Consolidation Of Upper Tanana Region Analytical And GIS Contaminants Data | F17AS00345

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The grant opportunity titled "Consolidation Of Upper Tanana Region Analytical And GIS Contaminants Data" is a US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Department of the Interior, Region 7 effort to improve how contamination-related information is organized, protected, and shared in Alaska's Upper Tanana Region. The area includes a complicated patchwork of land ownership and management, with federal lands such as Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge, military lands and operating areas, state lands, and tribal allotments and conveyed lands. In and around Northway, Alaska in particular, there are numerous current and historical contaminated sites, creating an ongoing need for accurate, accessible information for both land managers and local tribal communities who depend on these lands for subsistence uses.

The central problem this award is meant to address is that contamination data and study results exist across multiple separate sources and systems, making it difficult for decision-makers and community members to find and use the information when they need it. The goal is to consolidate analytical results and GIS-based contaminants data into a single accessible location so that people responsible for land management, environmental planning, and community safety can work from the same base of information. This type of consolidation supports better coordination across jurisdictions, improves situational awareness about contaminated sites, and helps inform land use decisions that may affect subsistence activities and local health considerations.

A major feature of the project is that it must handle sensitive information appropriately. Some of the data connected to contaminated sites and land use is not suitable for open public release, including personally identifying details such as the names of individual allotment owners as well as information about subsistence hunting areas. Because of this, the project explicitly requires security measures that verify whether a person requesting access has a legitimate need to view sensitive content. In practical terms, this implies controlled access, permissions management, and a secure hosting environment so that consolidated information can be shared with the right audiences without exposing private or culturally sensitive details.

This is a discretionary funding opportunity, but it is not open competition. USFWS states it intends to make a single-source cooperative agreement to Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) under the authority cited (505 DM 2.14(B)), and the notice is not a request for proposals. The government does not intend to accept applications from other entities. The rationale provided is that TCC, specifically its Forestry Department, already has the relevant technical expertise to pull together multiple disparate datasets, implement appropriate protections for sensitive information, and provide the server space needed to host the consolidated repository.

From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number F17AS00345, with a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument. The expected number of awards is one, with an award ceiling of $30,000. The CFDA number associated with the opportunity is 15.608. While the general eligible applicant categories shown include Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments) and 501(c)(3) nonprofits (other than institutions of higher education), the stated intent of this specific notice is to fund TCC via a single-source award. The posting dates indicate creation on July 27, 2017, with an original closing date of August 4, 2017, reflecting the formal window for the notice even though it is not soliciting competing proposals.

Overall, the grant is best understood as a targeted, practical data-management and access-control project focused on environmental contaminants information in a region with overlapping jurisdictions and significant subsistence reliance. The planned outcome is a centralized, secure, and usable dataset and GIS resource that supports land management decisions, environmental response coordination, and informed community awareness while protecting sensitive local and individual information.

• The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the education, employment, labor and training, energy, environment, natural resources, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Consolidation Of Upper Tanana Region Analytical And GIS Contaminants Data" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.608.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jul 27, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 04, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $30,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.

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