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Investing in America through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grants
Tribes and Intertribal Consortia Fact Sheet
Crow Tribe of Indians

Selected Grant Recipient

Name: Crow Tribe of Indians
Project Location: Crow Reservation, MT
Project Title: The Clean Tribal Lands Initiative

EPA Information

Region: EPA Region 8

Grant Funding: $1,344,896

The Crow Tribe of Indians will expand materials management infrastructure, create efficient
collection routes, monitor compliance and enforcement, and create secure transfer sites. The Tribe
will recruit and train personnel and buy and maintain additional equipment. Other activities will
include repairing fencing and providing fire safety equipment to ensure safety at transfer sites. This
project will increase recycling and data collection, as well as enabling household-level participation in
rural communities.

SWIFR Grants to Tribes and Intertribal Consortia

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 supports improvements to waste management
systems and programs, allowing resources to be used more efficiently and reducing the impact on
the climate. SWIFR Tribal grant funding can be used to develop or update post-consumer materials
management plans; establish or optimize collection and management of materials; fund
infrastructure, technology, or other improvements to reduce contamination; enhance markets for
recycled commodities; and increase the diversion, recycling rate, and quality of materials collected.

These grants also advance the Justice^ Initiative, which aims to ensure that 40% of the overall
benefits of certain federal investments flow to communities that have historically been underserved
and overburdened by pollution.

EPA will make the award to the Crow Tribe of Indians once all legal and administrative requirements
are satisfied.

Highlights

•	Funds personnel and provides personal
protective equipment and training.

•	Provides household collection where
no curbside recycling is available.

•	Provides essential equipment for
maintaining transfer sites.

https://www.ppa.gov/infrastructurp/SWIFR

EPA 530-F-24-005-CTI	August 2024


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