EPA Overview

The Environmental Protection Agency and Land Management Department is mostly funded by grants. Through these funds, the department provides services to the community and tribal members. The department also provides many learning opportunities for children and adults.

Grant Basics

GAP Grant helps purchase equipment and supplies for the Four Feathers Recycling Center, support emergency response planning and create tribal maps of trust/non-trust properties which include cultural and environmental data.

Water Quality (106) Grant enables us to monitor surface waters within Eastern Shawnee Tribal treaty boundaries at collection points along Lost Creek and Spring River. Tests for E-coli bacteria and heavy metal content in fish tissue help protect the public from environmental hazards.

Wetlands Grant funded a restoration project along Lost Creek at the Highway 60 property. Tree and grass plantings and stream bank construction help reduce erosion.

Non-Point Source (NPS) Pollution Grant helps scientists investigate sources of NPS pollution, develop a watershed management plan and educate the public about NPS pollution. NPS pollutions typically comes from urban and agricultural run-off.

Radon Grant enables the department to test the homes of tribal people for unsafe levels of the gas. Radon gas is a tasteless and odorless toxin which occurs naturally in the environment. The department also partners with the National Safety Council to co-sponsor a National Radon Poster Contest.

Air Grant which provides monitoring of indoor air quality variables like carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, temperature and relative humidity, will soon also include ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, ozone, particulate and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) focuses on outreach and education.

Other Services/News Provided by the EPA Department Include:

• HUD Grants
• Land Management (trust properties)
• Food Safety Inspections and Safe Food Handling Classes
• Environmental Resource Management
• Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA)
• Water and Wastewater Operation
• Four Feathers Recycling Program
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