Deadline: 29-Jul-22
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting applications for the 2022 Tribal Solid Waste Grant to assist tribes in conducting solid waste management activities that gauge the extent of threat to human health and the environment and assist with establishing sustainable waste management programs.
The objective is to assist in developing and encouraging methods for the disposal of solid waste which are environmentally sound and that maximize the utilization of valuable resources including energy and materials which are recoverable from solid waste and to encourage resource conservation.
In accordance with the EPA Indian Policy of 1984, EPA recognizes tribal governments as the primary parties for managing solid waste programs for reservations.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $700,000
- Award Ceiling: $100,000
Types of Projects
Applicants must describe how the proposed project addresses at least one of the following categories of activities:
- Conduct waste composition study by physically sorting random samples of waste from a select stream to identify and characterize solid waste generation and conduct waste composition analysis.
- Use findings to:
- Inform education and outreach programs;
- Determine the content of various waste streams to target select materials for diversion through recycling or composting; and/or
- Better understand the content of an illegal dump prior to clean up efforts.
- Waste composition analysis could be conducted on:
- The residential waste stream;
- The commercial waste stream; and/or
- Illegal open dumps;
- Use findings to:
- Analysis of waste management practices, facilities, and issues in the community:
- Evaluate ongoing community or capacity concerns regarding the management of waste, including:
- Host public meetings to resolve conflicts about waste, litter, waste management costs/fees, and/or open dumping and alternative uses for restored land;
- Identify sensitive sites with potential or actual impacts on water bodies, soil, air, cultural/historic resources, threatened or endangered species, etc.;
- Conduct feasibility or efficiency studies for a solid waste operation, proposed operation expansion, or diversion strategy.
- Evaluate ongoing community or capacity concerns regarding the management of waste, including:
- Public education and outreach on proper disposal and waste reduction activities and/or training appropriate staff on proper disposal and waste reduction:
- Develop outreach documents and other resource materials for tribal leaders, community members, businesses, and civic organizations, etc.;
- Integrated Waste Management Plans (IWMP):
- Update element(s) within an existing plan or creating a new IWMP
- Evaluation of current waste management system(s) effectiveness including:
- prevention of open dumping;
- research options for collection, transportation and disposal options and associated costs;
- Perform cost-of-service analysis for existing collection, handling, or disposal of materials.
- Analyze facilities and operational practices including:
- determination of expansion needs;
- waste processing options; and/or
- diversion opportunities using existing facilities; and
- Project staff compensation:
- Providing compensation for existing staff or new hires that are hired to complete the project goals as outlined in the application.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications 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 Intertribal Consortia.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=341110