Cincinnati – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded a cooperative agreement to the Pueblo de Cochiti (Cochiti Pueblo) of Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico for the “Los Alamos Pueblos’ Project (LAPP) Activities for Pueblo de Cochiti”. The objective of the project is to focus on development of strategies and protocols which would facilitate communications, including the exchange of documents, between DOE and Cochiti Pueblo and the development of strategies to enable Cochiti Pueblo to address issues related to Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) activities. The cooperative agreement has a value of $1.55 million, with a period of performance of 5 years.

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