The Native American Environmental Protection Coalition (NAEPC) will receive $400,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Administration and Resource Management under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program and Related Assistance (CFDA 66.608) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. NAEPC will enhance its information technology and data management capabilities to facilitate the electronic collection, reporting, exchange, sharing, and integration of...
This $175,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), issued under the CFDA 66.804 Underground Storage Tank (UST) Prevention, Detection, and Compliance Program, provides assistance to the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council (ENIPC) tribal consortia in New Mexico. The funding supports the tribal consortia's Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) prevention program, which includes activities such as leak detection, prevention, and related enforcement to...
This $175,000 Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Prevention, Detection, and Compliance Program (CFDA 66.804), supports the Inter-Tribal Environmental Council's (ITEC) Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) prevention program in Oklahoma Indian Country. The primary objectives are to encourage proper UST operation and maintenance, ensure owners/operators monitor USTs per regulations, and develop the tribal...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 awarded a $175,000 Project Grant under the Federal Grant Program for Underground Storage Tank (UST) Prevention, Detection, and Compliance (CFDA 66.804) to the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council (ENIPC), a federally recognized tribal government organization in New Mexico. The grant provides funding for ENIPC's Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) prevention program, which includes activities such as inspections, operator training,...
This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 under the Federal Grant Program for Underground Storage Tank (UST) Prevention, Detection, and Compliance (CFDA 66.804), provides $175,000.00 in funding to the Cherokee Nation to support their Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) prevention program. The key products and services to be delivered through this award include: Inspections, compliance monitoring, and reporting for underground storage tank...
This $120,983 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (CFDA 66.926) will enable the Nansemond Indian Nation to build its capacity to administer an EPA program and implement solid/hazardous waste activities. Key activities include attending conferences and training, providing comments on projects, participating in consultations, finalizing and updating the tribe's quality management plan, and developing...
This $135,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (CFDA 66.926) will assist the Pueblo of Acoma in New Mexico to build its capacity to administer environmental programs on tribal lands. Specifically, the funding will be used to train office staff, establish air and water quality monitoring programs, and develop solid and hazardous waste management and underground storage tank programs. Key...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded an $150,000 Project Grant to the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council Inc. under the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Prevention, Detection, and Compliance Program (CFDA #66.804). The grant continues the Council's program to manage underground storage tanks on tribal lands in New Mexico through September 2022. Key deliverables include compliance assistance to 21 New Mexico tribes and pueblos, as well as UST facility owners and operators. The...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded an $175,000 Project Grant to the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council Inc. under the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Prevention, Detection, and Compliance Program (CFDA 66.804). The grant will support the Council's Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Prevention Program for 21 tribes and pueblos in New Mexico from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. The LUST Prevention Program will provide compliance monitoring, facility compliance...
This $132,835 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (CFDA 66.926) provides assistance to the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo to build its capacity to administer environmental programs on Indian lands. Specifically, the funding will be used to provide community outreach, implement pollution prevention strategies, increase awareness on energy consumption, and support staff attendance at environmental trainings. The award...