Indian Health Service Program Directors:
Curt Bossert
(NE, IA, ND, SD)
Aberdeen Area Office
115 4th Street, SE
Aberdeen, SD 57401
Tel.: 605226-7451
Ken Evans
(AK)
Anchorage Area Office
3925 Tudor Centre Dr.
Anchorage, AK 99508-5997
Tel.: 907729-3500
Sam Bradshaw
(CO, NM, except Navajo)
Albuquerque Area Office
5338 Montgomery Blvd. NE,
Room 123
Albuquerque, NM 87109-1311
Tel.: 505248-4596
Mike Yavarow
(MN, Ml, Wl)
Bemidji Area Office
305 Federal Building
Bemidji, MN 56601-3060 ••
Tel.: 218759-3372
Richard Oksness
(MT, WY)
Billings Area Office
P.O. Box 2143
Billings, MT 59103
Tel.: 406247-7096
Ernie Leporini
(CA)
California Area Office
1825 Bell Street, Suite 200
Sacramento, CA 95825-1097
Tel.: 916566-7001
Craig Larson
(NY, ME, NC, MS, FL, AL, CT, LA)
Nashville Area Office
122 E.Seneca St.
Manlius, NY 13104
Tel.: 315 682-3167
C. Lewis Fox
'(Navajo)
Navajo Area Office
PJD. Box 9020
Window Rock, AZ 86515
Tel.: 520871-5852
Greg Haase
(OK.TX, KS)
Oklahoma City Area Office
Five Corporate Plaza
3625 N.W. 56th St.
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
Tel.: 405951-3744
John Hamilton
(UT, NV.AZ- All tribes except
Navajo and Tucson Area)
Phoenix Area Office
Two Renaissance Square
40 N. Central Ave., Suite 600
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Tel.: 602364-5068
Kelly Triensor
(WA, OR, ID)
Portland Area Office
Federal Bldg., Room 476
1220 SW 3rd Avenue
Portland, OR 97204-2892
Tel.: 503326-2001
Martin McCarthy
(Tucson Area, Tohono O'odham,
Pasqua-Yaqui)
Tucson Area Office
7900 South J. Stock Road
Tucson, AZ 85746-9352
Tel.: 520295-2580
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
November 1997
832-F-97-006
Off ice of Water (4204)
The Environmental
Protection Agency's
CSean Water Act
Indian Set-Aside
Grant Program
This we know. The Earth does not belong to man;
man belongs to the Earth. All things are connected
like the blood that unites one family. Whatever befalls
the Earth, befalls the sons of the Earth. Man did not
weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it.
Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. All
things are connected.
Attributed to Chief Seattle, 1854
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EPA Regional CWA ISA Coordinators:
What Is the EPA CWA Indian Set-Aside
Grant Program?
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
manages a grant program for the construction of
wastewater facilities for Indian tribes and Alaska
Native Villages (ANVs) called the Clean Water Act
(CWA) Indian Set-Aside (ISA) Grant Program. The
1987 Amendments to thejCWA established the
program and authorized EPA to administer these
grants. The program is administered in
cooperation with the Indian Health Service (IHS).
This partnership maximizes the technical resources
available through both agencies to address tribal
sanitation needs. To date, the EPA ISA Program
has disbursed more than $72 million in funding for
150 projects.
Who is Eligible?
All federally recognized tribes, ANVs, and tribes
on former reservations in Oklahoma are eligible for
ISA grant funds.
What Types of Projects are Eligible?
The ISA Program provides grants for planning,
design, and construction of wastewater treatment
facilities. No matching funds are required. Up to
100% of eligible project costs can be funded.
