Alaska Tribal Multi-Media Projects Request for Applications 2008
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Agency: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 10
Title: Request for Applications for Alaska Tribal Multi-Media Projects
Action: Request for Applications (RFA)
RFA Number: EPA-R10-AKTMM-2008
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) NO:
66.034 Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act
66.424 Surveys, Studies, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Grants - Section 1442 of the Safe Drinking Water Act
66.436 Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements - Section 104(B)(3) of the Clean Water Act
66.808 Solid Waste Management Assistance Grants
Dates
Applicants have the option to submit their proposals in one of two ways:
1) Hard copy, or
2) electronically through the Grants.gov website. Applications will not be accepted via email or fax. The closing date for receipt of hard copy application packages is June 9, 2008, 4:00 p.m., ADT. All hard copies of application packages must be received by Santina Gay no later than 4:00 p.m., ADT in order to be considered for funding. Electronic submissions must be submitted via Grants.gov by June 9, 2008, 11:59 p.m., EST (7:59 p.m., ADT). Applications received after the closing date and time will not be considered for funding.
To allow for efficient management of the competitive process, EPA requests submittal of an informal notice of an Intent to Apply by May 25, 2008. Submission of Intent to apply is optional; it is a process management tool that will allow EPA to better anticipate the total staff time required for efficient review, evaluation, and selection of submitted proposals. Intent to Apply should be submitted by email only. Please send email to: gay.santina@epa.gov.
Summary
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeks to award up to two Cooperative Agreements to one or two organizations to manage the Alaska Tribal Multi-Media small demonstration projects. Specifically, EPA is soliciting proposals from eligible applicants to:
1) Prepare and advertise a Request for Proposals (RFP), establish review criteria for evaluating and selecting subgrantee proposals, and make approximately 10-12 subgrants up to $30, 000 each. The small demonstration projects awarded to subgrantees must include approaches for enhancing the human health or the environment of Tribal communities in rural Alaska. Small demonstration projects must be performed in Alaska, and for the benefit of tribal communities throughout Alaska. Small demonstration projects that are for environmental training; projects that demonstrate new approaches to providing safe drinking water; projects that advance the state of knowledge or transfer information on the use of integrated solid waste management systems to solve local waste management and generation problems; projects that take an innovative approach or utilize an experimental technology to advance waste management programs, including recycling and the reduction of wastes; projects that provide education, training, and outreach materials to teach Alaska Native Villages about waste’s impact on subsistence resources and human health, energy use, and pollution; innovative solid waste demonstration projects that involve dissemination of information to others so that they can benefit from the knowledge gained; projects that involve learning, teaching, or discovery on improving sanitation to reduce human contact with waste; projects that reduce human exposure to harmful air pollution such as fine particulates, and projects that protect subsistence resources from contamination all are eligible as long as the projects are likely to reduce risks to Tribal members’ health or the Tribal members’ environment in rural Alaska and are within limitations and requirements of the statutory authority on which the project is based. Projects should include gathering or transferring of information, or advancing the state of knowledge. Projects should involve new, innovative or experimental methods, approaches or technologies and include plans for disseminating the results so that Tribal members and others can benefit from the knowledge gained. In order for a project to be considered a ‘demonstration,’ it must be definitive, with a beginning and an end. The small demonstration projects are “one time” projects. The projects must be innovative, must show off new, largely untested processes or products, or tried and true processes newly adapted to a particular use. A demonstration of well-known and widely used ideas or processes will not qualify as a demonstration.
2) Oversee and monitor subgrantees for successful completion of village-based demonstration projects.
3) Provide technical support to subgrantees through peer-to-peer outreach.
4) Qualitatively and quantitatively measure and report on the environmental results of the Alaska Tribal Multi-Media small demonstration projects through the subgrants. The subgrantee process should be on a national scale to allow for competitive subgrantee proposals.
Funding/Awards:
The total estimated funding for this competitive opportunity is approximately $380,000. EPA anticipates awarding up to two (2) cooperative agreements from this announcement, subject to availability of funds and the quality of proposals received.