Project Grant 99578615
- 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...
- 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 operate their Continuing Environmental Programs. The key activities to be performed include ambient air monitoring for fine particulate matter and mercury deposition, updating their emissions inventory, reviewing air operating permits, promoting energy efficiency and alternative energy,...
- Grant Award Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe a $892,580 Cooperative Agreement under the Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.802) for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027. This award funds the tribe's environmental programmatic work related to remediation of the St. Regis Paper Company Superfund Site located on the Leech Lake Reservation in...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe received a $213,000 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. This noncompetitive funding award, authorized under Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Section 128(a), supports the tribe's brownfield environmental response program by...
- 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...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe received $19,999,268 in funding through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616), with an award date of March 1, 2025. This project grant, authorized under the Inflation Reduction Act, supports the development of a Tribal Resilience Hub as the cornerstone of a Cultural Resilience Campus on the Leech Lake Reservation in Squaw Lake,...
- This $159,695 Environmental Protection Agency project grant funds the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Tribal Response Program through September 2022. The program supports the Tribe's efforts to survey, assess and remediate brownfield sites on its lands. It will help the Leech Lake Band establish the four statutory elements required for an effective state and tribal response program under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Section 128(a). This includes...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded $120,000 to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) on October 1, 2025, to enhance the tribe's brownfields response program through September 30, 2027. Under this formula grant, the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe will establish and strengthen its environmental response capacity by conducting timely survey and inventory of brownfield sites on tribal lands,...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 awarded $270,000 to the Otoe-Missouria Tribe under the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (GAP, CFDA 66.926) to build the tribe's capacity to administer environmental protection programs on Indian lands. The two-year project, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, encompasses environmental office management, community outreach and education, pollution prevention through...
- This Project Grant award of $491,882 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Non-State Member Support for the Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan program (CFDA 66.487) provides funding to the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin. The purpose is to support the implementation of the tribe's nutrient reduction strategy and build capacity to manage non-point source pollution within the Mississippi River/Atchafalaya River Basin. Key activities include...
DESCRIPTION:THIS AWARD WILL PROVIDE GENERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (GAP) FUNDS TO THE LEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWE (LLBO) IN SUPPORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES. THE FUNDS WILL ENABLE THE TRIBE TO ASSESS, MONITOR AND DEVELOP STRATEGIES FOR PROTECTION OF HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT. ACTIVITIES:SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES DURING THIS PERIOD INCLUDE: ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIGHT, LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY CAPACITIES, STRATEGIC PLANNING OF WASTE MINIMIZATION, AND COORDINATION OF TRAININGS, OUTREACH, AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES.SUBRECIPIENT:NO SUBAWARDS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT.OUTCOMES:THE WORK INCLUDES OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES ASSOCIATED WITH MANAGING CONTINUING ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS WHICH INCLUDE DELIVERABLES TO PROTECT AND MAINTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM CAPACITY BUILDING AND WATER QUALITY. THE BENEFICIARIES ARE THE CITIZENS OF THE LEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWE.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $260.0k | 9/11/25 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 11/14/23 | ||
| Not listed | $260.0k | 9/29/23 |