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

lipay Nation of Santa Ysabel

Selected Grant Recipient

Name: lipay Nation of Santa Ysabel
Project Location: Santa Ysabel, CA
Project Title: lipay Nation of Santa Ysabel Small-
Scale Sorting and Transfer Station Development

EPA Information

Region: EPA Region 9

Grant Funding: $1,500,000

The lipay Nation of Santa Ysabel will build and staff a small-scale sorting and transfer station and
implement an outreach campaign to manage post-consumer materials and divert waste from
landfills. The project will consist of education and outreach, construction, and operations and data
collection. The sorting station will divert waste from landfills by recovering, reusing, recycling,
repairing, and refurbishing appropriate materials, thereby helping to create a circular economy.

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 lipay Nation of Santa Ysabel once all legal and administrative
requirements are satisfied.

Highlights

•	Diverts as much as 21 tons of waste
from landfills.

•	Creates 4 new jobs.

•	Implements an outreach campaign to
manage post-consumer materials.

•	Builds a small-scale sorting and transfer
station.

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

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


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