US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) e phatlalalitse hore Setsi se batla bakopi ba $ 1 milione ho toka ea tikoloho lithuso tse nyane tse lebelletsoeng ho fuoa ka 2012. Boiteko ba EPA ba toka ea tikoloho bo ikemiselitse ho netefatsa ts'ireletso e lekanang ea tikoloho le bophelo bo botle bakeng sa Maamerika kaofela, ho sa tsotelehe morabe kapa maemo a moruo. Lichelete li thusa mekhatlo e sa etseng phaello ho etsa lipatlisiso, ho fana ka thuto, le ho hlahisa tharollo ea litaba tsa bophelo bo botle le tikoloho metseng e imetsoeng ke tšilafalo e kotsi.
Kopo ea lithuso ea 2012 e se e bulehile 'me e tla koaloa ka February 29, 2012. Bakopi ba tlameha ho kenngoa mekhatlo e sa etseng phaello kapa mekhatlo ea meloko e sebetsang ho ruta, ho matlafatsa le ho nolofalletsa sechaba sa habo bona ho utloisisa le ho rarolla mathata a tikoloho le bophelo ba sechaba. EPA e tla amohela mehala e mene ea lithelefono tsa pele ho kopo ka la 15 Tšitoe 2011, Pherekhong 12, 2012, Hlakola 1, 2012 le la 15 Hlakola, 2012 ho thusa bakopi ho utloisisa litlhoko.
Toka ea tikoloho e bolela tšoaro e hlokang leeme le ho kenya letsoho ho utloahalang ha batho bohle, ho sa natsoe morabe kapa chelete e kenang, tšebetsong ea ho etsa liqeto mabapi le tikoloho. Ho tloha ka 1994, lenaneo la lithuso tse nyane tsa toka ea tikoloho le fane ka chelete e fetang $23 milione ho mekhatlo ea sechaba e sa etseng phaello le mebuso ea lehae e sebetsanang le litaba tsa toka ea tikoloho metseng e fetang 1,200. Lichelete li emela boitlamo ba EPA ba ho atolosa moqoqo oa tikoloho le ho ntšetsa pele toka ea tikoloho metseng ho phatlalla le naha.
Tlhahisoleseding e batsi ka lenaneo la Toka ya Tikoloho Small Grants le lenane la ba abetsweng: http://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/grants/ej-smgrants.html