The Native American Environmental Protection Coalition (NAEPC) will receive $400,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Administration and Resource Management under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program and Related Assistance (CFDA 66.608) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. NAEPC will enhance its information technology and data management capabilities to facilitate the electronic collection, reporting, exchange, sharing, and integration of...
This Project Grant award, funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CFDA program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act, provides $350,000 to the Nez Perce Tribe to expand and enhance their air quality monitoring activities. The key deliverables include: Participation in two NASA air quality monitoring networks - the Pandonia Global Network for measuring trace gases and the AERONET...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Information Exchange Network (CFDA 66.608) Grant Program provides $200,000 to the Kashia Band of Pomo Indians to expand their water quality monitoring program and data sharing capabilities. The key activities include: 1) expanding the tribe's water quality monitoring program and data sharing efforts; and 2) identifying and prioritizing environmental data to be held by the tribe and shared with the EPA...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program provides $300,000 in funding to the Hoopa Valley Tribe to expand and enhance their air monitoring activities. Specifically, the award will be used to upgrade and replace existing air monitors, purchase new air monitoring equipment, and establish a new multi-pollutant...
This Project Grant award, totaling $300,000, was provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Federal Grant Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act. The funding will enable the Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Tribal Administration Division to expand and enhance their air monitoring activities. Specifically, the recipient will purchase air monitoring equipment to fortify their...
The Environmental Protection Agency Office of Administration and Resource Management awarded a $400,000 Project Grant to the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program and Related Assistance (CFDA 66.608). The Tribe will develop an Environmental Data Management and Reporting System to facilitate electronic collection, reporting, exchange, sharing and integration of environmental data. They will test and implement the system, develop a...
This $135,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (CFDA 66.926) will assist the Pueblo of Acoma in New Mexico to build its capacity to administer environmental programs on tribal lands. Specifically, the funding will be used to train office staff, establish air and water quality monitoring programs, and develop solid and hazardous waste management and underground storage tank programs. Key...
This $313,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Solid Waste Management Assistance Grants (CFDA 66.808) program, supports Northern Arizona University (NAU) in delivering a range of products and services to tribal environmental professionals. Key activities include: 1) Hosting the annual Tribal Lands and Environment Forum (TLEF) training conference; 2) Providing technical and administrative support to the Tribal Waste and Response Steering...
This Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program (CFDA 66.608) provides $300,000 to the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) to enhance its water quality data management capabilities. The key activities include: Expanding NDEP's water quality database to incorporate a broader set of biological and physical habitat data, and mapping the state data system to the WQX schema. NDEP will also...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded Cherokee Nation $177,536 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act federal grant program (CFDA 66.034) to enhance particulate matter 2.5 and other National Ambient Air Quality Standards pollutant monitoring in communities with environmental justice concerns from August 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. Through this funding, Cherokee Nation will replace...