Investing in America through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling State and Territory Grant Fact Sheet North Dakota Grant Recipient Information EPA Information Name: North Dakota Department of Region: EPA Region 8 Environmental Quality Highlights • Conduct a data management needs assessment and gap analysis. • Design, configure, and implement a data system in test environment and production environment. • Create a fully functional data management system to track all pertinent data. Overview of North Dakota's Planned Activities North Dakota will upgrade its existing data management system to allow for better solid waste data in the state. An updated system will increase user-friendliness, track all records of solid waste management facilities, and run comprehensive data reports. The updated system will allow North Dakota to run reports that track submission of required documents from solid waste facilities and track the information from those reports, including amount and type of waste disposed of and recycled at a facility. These updates will provide North Dakota with more accessible data to improve its waste management statewide by allowing an updated understanding of the solid waste stream and ability to identify needs and gaps. SWIFR Grants for States and Territories The 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides the largest EPA investment in recycling in 30 years to support National Recycling Strategy implementation and build a circular economy for all. As part of the Investing in America agenda, this funding can be used to develop or update plans to advance post-consumer materials management, implement those plans, and to improve data collection efforts. These grants also advance the Justice^ Initiative, which aims to ensure that 40% of the overall benefits of certain Federal investments flow to disadvantaged communities that are marginalized, underserved, and overburdened by pollution. EPA will make the award to North Dakota once all legal and administrative requirements are satisfied. vvEPA EPA 530-F-23-008-ND ppa.gov/infrastructurp/SWIFR Spptpmbpr 2023 ------- |