[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 191 (Monday, October 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53675-53676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25712]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Interagency Project to Clean Up Open Dumps on Tribal Lands:
Request for Proposals
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The national Tribal Solid Waste Interagency Workgroup
(Workgroup) is soliciting proposals for its Tribal Open Dump Cleanup
Project (Cleanup Project) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000. In FY 1999 the
Workgroup made more than $1.6 million available to fund eleven proposed
projects. The Workgroup believes that a similar dollar amount will be
available to fund projects in FY 2000. In selecting Cleanup Project
proposals, the Workgroup plans to use a two-step process. The first
step is to submit a pre-proposal which generally outlines the proposed
project and provides a general budget estimate. This will allow the
tribes that are considering submitting full proposals to present their
ideas to the Workgroup and receive feedback prior to submitting full
proposals. It will also allow the Workgroup agencies to assess and plan
for potential financial and technical needs early in the process. The
second step of the proposal submission process is to submit a full
proposal. Please note that tribes are eligible to submit full proposals
even if they do not submit a pre-proposal.
The Cleanup Project is intended to demonstrate the Federal
government's ability to work closely with tribal governments to provide
comprehensive solid waste management funding and technical support for
the closure or upgrade of ``high priority'' waste disposal sites and
the development and strengthening of tribal or multi-tribal solid waste
management programs. In determining whether a site is high priority,
the Workgroup will generally rely on the Indian Health Service's Report
to Congress on open dumps on Indian lands. The Workgroup recognizes
that an individual tribe may have information on high priority sites
that are not included in the IHS Report. To address such sites, the
Request for Proposals package includes criteria that allow a tribe to
demonstrate that a site represents a serious threat to human health and
the environment and should be considered high priority.
The Tribal Solid Waste Interagency Workgroup was established in
April 1998 to design a Federal plan for helping tribes bring their
waste disposal sites into compliance with the municipal solid waste
landfill criteria (40 CFR part 258), i.e., closing or upgrading open
dumps and planning for appropriate alternative disposal. Current
Workgroup members include representatives from EPA, the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, the Indian Health Service, the Federal Aviation
Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
the U.S. Geological Survey, and the Departments of Agriculture and
Defense.
Criteria
Eligible recipients of assistance under the Cleanup Project include
federally recognized tribes and multi-tribe 501(c)(3) organizations
whose membership consists of federally recognized tribes. 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.
DATES: For consideration, pre-proposals must be received no later than
November 19, 1999 and full proposals must be received no later than
February 25, 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the Request for Proposals
package may be downloaded from the Internet at www.epa.gov/tribalmsw>
by clicking on ``What's New'' or ``Funding.'' Copies may also be
obtained by contacting your regional EPA, IHS or BIA area office or one
of the following Workgroup representatives:
EPA--Melanie Barger Garvey, 202-564-257, Beverly Goldblatt, 703-
308-7278, or Clara Mickles, 202-260-7519.
IHS--Steve Aoyama, 301-443-1046.
BIA--Jerry Gidner, 202-208-5696.
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Dated: September 27, 1999.
Elizabeth A. Cotsworth,
Acting Director, Office of Solid Waste.
[FR Doc. 99-25712 Filed 10-1-99; 8:45 am]
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