This $213,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) will assist the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe (LLBO) in enhancing their brownfields response program. The primary objectives are to establish or enhance the statutory elements of an effective tribal response program, maintain a public record of brownfield sites, and conduct site assessments and cleanups to facilitate the...
The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Tribe received a $179,695 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) to continue building elements of an effective tribal response program and assist in remediating, redeveloping, and reusing potentially hazardous and contaminated brownfield sites throughout the Leech Lake Reservation. Funding will also support expanding public education and outreach of the Tribe's...
This Project Grant award of $260,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (CFDA 66.926) will provide funding to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe (Leech Lake Tribal Council) to build environmental program capacity. The grant will enable the tribe to assess, monitor, and develop strategies for protecting human health and the environment on the Leech Lake Reservation. Specific activities include administrative oversight,...
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 $132,617 Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program (CFDA 66.817) will enable the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians to expand and enhance their tribal brownfields response program. Key activities include conducting site surveys and inventories, providing public engagement, and overseeing the assessment and cleanup of brownfields sites across the tribal reservation. The grant aims...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) Program (CFDA 66.312) provides $1,000,000 to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe to address environmental hazards and promote sustainable redevelopment in the City of Cass Lake, Minnesota. The key activities include conducting Phase I and II environmental site assessments, cleanup of contaminated sites, demolition of abandoned buildings, and...
The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe was awarded a $226,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 to establish environmental protection programs under the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (GAP). The two-year grant running from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023 will enable the Band to plan, develop, and build its capacity to implement programs that directly benefit the citizens of the Leech Lake Band in Minnesota. The EPA's Indian Environmental GAP...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians $132,617 under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) Project Grant for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. The funding will enhance the Tribe's capacity to establish or enhance the four statutory elements of an effective response program as outlined in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Section...
This $128,000 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) aims to enhance the capacity of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians' brownfields response program. The primary objectives are to: 1) establish or enhance the four statutory elements of an effective tribal response program, 2) maintain and update a public record of brownfield sites, and 3)...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program provides $664,762 in funding to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe to support the tribe's ongoing environmental programs. The key activities to be performed include ambient air monitoring for fine particulate matter and mercury deposition, updating the tribe's emissions inventory, reviewing air permits, promoting energy efficiency and alternative...