The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded a $130,000 Project Grant to the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program grants (CFDA 66.817). The primary objectives of this funding are to (1) establish or enhance the statutory elements of the Tribe's brownfields response program, (2) maintain and update a public record of brownfield sites, and (3) conduct a limited number of site assessments and cleanups to help strengthen...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the Passamaquoddy Tribe a $160,000 Project Grant under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) program. The grant period is from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. Funds will support the Passamaquoddy Tribe's Brownfields Response Program to enhance its capacity to meet the requirements of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Section 128(a). Key activities include conducting a timely...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $160,000 CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grant to the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point to enhance the tribe's brownfields response program. The purpose of this Project Grant is to assist the tribe in meeting the statutory elements of an effective state or tribal response program, including site inventories, oversight and enforcement authorities, public involvement mechanisms, and cleanup plan approval...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the Passamaquoddy Tribe $160,000 under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) federal Project Grant for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The funding will support the Passamaquoddy Tribe's Brownfields Response Program, which will survey and inventory brownfield sites in Maine. The program will provide oversight and enforcement to ensure response actions at these potentially contaminated properties...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.818) program. The funding will support the recipient in conducting eligible assessment-related activities authorized under CERCLA 104(k)(2) in Piscataquis County, Maine. Specifically, the recipient will inventory, characterize, assess, and...
This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818) will provide funding to the Southern Maine Planning & Development Commission to conduct eligible brownfield assessment-related activities in 39 communities across York, Cumberland, and Oxford counties in Maine. The activities are expected to include conducting up to 10...
This $150,000 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 supports the Penobscot Indian Nation's Brownfield Response Program through September 2023. The program will survey and inventory brownfield sites on tribal lands, provide oversight of response actions to protect human health and the environment, and ensure meaningful public involvement. It will also facilitate approval of cleanup plans and verification of completed responses. These activities will help...
This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818), will enable the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council to re-capitalize a revolving loan fund. The funding will support the council's efforts to clean up and redevelop brownfield sites within Piscataquis County, Maine. Key activities include issuing...
This Fiscal Year 2021 Cooperative Agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 will provide $300,000 to the Nez Perce Tribe to address brownfield sites in the Clearwater River Corridor Target Area within the Nez Perce Reservation in Idaho. Under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818), the Tribe will inventory, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and community involvement activities for priority...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded Eastern Maine Development Corporation a $500,000 cooperative agreement under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818). The funding will support assessment-related activities including Phase I and II environmental site assessments, planning documents, community meetings, and cleanup plans in Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, and Waldo Counties in Maine from July 1,...