Project Grant HW987218010

The Forest County Potawatomi Community was awarded a $100,000 project grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Hazardous Waste Management Grant Program for Tribes (CFDA 66.812). The grant will fund the development of a comprehensive hazardous waste management plan for the tribe. Key activities include assessing disposal needs, mapping collection areas, evaluating the waste management system, and recommending an effective hazardous waste management strategy. The project...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Hazardous Waste Management Grant Program for Tribes (CFDA 66.812) to the Bay Mills Indian Community in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The grant funding will be used to facilitate 4-6 household hazardous waste and scrap tire collection events across the Eastern Upper Peninsula region. The key activities include: 1) providing education and outreach to tribal members and the wider community on the proper...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $950,680 Cooperative Agreement to the Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920). The purpose of this award is to fund Trinidad Rancheria's Zero-Waste Project, which consists of community engagement and education, construction of a zero-waste facility, purchase of equipment, hiring and training of staff, installation and service of...

This $115,000 federal Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program supports the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska in enhancing their brownfields response program. The funding will enable the tribal government to survey and inventory brownfields sites, provide public involvement, and oversee the assessment and cleanup of contaminated properties within their lands. This will help...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the Passamaquoddy Tribe a $160,000 Project Grant under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) program. The grant period is from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. Funds will support the Passamaquoddy Tribe's Brownfields Response Program to enhance its capacity to meet the requirements of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Section 128(a). Key activities include conducting a timely...

This $653,120 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program will enable the Shingle Springs Rancheria (Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians) to enhance its recycling infrastructure and waste diversion efforts. The funding will be used to establish a recycling center on the tribal reservation, including the purchase of new equipment such as scales, crushers, balers, sorting equipment,...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920) provides $969,951 in funding to the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy Reservation. The purpose of this award is to enhance the tribe's existing Solid Waste Management Program by strengthening data collection efforts, expanding materials management infrastructure, and focusing on post-consumer materials management. Key...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920). The purpose of this award is to enhance the tribe's efforts to manage post-consumer materials and divert approximately 21 tons of waste from landfills. The Iipay Nation will use the funding to build and staff a small-scale sorting and transfer station, implement an outreach campaign,...

The Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians received a $127,428 project grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) program. The funding will support the tribe's brownfields response program through September 2022, including surveying and inventorying brownfield sites on tribal lands, as well as oversight, enforcement, and public involvement activities to ensure protective cleanup responses. The...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $115,378 CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grant (CFDA 66.817) to the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska. The grant period runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. The primary objectives of this grant 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) conduct brownfield site assessments or cleanups to...