Supplemental Guidance on Providing Waste Data in GAP Progress Reports
This Supplemental Guidance identifies EPA policies and recommended procedures for coordinating activities related to assistance agreements awarded under the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (GAP). The statutory provisions, EPA regulations, and other legally binding documents described in this Supplemental Guidance contain legally binding requirements that govern the use and management of GAP resources. This Supplemental Guidance does not substitute for other binding requirements, and does not expressly or implicitly create, expand, or limit any legal rights, obligations, responsibilities, expectations, or benefits to any person. In the event of a conflict between the discussion in this Supplemental Guidance and any legally binding requirement, this Supplemental Guidance document would not be controlling. EPA retains discretion to use or deviate from this document as appropriate. EPA may also make administrative changes to this Supplemental Guidance, such as updating web links, with notification to users.
Supplemental Guidance on Providing Waste Data in GAP Progress Reports (pdf)
The Solid Waste Reporting Tool is a way for tribes to simplify their tracking and reporting of the data outlined in the Supplemental Guidance on Providing Waste Data in GAP Progress Reports document, above.
GAP Solid Waste Reporting Tool (xlsx)
All GAP recipients collecting environmental data are required to have a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP). The most common QAPP will be for solid waste (SW) activities, as described in the above Supplemental Guidance on Providing Waste Data in GAP.
EPA's Office of International and Tribal Affairs (OITA) has developed a Programmatic GAP SW QAPP that Tribes may use to cover their GAP SW data collection activities. This QAPP is currently under review by EPA Headquarters and the Regions and is expected to be available October 1, 2026. Once approved, OITA will post the final QAPP on this website. Tribes will not need to take any additional action to use it if they choose to.
Coming Soon: Programmatic GAP SW QAPP
Tribes that choose not to use the Programmatic GAP SW QAPP must develop their own and submit it to their EPA Regional Quality Assurance Manager (RQAM) for review and approval before beginning any data collection.
Tribes and their Project Officers will also need to complete the GAP Supplemental Form to link their GAP work plan SW activities to their GAP SW QAPP. This form will notify the RQAM that the tribe will conduct SW activities under the soon to be approved GAP SW QAPP.
Coming Soon: GAP Supplemental Form