This $430,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5, under the Non-State Member Support for the Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan program (CFDA 66.487), will support the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe in Minnesota to implement their Nutrient Reduction Strategy. Key activities include hiring dedicated staff, conducting water quality assessments, updating the tribe's Non-Point Source Management Plan and obtaining Treatment as a State status for the Clean...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing a $260,000 Project Grant under the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (CFDA 66.926) to the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin. This award will support the tribe's environmental capacity building activities, enabling them to assess, monitor, and develop strategies for protecting human health and the environment within the Menominee Reservation. Specifically, the funding will allow the tribe to: 1) Develop and maintain...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program provides $260,000.00 in funding to the Upper Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota. The funding supports the operation and enhancement of the tribe's ongoing environmental protection programs, enabling it to address its highest environmental priorities, improve environmental performance, and strengthen the partnership between the tribe and the EPA....
This $866,525 cooperative agreement between the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 and the Grand Portage Band of Chippewa funds tribal environmental programs from April 2021 through March 2023. The agreement supports the Band's operation of continuing programs to carry out activities under the Clean Water Act Sections 106 and 319, the General Assistance Program, and the Clean Air Act Section 105. Specific outputs and outcomes include efforts to protect and maintain environmental program...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 provides $517,106 in funding to the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe for the EPA's Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program. The funding supports the operation and enhancement of the tribe's environmental programs, including activities to protect the quality of water, land, and air resources, establish and maintain a brownfields program, and manage a Clean Air Act program. Specific outputs and...
This Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) provides $21,652,072.00 in funding to the Midwest Tribal Energy Resources Association, Inc. (MTERA) to improve the internal capacity of tribes in EPA Region 5 to plan, fund, deploy, and manage climate and pollution reduction infrastructure projects. The key activities under this award include deploying energy-efficient, healthy,...
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 Environmental Protection Agency's Region 5 awarded the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency a $731,893 Project Grant under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) program. The grant will fund the Agency's brownfields response program activities from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. Specifically, the Agency will conduct a timely survey and inventory of brownfield sites, provide oversight and enforcement of response actions to protect human health and the environment,...
This cooperative agreement award of $452,010 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 supports the Sokaogon Chippewa Community's continuing environmental programs under the Performance Partnership Grants program (CFDA 66.605). The funding will allow the Tribe to conduct biological, chemical, and physical monitoring of water resources on its lands from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2023. It will also support efforts to mitigate sedimentation and erosion from community access...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $875,335 Cooperative Agreement under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046) to the Midwest Tribal Energy Resources Association (MTERA) to develop climate action plans for eight Native American tribes in the Midwest region. The four-year project aims to help these tribes establish near-term and long-term greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction goals and strategies across key sectors. Key deliverables include a Priority...