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GAP Grants
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EPA provides Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (GAP) financial and technical assistance to tribal governments and intertribal consortia to assist tribes in planning, developing, and establishing the capacity to implement federal environmental programs administered by the EPA and to assist in implementation of tribal solid and hazardous waste programs in accordance with applicable provisions of law, including the Solid Waste Disposal Act (commonly known as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, or RCRA). See the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. §4368b). EPA administers this program in accordance with the statute, applicable federal regulations, including 40 CFR part 35, subpart B (Environmental Program Grants for Tribes), and national guidance, including the 2022 Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (GAP) Guidance on Financial Assistance Agreements (referred to as GAP Guidance). EPA’s 2022 GAP Guidance provides a consistent national framework for building tribal environmental program capacity under GAP and is designed to improve the management of GAP resources. The 2022 GAP guidance reflects statutory and regulatory requirements, including binding requirements and federal policies, that address how GAP funds are used and managed.
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Funding awards will not be finalized nationally before the end of Fiscal Year 2016. GAP resources should support a) Developing and maintaining core environmental program capacities (administrative, financial management, information management, environmental baseline needs assessment, public education/communication, legal, and technical/ analytic); b) Engaging with the EPA to negotiate joint EPA-Tribal Environmental Plans (ETEPs) that reflect intermediate and long-term goals for developing, establishing, and implementing environmental protection programs; Linking GAP-funded assistance agreement work plans to the ETEPs; c) Developing baseline capacities for media-specific environmental protection programs that are related to the needs of the recipient and to EPA statutory programs (e.g.,ambient and indoor air quality; water quality; managing wastes; managing asbestos, lead-based paint, pesticides, toxics, and pollution prevention programs); and d) Implementing waste management programs.
GAP resources supported a) Developing and maintaining core environmental program capacities (administrative, financial management, information management, environmental baseline needs assessment, public education/communication, legal, and technical/ analytic); b) Engaging with the EPA to negotiate joint EPA-Tribal Environmental Plans (ETEPs) that reflect intermediate and long-term goals for developing, establishing, and implementing environmental protection programs; Linking GAP-funded assistance agreement work plans to the ETEPs; c) Developing baseline capacities for media-specific environmental protection programs that are related to the needs of the recipient and to EPA statutory programs (e.g.,ambient and indoor air quality; water quality; managing wastes; managing asbestos, lead-based paint, pesticides, toxics, and pollution prevention programs); and d) Implementing waste management programs.
GAP resources supported a) Developing and maintaining core environmental program capacities (administrative, financial management, information management, environmental baseline needs assessment, public education/communication, legal, and technical/ analytic); b) Engaging with the EPA to negotiate joint EPA-Tribal Environmental Plans (ETEPs) that reflect intermediate and long-term goals for developing, establishing, and implementing environmental protection programs; Linking GAP-funded assistance agreement work plans to the ETEPs; c) Developing baseline capacities for media-specific environmental protection programs that are related to the needs of the recipient and to EPA statutory programs (e.g.,ambient and indoor air quality; water quality; managing wastes; managing asbestos, lead-based paint, pesticides, toxics, and pollution prevention programs); and d) Implementing waste management programs.
GAP resources supported a) Developing and maintaining core environmental program capacities (administrative, financial management, information management, environmental baseline needs assessment, public education/communication, legal, and technical/ analytic); b) Engaging with the EPA to negotiate joint EPA-Tribal Environmental Plans (ETEPs) that reflect intermediate and long-term goals for developing, establishing, and implementing environmental protection programs; Linking GAP-funded assistance agreement work plans to the ETEPs; c) Developing baseline capacities for media-specific environmental protection programs that are related to the needs of the recipient and to EPA statutory programs (e.g.,ambient and indoor air quality; water quality; managing wastes; managing asbestos, lead-based paint, pesticides, toxics, and pollution prevention programs); and d) Implementing waste management programs.
For information on accomplishments under this assistance listing, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-highlights-success-stories-indian-environment-general-assistance-program.
More than 500 GAP recipients use GAP to build environmental capacity in all EPA program areas, including: assessing local environmental conditions, including EPA regulated facilities; developing environmental programs, codes, and ordinances; developing the capacity to administer regulatory programs that EPA may delegate to a Tribe (Tribal assumption of Federal Laws – Treatment as a State); conducting public education and outreach efforts so that Tribal communities are informed and prepared to participate in environmental decision-making; establishing Tribal programs’ capacity to meaningfully participate with federal, Tribal, state, and local government officials on environmental and public health actions and issues; and implementing waste management programs.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
