The primary objectives of EPA's cercla section 128(a) state and tribal response program grants are to provide financial support to states, US territories, and tribal nations to (1) establish or…

The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe received a $100,000 formula grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This award, authorized under Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Section 128(a), supports the tribe's brownfields response program across its reservation lands in South Dakota. The tribe will establish and enhance its environmental response capacity by conducting timely surveys and inventories of brownfield sites—properties whose reuse may be complicated by hazardous substance contamination—while implementing oversight and enforcement mechanisms to protect human health and the environment.

The tribe will deliver services encompassing planning, assessment, and remediation of brownfield sites throughout tribal lands, with emphasis on public involvement and community education initiatives. Key deliverables include developing mechanisms for approval of cleanup plans, verification of completed responses, and maintenance of an annually updated public record documenting completed and planned response actions. No sub-awards are included under this assistance agreement, with the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe performing all work directly as the prime grant recipient.

The primary objectives of EPA's cercla section 128(a) state and tribal response program grants are to provide financial support to states, US territories, and tribal nations to (1) establish or enhance the four statutory elements of an effective state or tribal response program, as specified in cercla section 128(a)(2), (2) maintain and update, at least annually, a public record of sites, pursuant to cercla 128(b), that includes the name and location of sites at which response actions have been completed during the previous year and the name and location of sites at which response actions are planned to be addressed in the next year, and (3) conduct a limited number of brownfield site assessments or cleanups that will help establish or enhance the state or tribal nation's response program. The infrastructure investment and jobs act ('IIJA') provided additional funding to carry out the section 128(a) grant program. The purpose of this award is to enhance the capacity of crow creek sioux tribe brownfields response program to meet the section 128(a) elements. Crow creek sioux tribe will oversee and perform planning, assessment, and cleanup of brownfields sites throughout the tribal land. Activities:crow creek sioux tribe will perform the following activities: timely survey and inventory of brownfield sites, which are properties whose expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by the presence of hazardous substances. IT also includes oversight and enforcement authorities to ensure that response actions protect human health and the environment; resources to provide meaningful public involvement; mechanisms for approval of cleanup plans, and verification of complete responses. The objective of this project is to assist in remediating and reusing brownfields sites throughout the tribal land. Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:crow creek sioux tribe will expand public education and outreach of the crow creek sioux tribe voluntary cleanup program to underserved communities, assess 1 site through the tribal TRP program and oversee the cleanup of 1 site.