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FEDERAL AGENCIES UNITE TO HELP TRIBES SOLVE SOLID WASTE PROBLEMS

Release Date: 08/10/2000
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FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2000

FEDERAL AGENCIES UNITE TO HELP TRIBES SOLVE SOLID WASTE PROBLEMS


Nearly a dozen federal agencies are joining forces to help tribes close high threat open dump sites around the country. At a signing ceremony on Friday, Aug. 11, these federal agencies will formalize an agreement to provide additional assistance to tribes with the closure or upgrade of their high threat open dumps. Since 1999, a multi-agency tribal solid waste task force has provided $4.1 million to 18 tribes to assist with the closure or upgrade of their high threat open dumps. The signing ceremony is being held at noon, Aug. 11, in room 2168 at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C. Many tribal representatives, who are in town for a Tribal Association on Solid Waste and Emergency Response conference, are expected to attend this landmark event. The Memorandum of Understanding is being signed by EPA, Department of Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs, Health and Human Service’s Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture=s Rural Utilities Service, Department of Defense and Housing and Urban Development. For more information on open dumps on Indian lands or to obtain a grant solicitation package, visit: https://www.epa.gov/tribalmsw or contact: Beverly Goldblatt at 703-308-7278 or Melanie Garvey at 202-564-2579.

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