Typical projects funded are for:
• Interceptor sewers
• Wastewater treatment facilities (conventional or
alternative)
• infiltration/inflow correction
- Collector sewers
• Major sewer rehabilitation
• On-site systems (e.g., septics)
Debbie Kerr
EPA Region I (CT, ME, MA, NH, Rl, VT)
JFK Federal Bldg., One Congress St.; Boston, MA 02203
Tel.: 617565-4886
Muhammad Hatim
EPA Region II (NJ, NY)
290 Broadway; New York, NY 10007-1866
Tel.: 212 637-3855
Walter Hunter
EPA Region IV (AL, GA, FL, MS.'NC, SC, TN, KY)
61 Forsyth Street; Atlanta, GA 30303-3104
Tel: 404562-9477
Charles Pycha
EPA Region V (IL, IN, OH, Ml, MN, Wl)
77 W. Jackson Blvd.; Chicago, IL 60604
Tel.: 312 886-0259
Gene Wossum
EPA Region VI (AR, LA, OK, TX, NM)
1445 Ross Ave., Suite 1200; Dallas, TX 75202-2733
Tel.: 214665-7173
Gerald Gutekunst
EPA Region VII (IA, KS, MO, NE)
726 Minnesota Ave.; Kansas Cfty, KS 66101
Tel.: 913551-7484
Terry Griffith
EPA Region VIII (CO, UT, WY, MT, ND, SD)
99918th St., Suite 500; Denver, CO 80202-2466
Tel.: 303312-6153
Lqretta Vanegas
EPA Region IX (AZ.CA, NV)
75 Hawthorne Street; San Francisco, CA 94105
Tel.: 415744-1946
Judy Fey
EPA Region X(AK, ID, OR, WA)
1200 Sixth Ave.; Seattle, WA98101
Tel.: 206 553-1302
Sylvia Bell
EPA Headquarters
401 M Street, SW (4204)
Washington, D.C. 20460
Tel.: 202260-7255
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How Does the ISA Program Work?
The ISA Program uses IHS's Sanitation Deficiency
. System (SDS) to identify high priority wastewater
projects for funding. To be eligible to receive an
ISA Program grant, tribes must first identify their
needs to the SDS. Both agencies work together to
determine the projects to be funded, based on the
ranking of projects in SDS and available EPA
funding. EPA will notify the tribe when a project
is selected for funding. Procedures for applying
for an EPA grant are outlined in EPA's Guidelines
and Requirements for-Apply ing for Grants from the
Indian Set-Aside Program (April 1989). A copy of
this document can be obtained from the Regional
ISA Coordinators listed on the back of this
brochure.
What Is the SDS?
The Indian Sanitation Facilities Act, passed in 1959,
required.the IHS to provide water supply,.sewage,
and solid waste disposal facilities for American
Indian and Alaskan Native homes and
communities. IHS created the Sanitation Facilities
Construction Program to provide these services.
Congress then passed the Indian Health Care
Improvement Act Amendments in 1988. These
Amendments required IHS to address Indian
water and wastewater needs and report them to
Congress annually. To fulfill this requirement, the
SDS was created to help IHS's 12 Area offices
assess tribal sanitation deficiencies and report
them to Congress.
The SDS has five deficiency levels, ranging from
communities that need only routine maintenance
to communities that lack adequate wastewater
facilities.
When Are the Data Collected for SDS?
Information about tribal sanitation needs is
collected through the SDS by the 12 IHS Area
offices. Tribes should contact their IHS Area
offices directly to discuss the data collection
process; however, some key dates are as follows:
• April to May: identify sanitation needs to IHS
Area offices
• June: deadline for submission of needs
(Check with your Area office to determine the
exact date)
September to November:
submissions
review of SDS
• December: final SDS priority lists available
Where To Get More Information
The EPA Regional ISA Coordinators can provide
information on resources available to the tribes for
developing wastewater projects. One of these
resources is the National Small Flows
Clearinghouse (NSFC). Funded by EPA, the NSFC
provides information and technical assistance
services for small flows wastewater treatment
systems. They offer materials to help plan, design,
construct, and operate facilities to meet community
environmental needs.. Emphasis is placed on
finding practical and affordable solutions for
"small flows" wastewater problems.
For more information on the NSFC, telephone
1 800 624-8301. To find out about other available
resources, please call your EPA Regional ISA
Coordinator.
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