation, collaborative partnerships with multiple tribal environmental programs and agencies, and enhanced programmatic growth of the tribe's environmental protection capacity.