Tribal ERIF Program Application

Application Instructions

The template below provides a Microsoft Word document to serve as guidance for you to easily respond to Parts 1-3 below. Using the template is recommended to ensure a complete application.

Part 1. Tribe Information:

Name of Tribe:

EIN/Tax ID:

City:

State:

Zip Code:

Primary Contact Person:

Name:

Position Title:

Address:

Phone:

Fax:

Email:

Total Funding Requested (should not exceed levels identified in table below):

# of FAST 41 Projects	Maximum Funding Available
1	$300,000
2-4	$600,000
5 or more	$750,000

Part 2. Summary

1. How will the requested funding support engagement and consultation in the environmental review and authorization process for FAST-41 covered projects?

2. How will the planned activities help make FAST-41 covered project environmental reviews and authorization more timely and efficient?

3. What will be accomplished with the funding?

4. List FAST-41 covered project(s) that the applicant is consulting on or engaged in.

Part 3. Activity and Budget

Please provide a plan to utilize the requested funding. For each year of funding requested, the plan should identify:

• the activities the funding will support,

• the cost per activity and

• the anticipated level of effort (e.g. number of people, hours per person, eligible costs or direct costs anticipated, consultant costs (technical experts, etc.).

• amount of the award that will be used on contract support costs

A sample table to show this information is provided on the next page.

Anticipated Reporting:

Please Note: Due to the nature of these agreements, which are contracts and compacts with Tribal governments that are negotiated individually, this is anticipated reporting and may change based on contract/compact negotiations.

Biannual Report: The Tribe will provide bi-annual (every six months) reports to the Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Trust Services and Permitting Council OED ([email protected]). A “Biannual Reporting Template” will be provided by the Permitting Council OED to recipients. Every six months, the Tribe will report the following:

• Identify the FAST-41 covered project(s) by name that the Tribe engaged in during the reporting period;

• Progress against each of the planned activities identified in the original application. The Permitting Council OED recognizes circumstances may change, so the Tribe should document any deviations and provide context for altered or new activities.

• Provide an accounting of how the funding was used during the reporting period and what resources the funding was expended on.

• The success of the work; i.e., extent to which the funding was used to make the environmental review and authorization process for the project more timely and efficient (photos/videos welcome).

SAMPLE TABLE FOR APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS PART 3

Activity	Year 1 Funding Requested	Year 2 Funding Requested	Year 3 Funding Requested	Level of Effort / Additional Details
Hire __ specialists to review EIS for 4 FAST-41 projects	$xx.x	$xx.x	$xx.x	Geologist (___ hrs, __/hr); Scientist (____ hrs; _/hr)
Hire Project Manager to coordinate FAST-41 project consultation	$xx.x	$xx.x	$xx.x	Project Manager will focus on FAST-41 projects about 15 hrs/week; 15*52*$xx.x=$xx.x per year.
Purchase 2 computers to enable GIS applications and enhanced project management	$xx.x			New computers are required that have the capacity to run GIS and PM apps.
Annual cost for ___ GIS licenses	$xx.x	$xx.x	$xx.x	Licenses for X people required to enable ……
FAST-41 project consultation travel	$xx.x	$xx.x	$xx.x	FAST-41 project consultation: 4 Trips for 2 people = Flight + __ nights hotel + ____ days perdiem
Contract Support Costs (CSC)	$xx.x	$xx.x	$xx.x	CSC to support development of reports and activity accounting