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Region 8

Serving Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming and 27 Tribal Nations

Region 8 Tribal Assistance Program (TAP)

   

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NEW: Water Pollution Control Program Grants (Section 106)  

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 Web sites 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 (an area approximately the size of Indiana)
  • 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


 

Clean Air, Clean Water, GAP and FIFRA funding notices

EPA is are excited to announce the FY 2011 Funding opportunity notices for the following programs: Clean Air Act (103/105), Clean Water Act (106), General Assistance Program (GAP) and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) grant programs.

We invite you to submit a proposal containing a workplan, detailed budget breakdown, and an introduction and background statement by e-mail to your respective Tribal Program Manager by March 8, 2010.

Grant awards may be reduced for late submissions or incomplete responses to the criteria and requirements set forth in the cover letter and the associated enclosures below. Please make sure your submitted proposals are clear and provide enough detail as they will be peer reviewed prior to the funding decision meetings.

Please review the Funding Opportunities Notices and the Timeline (Enclosure 8) closely as some of the information and the dates have changed from last year. Also please use the attached budget form (Enclosure 9) when submitting your proposal and be advised that the travel detail is on the second page of the excel document.

All of the attachments can be found on this publicly accessible ftp site.

 

Tribal Drinking Water Infrastructure Projects funding notice

EPA Region 8 is pleased to announce that for FY 2010 approximately $2.6 million dollars is available to fund Tribal drinking water infrastructure projects. In January 2010, through the DWIG TSA Program, a solicitation letter will be sent to all Tribes in Region 8 announcing this funding opportunity and describing the project selection process. During the selection process, priority is given to projects that address the most serious risks to human health, are necessary to ensure compliance with SDWA requirements, and assist systems that demonstrate the greatest need on a per household basis.

Project proposals must be postmarked by March 15, 2010 to be considered for funding; Proposals received after March 15, 2010 will not be eligible for funding. Project selection is anticipated to occur in the spring/summer of 2010. Please contact the Drinking Water Tribal Set-Aside Coordinator, Bronwyn Hayworth, at (303)312-6794 or at hayworth.bronwyn@epa.gov with any questions or to request additional information.

 

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