17-05Amend001.docx

AGENCY: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)

TITLE: “FY 2017 TRIBAL WASTE MANAGEMENT CAPACITY BUILDING TRAINING GRANT”

ACTION: Request for Proposals (RFP) - Amendment No. 001

RFP NO: EPA-OLEM-ORCR-17-05

CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE (CFDA) NO.: 66.808

SUMMARY: This amendment is issued to (1) correct the field of eligible entities for this competitive opportunity and (2) insert the RFP number in Grants.gov instructions.

Accordingly:

1. Section 3.A, Eligible Entities (pg. 5), is hereby amended to read as follows:

Proposals will be accepted from States (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana Islands), local, Tribal, interstate, and intrastate government agencies and instrumentalities, and non-profit organizations that are not 501(c)(4) organizations that lobby, including non-profit educational institutions and non-profit hospitals. Individuals and for-profit organizations are not eligible. For certain competitive funding opportunities under this CFDA description, the Agency may limit eligibility to compete to a number or subset of eligible applicants consistent with the Agency's Assistance Agreement Competition Policy. Additionally, EPA may limit competition under this CFDA to Tribes and Inter-Tribal Consortia.

2. Section 4.B, Submission Instructions (pg. 9), is hereby amended to read as follows:

You may also be able to access the application package for this announcement by searching for the opportunity on Grants.gov. Go to Grants.gov and then click on “Search Grants” at the top of the page and enter the Funding Opportunity Number, EPA-OLEM-ORCR-17-05, or the CFDA number that applies to the announcement (CFDA 66.808), in the appropriate field and click the Search button.

3. Except as noted above, all other terms and conditions of the original RFP remain unchanged and in full force and effect.