BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211130T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211130T140000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:USDA Requesting Consultations on Water and Wastewater Environmental Programs DESCRIPTION:USDA Requesting Consultations on Water and Wastewater Environmental ProgramsUSDA is seeking recommendations on how to improve the Water and Waste Disposal Grants to Alleviate Health Risks on Tribal Lands and Colonias program. This program helps people who live in low-income communities and federally recognized Tribes access safe and reliable drinking water\, waste disposal facilities and waste disposal services.The Department is seeking input from Tribal leaders on: Adjusting the program's scoring criteria to address health risks experienced by federally-recognized Tribes due to a lack of access to safe drinking water and wastewater disposal services and facilities. Improving program delivery based on the experiences of federally-recognized Tribes who have applied for and used these grants.\nUSDA is hosting two consultations. Both sessions will cover the same topics.The first consultation will be held virtually on Tuesday\, Nov. 30\, 2021\, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. To register\, visit https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItdeqgrzwiH_Y6gbZ0-9Qq_eLJmGnniks. The second consultation will be held virtually on Wednesday\, Dec. 1\, 2021\, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. To register\, visit https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItcGoqzwvHKltKpJ8A4zvQpvrjX6tVRw. \nRead the full announcement here X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
USDA Requesting Consultations on Water and Wastewater Environmental Programs
USDA is seeking recommendations on how to improve the Water and Waste Disposal Grants to Alleviate Health Risks on Tribal Lands and Colonias program. This program helps people who live in low-income communities and federally recognized Tribes access safe and reliable drinking water\, waste disposal facilities and waste disposal services.
The Department is seeking input from Tribal leaders on:
 \;  \;  \;  \;&bull\; Adjusting the program&rsquo\;s scoring criteria to address health risks experienced by federally-recognized Tribes due to a lack of access to safe drinking water and wastewater disposal services and facilities.
 \;  \;  \;  \;&bull\; Improving program delivery based on the experiences of federally-recognized Tribes who have applied for and used these grants.
USDA is hosting two consultations. Both sessions will cover the same topics.
The first consultation will be held virtually on Tuesday\, Nov. 30\, 2021\, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. To register\, visit https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItdeqgrzwiH_Y6gbZ0-9Qq_eLJmGnniks. \;
The second consultation will be held virtually on Wednesday\, Dec. 1\, 2021\, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. To register\, visit https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItcGoqzwvHKltKpJ8A4zvQpvrjX6tVRw. \;