Epa Awards $2 Million In Environmental Information Grants
Over $2 million in environmental information grants to four states, the District of Columbia and two Native American tribes has been announced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The money is the first phase of fiscal year 2003 funding for ongoing work on the National Environmental Information Exchange Network, which enables sharing of environmental data between EPA, states, tribes and other partners over the Internet. When completed, the Exchange Network will integrate state and federal environmental data, facilitate the reporting of data to EPA Headquarters by the states, and improve data quality.
The Exchange Network fosters the principles of the president’s e-government initiative, which uses Internet technology to streamline reporting, improve the delivery of timely and reliable data to citizens and increase cooperation among federal, state, and tribal authorities.
The following states and tribes will receive grants this week:
— North Dakota Department of Health, Environmental Health Section, One Stop Grant of $500,000
— District of Columbia Department of Health, One Stop Grant of $500,000
— Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control, Readiness Grant of $297,700
— Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Readiness Grant of $297,700
— Maryland Department of the Environment, Readiness Grant of $297,700
— Cherokee Nation (Okla.), Challenge Grant of $190,000
— Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe ( N.Y.), Readiness Grant of $100,000.