EPA Provide Technical Support to the National Tribal Toxics Council

Sponsor Deadline: 

Jun 15, 2020

Internal Deadline: 

May 18, 2020

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Environmental Protection Agency

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EPA: Provide Technical Support to the National Tribal Toxics Council (NTTC)
EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-003
Grants.gov   https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=326584

(p9 of the PDF)  1.c. Applications must be from an eligible applicant (see Section III.A). Only one application may be submitted per applicant. Additional applications will be rejected. Interested investigators from the University of Iowa must contact the OVPR cheryl-a-ridgeway@uiowa.edu about the limited submissions procedure and to ensure only one application from the University of Iowa is submitted in response to this opportunity.

For this competitive announcement, the successful applicant will: 1) Assist federally-recognized tribes, Alaska Native Villages and intertribal organizations in selecting and maintaining, a geographically diverse membership with a diversity of relevant and technical expertise in the NTTC; 2) Assist the NTTC in maintaining a viable charter that covers activities eligible for EPA funding; and 3) Provide professional and technical support to the NTTC to conduct its meetings and other activities. The recipient will work with EPA and the NTTC to fulfill the objectives of the NTTC charter including: 1) Raise and assess tribal chemical risk management and pollution prevention program development and implementation issues with OPPT; 2) Assess national chemical risk management policy and pollution prevention initiatives that affect tribes and Alaska Native Villages; 3) Offer a network for tribal chemical risk management officials to share information and represent tribal interests on chemical risk assessment, risk management policy and pollution prevention initiatives that impact tribes; and 4) Promote and enhance tribal chemical risk management and pollution prevention program development.

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