Rural Alaska Household Hazardous Waste Backhaul Service Program

The Denali Commission (Commission) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) entered into an Interagency Agreement to support the development and implementation of a household hazardous waste backhaul service program for rural Alaska. The provision of coordinated services to support rural community backhaul aligns with the Commission’s mission to promote rural infrastructure and development in Alaska and EPA’s mission to protect human health and the environment.

Applications must be submitted as outlined in the full NOFO located at https://www.denali.gov/programs/backhaul-services/.

Indian Tribal governments (Tribes) and intertribal consortia are eligible to receive funds through this NOFO. ( 40 CFR § 35.502 )An Indian Tribal government (Tribe), except as otherwise defined in statute or applicable program specific regulation, is any Indian Tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native Village, which is recognized as eligible by the U.S. Department of the Interior for the special services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.An intertribal consortium is a partnership between two or more Tribes authorized by the governing bodies of those Tribes to apply for and receive assistance.

Janet E Davis Grants Management Officer Phone 907-271-3036