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Region 8 Tribal Assistance Program (TAP)

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Air Funding Notice
EPA's Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) announces funding announcements for projects and programs relating to air quality, transportation, climate change, indoor air and other related topics. Please visit www.epa.gov/air/grants_funding.html for more details.

Presentation: Basics of the UIC Program and Ground Water Protection in the Three Affiliated Tribes in New Town, North Dakota (PDF) , Tricia Pfeiffer, September 2011 (36 pp, 1.4MB, about PDF)


About TAP

TAP Mission
To provide leadership in protecting public health and the environment within Indian country; respecting the sovereignty of each tribe; and recognizing our Federal trust responsibilities.

The map below shows the tribal governments in Region 8 with links to either their websites or sites containing information about the tribe.

Region 8 Facts:
  • Consists of 27 federally recognized tribes on 26 Indian reservations
  • Accounts for over 22.8 million acres of land
  • Represents over 207,000 enrolled members (not including members living on fee land)
Map showing tribal lands in Montana, North & South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah and Colorado Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Blackfeet Tribe Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes, Flathead Reservation Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boys Reservation Gros Ventre & Assiniboine Tribes, Fort Belknap Reservation Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes, Fort Peck Reservation Crow Tribe of Montana Northern Cheyenne Tribe Three Affiliated Tribes, Fort Berthold Reservation Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewas Spirit Lake Tribe Spirit Lake Tribe Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes, Wind River Indian Reservation Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pine Ridge Reservation Southern Ute Indian Tribe Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Rosebud Sioux Tribe Yankton Sioux Tribe Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation Paiute Indian Tribes of Utah Ute Indian Tribe, Uintah & Ouray Reservation Lower Brule Sioux Tribe

Wind River Treatment in the Same Manner as a State public notice documents

You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA's PDF page to learn more.

Below, please find a copy of the (closed) public notice, plus relevant portions of the Tribes' application; the Tribe's description of the Reservation boundaries; the reference map; and their Statement of Legal Counsel.

Comments received on the TAS application

The Tribes' response to comments received

*Supporting documents for the Tribes' Response to Comments are available upon request from Alexis North (north.alexis@epa.gov).

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