Brownfields are real property, the expansion, development or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant

Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 awarded a $2 million Cooperative Agreement to Coeur D'Alene Tribe on October 1, 2025, under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818) to conduct environmental site assessment and cleanup planning activities on the Coeur d'Alene Reservation through September 30, 2030.

The recipient will inventory, characterize, and assess brownfield properties; conduct cleanup planning and community involvement activities; competitively procure and direct a qualified environmental professional to perform environmental site work; and report progress through EPA's Assessment, Cleanup and Redevelopment Exchange System (ACRES). Specific anticipated deliverables include eight Quality Assurance Project Plans with site-specific sampling and analysis plans, nine Phase I environmental assessments, ten Phase II environmental assessments, four small-scale hazardous materials assessments, eight Abatement Control Background Assessments, three site-specific reuse plans, a market study, infrastructure analysis, an area-wide plan, and twenty quarterly reports. The recipient will hold community meetings to engage residents, business owners, and stakeholders in and near the reservation.

Funding flows to Coeur D'Alene Tribe, a federally recognized Native American tribal government headquartered in Plummer, Idaho. The award carries no sub-recipients. Work is performed on the Coeur d'Alene Reservation in De Smet, Idaho. The funding derives from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and supports eligible assessment-related activities authorized under CERCLA 104(k)(2).

This agreement provides funding under the infrastructure investment and jobs act (IIJA) to coeur d'alene tribe. The recipient will conduct eligible assessment-related activities as authorized by cerlca 104(k)(2) in coeur d'alene tribe, idaho activities:specifically, this agreement will provide funding to the recipient to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and community involvement related activities. Additionally, the recipient will competitively procure (as needed) and direct a qualified environmental professional to conduct environmental site activities. Also, the recipient will report on interim progress and final accomplishments by completing and submitting relevant portions of the property profile form using EPA's assessment, cleanup and redevelopment exchange system (acres). Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:further, the recipient anticipates conducting eight developments of quality assurance project plans (qapp), including site-specific sampling and analysis plans (SAP), nine phase i environmental assessments, ten phase II environmental assessments, four small-scale hazardous materials assessments, eight abcas, holding community meetings, developing three site-specific reuse plans, market study, infrastructure analysis, and area-wide plan, and submitting twenty quarterly reports. Work conducted under this agreement will benefit the residents, business owners, and stakeholders in and near coeur d'alene tribe, idaho