This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Solid Waste Management Assistance Grants program (CFDA 66.808) provides $313,000.00 to Northern Arizona University (NAU) to build tribal capacity and promote preservation and restoration of lands in Indian Country. Key activities include: 1) Developing and implementing the annual Tribal Lands and Environment Forum training conference; 2) Providing technical and administrative support to the Tribal...
This $169,980 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 funds the Navajo Nation Tribal Government to perform site characterization activities at potential or confirmed hazardous waste sites under the Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.802). Key deliverables include site visits, inspections, and reviews of work plans and remedy recommendations for eight sites on the Navajo Nation, with the goal...
This $1,500,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 on July 1, 2023 is funded through the Superfund State and Indian Tribe Core Program Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.809). The grant provides funding to the Navajo Nation Tribal Government to conduct non-site-specific activities that support the Navajo Nation's response program under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Key activities include hiring...
This $170,568 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 supports the Navajo Nation Superfund Program's (NSP) coordination assistance for the cleanup of Tronox-related mines at Cove, Quivira, Section 32 and 33 under the Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.802). Key activities to be performed through September 2028 include NSP input to review data and documents, attendance at meetings for...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) provides $124,280 to the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council, Inc. (ENIPC) to enhance the organization's brownfields response program. The funding will support ENIPC in conducting activities to establish or improve the four key statutory elements of an effective state or tribal response program, including site inventories,...
The Navajo Nation Tribal Government received a $1,286,325 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817). The grant will enhance the Navajo Nation's Brownfields Response Program to meet requirements of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Section 128(a). Key deliverables include expanding brownfields site inventorying, developing conceptual site models, and...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $115,000 Project Grant under the Federal Grant Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. The grant will fund the expansion and enhancement of the tribe's air monitoring activities, with a focus on collecting quality-assured data to assess polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) within and transported onto the Leech...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Prevention, Detection, and Compliance Program (CFDA 66.804) provides $175,000 in funding to the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council (ENIPC) tribal consortia to support their UST program. The award period is from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: 1) UST compliance training for owners/operators and...
This $125,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (CFDA 66.926) will assist the Native Village of Port Graham in Alaska in building administrative, programmatic, communications, solid/hazardous waste management, and technical capacities to protect the tribal environment and health. Key objectives and activities include maintaining an environmental office, attending training, conducting community education,...
This Project Grant award of $268,000 was provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (CFDA 66.926) to the Native Village of Tazlina, a federally recognized tribal government in Tazlina, Alaska. The primary objectives of this 3-year project include building administrative and programmatic capacity, providing community outreach and education, improving waste management through collaboration, and enhancing climate change...
This Project Grant award of $383,000 was provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Land and Emergency Management under the Alternative or Innovative Treatment Technology Research, Demonstration, Training, and Hazardous Substance Research Grants program (CFDA 66.813). The award, effective January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2029, supports activities that facilitate tribal participation in the Superfund process, build tribal capacity for emergency management, and increase tribal engagement with the EPA on legacy hard-rock mining response actions. Key products and services to be delivered include:
Delivering a Superfund track, sessions, and field trips, as well as emergency management-related sessions and activities at five annual Tribal Lands and Environment Forum (TLEF) conferences
Providing technical, organizational, administrative, and logistical support for the Tribal Superfund Working Group (TSFWG), including quarterly meetings and at least three in-person site visits for tribal members
Conducting research on issues of importance to tribes related to the Superfund program and disseminating the results through reports and tools
Hosting at least four virtual meetings on legacy hard-rock mining issues to facilitate discussion between tribes, the EPA, and other stakeholders
Maintaining and enhancing the Tribal Lands Assistance Center website to provide online resources related to the project activities
The award recipient is Northern Arizona University, a public research university serving as both a Hispanic-Serving Institution and a Native American-serving nontribal institution.