[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 233 (Monday, December 6, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 70442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26732]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7843-6]


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 Tribal Solid Waste Interagency Workgroup (Workgroup) is 
soliciting proposals for its seventh year of the Tribal Open Dump 
Cleanup Project (Cleanup Project). Since FY99, the Workgroup has funded 
approximately $13.4 million in projects. In FY04, the Interagency 
Workgroup made approximately $2.5 million available to fully or 
partially fund 24 selected projects. A similar amount of funding is 
projected for FY05. 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); and the Departments of 
Agriculture and Defense. EPA has issued docket number RCRA-2004-0018 
for this Notice.
    Criteria: Eligible recipients of assistance under the Open Dump 
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.

DATES: For consideration, proposals must be received by close of 
business on January 31, 2005. Proposals postmarked on or before but not 
received by the closing date will not be considered. Please do not rely 
solely on overnight mail to meet the deadlines.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Copies of the Request for Proposals package 
may be downloaded from the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/tribalmsw by 
clicking on the ``Grants/Funding'' link. Copies may also be obtained by 
contacting EPA, IHS or BIA regional or area offices or one of the 
following Workgroup representatives:

EPA--Christopher Dege, 703-308-2392 or Charles Bearfighter Reddoor 703-
308-8245.
IHS--Steve Aoyama, 301-443-1046.
BIA--Debbie McBride, 202-208-3606.

    Dated: November 15, 2004.
Matt Hale,
Director, Office of Solid Waste.
[FR Doc. 04-26732 Filed 12-3-04; 8:45 am]
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