Project Grant 98T95401

This $105,301 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (CFDA 66.926) provides funding to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe to build its capacity to administer multi-media environmental programs on Indian lands. The key activities under this grant include completing relevant capacity building trainings, attending tribal environmental workgroup meetings, coordinating waste characterization meetings, implementing a vehicle removal plan, conducting community clean-up events, implementing an air flag program, collaborating with environmental partners, and developing an air monitoring strategy. The anticipated deliverables include training certificates, meeting reports, revised solid waste assessments, documentation of 40 vehicle removals, tonnage reports from community clean-ups, a summary report on the air flag program, and a draft air monitoring strategy. The overall expected outcome is improved tribal capacity to protect public health and the environment through developing staff skills, knowledge, and experience to manage the environmental program and establish long-term air quality goals. This project grant will be implemented by the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, a federally recognized Native American tribe located in Tucson, Arizona.