Interagency Project To Clean Up Open Dumps on Tribal Lands: Request for Proposals

The Tribal Solid Waste Interagency Workgroup (Workgroup) is soliciting proposals for its fourth year of the Tribal Open Dump Cleanup Project (Project). In FY01, the Workgroup made more than $2.8 million available to fully or partially fund 16 selected projects. Each of these projects will result in the closure or upgrade of one or more open dumps located on tribal lands. We are projecting a similar amount of funding for FY02. The Cleanup Project is part of a federal effort to help tribes comprehensively address their solid waste needs. The purpose of the Cleanup Project is to assist with closing or upgrading tribal high-threat waste disposal sites and providing alternative disposal and integrated solid waste management. The Workgroup was established in April 1998 to coordinate federal assistance to tribes in bringing their waste disposal sites into compliance with the municipal solid waste landfill criteria (40 CFR part 258). Current Workgroup members include representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); the Indian Health Service (IHS); the Bureau of Land Management; the departments of Agriculture, Defense, and Housing and Urban Development; and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Criteria: Eligible recipients of assistance under the Cleanup Project include federally recognized tribes and intertribal consortiums. A full explanation of the submittal process, the qualifying requirements, and the criteria that will be used to evaluate proposals for this project may be found in the Request for Proposals package.