The Environmental Protection Agency is accepting applications to provide financial and administrative assistance to support the National Tribal Toxics Council (NTTC).
Donor Name: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/19/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
The NTTC will advance chemicals management and pollution prevention policies and programs consistent with the needs, interests and unique legal status of American Indian Tribes, Alaska Native Villages and intertribal organizations through 1) raising and assessing Tribal chemical risk management and pollution prevention program development and implementation issues with OPPT; 2) assessing national chemical risk management policy and pollution prevention initiatives that affect Tribes and Alaska Native Villages; 3) offering a network for Tribal chemical risk management officials to share information between Tribes, federal parties and other organizations and represent Tribal interests on chemical risk assessment, risk management policy and pollution prevention initiatives that impact Tribes; and, 4) promoting and enhancing Tribal chemical risk management and pollution prevention program development.
Objectives
Applicants must demonstrate in their application how their project will address all of the following objectives:
- Strengthen Tribal chemical risk management and pollution prevention programs where they already exist;
- Assist Tribes and Alaska Native Villages that do not have chemical risk management and pollution prevention programs in assessing whether they need such programs and, if so, in developing and implementing such programs;
- Facilitate communications between Tribes, Alaska Villages, intertribal organizations, and other interested partners and EPA on chemical risk management and pollution prevention issues;
- Increase Tribal capacity to understand, assess and manage chemical risks and pollution prevention opportunities;
- Enhance Tribal consultation and coordination on national chemical risk assessment, risk management policy and pollution prevention initiatives;
- Raise any chemical risk management and pollution prevention concerns, interests, inquiries and information communicated to the NTTC by Tribes, Alaska Native Villages, and intertribal organizations to EPA; and,
- Promote chemical risk management education and pollution prevention awareness and assist in the establishment, development, and implementation of comprehensive chemical risk assessment, risk management and pollution prevention programs in Indian country.
Funding Information
The total estimated funding for this competitive opportunity is approximately $1,000,000 over a five-year period. Up to $160,000 is expected to be available in FY 2026. Incremental funding up to $200,000 will be made available for subsequent years depending on funding availability, satisfactory performance and other applicable considerations allowing the project to continue for up to a total of five years.
Eligibility Criteria
In accordance with Assistance Listing 66.716, EPA is soliciting applications from the following eligible entities to submit applications under this announcement: any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Native American Organizations, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any agency or instrumentally thereof exclusive of local governments (includes public institutions of higher education and hospitals). Native American Organizations include Indian groups, cooperatives, corporations, partnerships, and associations.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
