The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting applications from eligibleapplicants to provide training and technical assistance to tribally-owned and operated publicwater systems to help such systems achieve and maintain compliance with the Safe DrinkingWater Act (SDWA).
The training
credit:
and technical assistance provided under this announcement islimited to tribally-owned and operated public water systems where EPA Regions 6, 8 and 9 haveprimacy responsibilities under the SDWA.
For a description of the systems that the successfulapplicant will serve please see Section I.A.
These goals support the following objectives ofEPAs Strategic Plan for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 2015:
Goal 2:
Protecting Americas Waters,Objective 2. 1:
Protect Human Health.