Hazardous Waste Management Grant Program for Tribes (66.812)
Hazardous Waste Management Grant Program for Tribes (Assistance Listing 66.812) is run by the Environmental Protection Agency. It awarded $1.3 million in 14 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $93,954 per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $100,000. Half of the 14 awards fell between $100,000 and $100,000, and they ranged from $15,355 to $100,000.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$1.3 million
- Grant awards14
- Typical award$100,000
- Awarded in FY 2025$0
- Size rank1,801 of 1,823
- Type of assistanceCooperative agreements
Key findings
- It is the 1801st largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 12 largest recipients received 100% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 6 states and territories.
What the program funds
The Hazardous Waste Management Grant Program for Tribes provides assistance for the development and implementation of hazardous waste management programs; for building capacity to improve and maintain regulatory compliance; and for developing solutions to address hazardous waste management issues in Indian country. Funding Priorities are to develop and implement hazardous waste management programs that improve the applicant's ability to properly identify, manage, or dispose of hazardous waste. Build capacity to improve and maintain regulatory compliance and develop solutions to address hazardous waste mismanagement impacting Tribal lands. Development and institutionalization of hazardous waste program capacity for Tribal governments and the communities they serve.
Open opportunities
No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.
Rules from the program listing
What the money can and cannot pay for
This grant program will support projects designed to develop and implement hazardous waste management programs. These programs must improve the applicant's ability to properly identify, manage, or dispose of hazardous waste. All hazardous waste management activities that address the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Subtitle C "cradle to grave" approach are eligible. Each of the following hazardous waste management program activities are considered central to a "cradle to grave" program: Hazardous Waste Identification; Hazardous Waste Generator Siting, Monitoring, & Compliance (Large Quantity, Small Quantity, and Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators); Hazardous Waste Minimization, Recycling, Used Oil, and Universal Wastes; Hazardous Waste Transportation; Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility Siting, Permitting, Monitoring, Corrective Action, & Enforcement; Land Disposal Restrictions; Combustion. Assistance will be provided under this program only for activities which EPA determines are appropriate to carry out the purposes of RCRA. Assistance under this program does not include any element of municipal solid waste management, chemical emergency planning and preparedness or superfund program cleanup. Assistance cannot be used to support solid waste management activities (e.g., development of solid waste codes and ordinances and clean up of open dumps). This program makes Federal awards on a discretionary basis.
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Deadlines
For competitive awards, deadlines will be specified in the competitive announcement.
Award range and average, in the agency's words
Range = $18,000 to $100,000; Average = $56,000.
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal Year2016: In FY 2016, the following activities are suggestive and do not limit the range of activities considered eligible under this grant program. These activities are eligible when they are performed in support of developing and implementing a tribal program to manage hazardous waste: Develop and implement codes, regulations, and ordinances, policies, and/or guidance to regulate hazardous waste management activities and facilities, such as generators, transporters, and treatment, storage and disposal facilities. Develop and implement hazardous waste program enforcement policies and procedures to ensure regulatory compliance, including monitoring and inspection schemes. Develop legal and administrative infrastructure adequate to implement and maintain regulatory and/or non-regulatory hazardous waste management programs. Includes support for Tribal Emergency Response Committees (TERC). Identify and assess hazardous waste generation and ongoing management of concern to the community, including: inventory active and inactive dump/disposal sites and assess contamination potential; characterize hazardous waste stream, including illegal dump-sites; and identify sensitive sites with potential or actual impacts on water bodies, soil, air, cultural/historic resources, threatened or endangered species, etc.
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Hazardous Waste Management Grant Program for Tribes (66.812) awarded $1.3 million across 14 grant awards, an average of $93,954 per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 3 | $215,355 |
| Kodiak Area Native Association | Alaska | 1 | $100,000 |
| Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians | California | 1 | $100,000 |
| Anvik Village | Alaska | 1 | $100,000 |
| Kongiganak Native Village of | Alaska | 1 | $100,000 |
| Native Village of Nunapitchuk | Alaska | 1 | $100,000 |
| Asacarsarmiut Tribal Council | Alaska | 1 | $100,000 |
| Bay Mills Indian Community | Michigan | 1 | $100,000 |
| Forest County Potawatomi Community | Wisconsin | 1 | $100,000 |
| Blackfeet Environmental Program | Montana | 1 | $100,000 |
| Chalkyitsik Village | Alaska | 1 | $100,000 |
| United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee | Oklahoma | 1 | $100,000 |
Who usually wins
Almost all of the money went to tribes.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tribal governments and organizations | 14 | $1.3 million | 100% |
By state
No state received $1 million or 10 awards from this program, so it has no state pages.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 6 | $600,000 |
| Oklahoma | 4 | $315,355 |
| California | 1 | $100,000 |
| Michigan | 1 | $100,000 |
| Montana | 1 | $100,000 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | $100,000 |