session 6: funding and sustaining your illegal dumping prevention program addressing and managing...
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Session 6: Funding and Sustaining Your Illegal Dumping Prevention
Program
Addressing and Managing Illegal Dumps in Indian Addressing and Managing Illegal Dumps in Indian CountryCountry
Todd Barnell, ITEP
Funding and Sustainability FactorsoCost and budget considerationsoTypes of funding availableoStrategies and partnerships for
sustainabilityoTribal government and community
assistance and support
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Cost and Budget ConsiderationsBrainstorming: What costs do you think are
associated with illegal dumping prevention and management?
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Cost and Budget ConsiderationsStaff salaries, benefits, insurance, and trainingEquipment (rent or buy?) for office and/or fieldSigns, fencing, monitoring and re-vegetationOutreach materials (paper, ink, design time,
etc.)Assessment costs (mileage, time, GPS, GIS)Clean-up costs (time, equipment, storage,
disposal)Closure costs (usually on-going)
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Types of Funding AvailableGrants and loansTribal fundsVolunteer and/or service labor
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Grants and LoansUS EPA: Tribal Solid Waste Management
Assistance Project Characterize/Assess Open Dumps Develop ISWMP and/or Codes Develop Alternative Waste Management Systems Cleanup and Closure of Open Dumps
Some Things EPA is Going to Look For if You Need Money for Dumps: Do you have an ISWMP in place? Do you have properly trained staff to do the work? How are you going to properly dispose of the waste? What is the background of the dump? Proposed budgets, financial constraints, etc.
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Grants and LoansUS EPA
General Assistance Program (GAP) GrantCommunity Action for a Renewed Environment
(CARE)Brownfields (OSWER) – cleanup grants and loansEnvironmental Justice (usually small and
targeted)CWA Section 319 (Nonpoint Source Pollution)
AIEO: www.epa.gov/tribalportal/grantsandfunding/topic-waste.htm
Region 9: www.epa.gov/region09/waste/tribal/funding.html
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Grants and LoansUSDA
Solid Waste Management Grants (communities under 10,000 individuals)
Water and Waste Loans and Grants (usually require matching funds for grants)
Community Facilities GrantIHS (some of their money goes through the
Tribal Solid Waste Interagency Working Group)
BIA (good luck)Housing and Urban Development (HUD)United States Geological Survey (USGS)
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Grants and LoansStates
A growing number of State governments have funding to tackle illegal dumping – it is worth checking with your State’s environmental department
Private FoundationsMcKnight Foundation (www.mcknight.org)
BusinessesMany companies, in order to “green up”, are
providing small grants to help communities deal with waste
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Tribal FundsRevenues from tribal enterprises
Casino profitsHUD set-asidesWaste collection feesBusinesses licensesPermit fees (fishing, recreation, hunting, etc.)
Other tribesSome tribes with larger casino and business
operations provide grants and loans to other tribes
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PartnershipsLocal groups seeking community service opportunities
Utilize existing service organizations, clubs, churches, and organizations
Consider helping to set up special “Friends of” kinds of groups that can focus on beautification projects
“Sentence-to-Serve”Many law enforcement and corrections entities are
interested in programs allowing people to work off their time or sentences
School groupsAll ages, from k-12 through local collegesDoesn’t have to be just clean up – can help grow plants
for re-vegetations Businesses, Culture Centers, and Tribal government
Look for opportunities to involve local businesses, Cultural Centers, and other tribal agencies in clean up and prevention activities
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USEPA ContactsContacts for USEPA Tribal Solid Waste Staff
EPA Region 10: Fran Stefan, 206 553-6639 [email protected] Region 9: Heather White, 415 972-3383
[email protected] Region 8: Susanna Trujillo 303 312-7008
[email protected] Region 7: Gayle Hubert, 913 551-7439 [email protected] Region 6: Willie Kelley, 214-665-6761 [email protected] 5: Dolly Tong, 312 886-1019 [email protected] 4: Davy Simonson, 404 562-8457 [email protected] 2: Lorraine Graves, 212 637-4116 [email protected] 1: Juiyu Hsieh, 617-918-1646 [email protected])
You Have the Dough…Now What?
Having the money in hand is only part of the solution to building a sustainable illegal dump management program
What else do you need to keep the program going?
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Potential Challenges Who does what? Be clear and be consistent
Assigning tasks can be highly problematic sometimes. Which department tackles which part of illegal dump management?
Are they trained? Do they have the right equipment? Do they know how to use it? Will their replacements?
What are your deadlines? Meet your obligationsDo you have grant imposed deadlines? Do your
tribal leaders have specific dates in mind for cleanup? Are you prepared for emergencies?
What are priorities? Focus on the vital firstYou are probably going to have to make some hard
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Prioritizing Critical priorities: Which dumps are an
immediate threat to the health and well-being of your land and community?
Non-critical: Which dumps are unsightly, a nuisance, or could be a threat to health in the future?
Desired: What does your ideal illegal dumping program look like? If you had a magic wand, what would you do?
Key is to prioritize. You might not be able to tackle all of them at the onset.
A Few Strategies for Success Be informative: Keep illegal dumping issues,
progress of clean ups, and your continuing needs on the radar screen of local decision-makers and the whole community
Be consistent: Every situation is different, but compliance assistance and/or enforcement measures should be consistent throughout the community
Be persistent: Don’t allow yourself to become discouraged by setbacks – continue your clean up and outreach and prevention activities
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Organization Is VitalBe organized
Establish what your goals are – obvious but often forgotten
Use of timelines to track your progressDelegation of tasks – in writingUse of working groups to help ensure
communication and spread the workloadWriting of reports – for tribal leaders and
for future staff (they are not just for project officers anymore)
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Measuring SuccessCreate a timeline of when priorities will be
achieved Note successesTrack challenges and missteps
Develop measurable outcomes that can be used to verify success, as well as help future decision makers
How are your goals related to your codes and compliance/enforcement activities?
Community SupportMore on this tomorrow – but it is a necessary
ingredient to your overall strategy for developing a sustainable program
Work to instill and maintain a sense of community pride and environmental stewardship
One of my favorite quotes: “It is easier to instill a value than it is to change an existing one.”
A favorite tribal example: Local school kids grew plants - planted them in a cleaned up dump site. The students picked a favorite spot where they sat and drew pictures, wrote a story, or composed a poem. Those kids took ownership of those sites. 19