84106601

Description: The purpose of this award is to provide funding under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to the Native Village of Eyak.

The recipient will implement greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction programs, policies, projects, and measures identified in a Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) developed under a Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) planning grant.

Activities conducted through this grant will benefit all residents and visitors to Alaska through four main objectives:

Implementation of ambitious measures that will achieve significant cumulative GHG reductions by 2030 and beyond;

Pursuit of measures that will achieve substantial community benefits, particularly in low-income and disadvantaged communities;

Complementing other funding sources to maximize these GHG reductions and community benefits; and,

Pursuit of innovative policies and programs that are replicable and can be 'scaled up' across multiple jurisdictions.

Activities: The activities include updating their list of qualified design engineering and permitting-capable firms in the Alaska market for competitive solicitation.

Negotiating land use agreements with the landowners; the Eyak Corporation (Alaska Native Corporation - ANC) with surface estate, and Chugach Alaska Corporation (ANC) for subsurface estate.

Establishing a basis for land development is a critical path objective that will be completed before design and permitting are significantly advanced.

Undergo a construction bidding and procurement process where a single firm responsible for the design, permitting, and construction are efficient and accountable to the project execution, but is otherwise achievable by firms with an established working history with each other within defined roles (design, permitting, construction).

With a construction phase estimated to be one year long.

Subrecipient: The measure will be structured as a subaward to subrecipient Cordova Electric Cooperative, Inc. (CEC) for procurement and execution of the construction of the storage dam, with NVE administering the grant for compliance and desired outcomes.

The materials will comply with BABA requirements, and the procurement of a construction contractor will comply with EPA guidelines for contracts as appended to the NOFA, and with CEC has reviewed and familiarized themselves with.

CEC will provide all non-construction award CEC expenses as a project contribution.

CEC is not including it as a non-required match for this project because they plan to use it for matching other state and federal funding.

CEC understands that all contractor construction will have to comply with the David Bacon provisions as outlined in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).

Outcomes: The anticipated deliverables include completing a preliminary design.

Procure engineering firms to advance the designs to bid-ready documents.

Identify and procure necessary permits and approvals for construction of a new dam storage facility and a connecting pipeline to existing project.

Execute lease agreements.

Prepare, procure, and award bid.

Build dam, penstock extension, and equipment upgrades.

The expected outcomes include offset of 749 metric tons CO2E GHG emissions annually, mitigate catastrophic downstream drought, accelerate resilience and adaptation to climate change impacts, reduce power generation, improve air quality, reduce localized pollution and health impacts, reduce waste and prevent environmental contamination, prepare for and respond to environmental emergencies, promote pollution prevention.

Additional outcomes include lower commercial and residential energy expenditures for diesel cost pass-through reductions which CEC tracks and records quarterly, enhance community engagement, and create additional educational and recreational opportunities.

The intended beneficiaries include the Native Village of Eyak and community of Cordova.

Native Village Of Eyak

1 - TACKLE THE CLIMATE CRISIS 1.1 - REDUCE EMISSIONS THAT CAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE

66.046 - Climate Pollution Reduction Grants

Office of Grants and Debarment (OGD) [EPA - HQ]

EPA Region 10: Seattle [EPA - RO]

Eyak Alaska Native Village Statistical Area, Alaska United States

City-Wide

Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Program: Implementation Grants Competition for Tribes and Territories (EPA-R-OAR-CPRGT-23-09)