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…

Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 awarded the Ute Indian Tribe $100,000 under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) on June 1, 2026, to enhance the Tribe's brownfields response program capacity on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation.

The Tribe will assess two brownfield sites and oversee cleanup of two additional sites (either previously assessed or eligible for cleanup without prior assessment) throughout tribal lands. The Tribe will establish support mechanisms for approval of assessment and cleanup plans and verification of complete responses, and will expand public education and outreach of its Tribal Response Program and brownfields initiatives to the community.

The award period runs through September 30, 2028. No sub-awards are included in this assistance agreement. Place of performance is the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, including Hanna, Utah.

This formula grant supports the CERCLA Section 128(a) program objective of providing financial support to tribal nations to establish or enhance the statutory elements of an effective state or tribal response program, maintain and update at least annually a public record of brownfield sites where response actions have been completed or are planned, and conduct a limited number of brownfield site assessments or cleanups.

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 UTE indian tribe's brownfields response program to meet the section 128(a) elements. UTE indian tribe will oversee and perform planning, assessment, and cleanup of brownfields sites throughout the state/territory/tribal land. Activities:UTE indian tribe will perform the following activities: support mechanisms for approval of assessment and cleanup plans, and verification of complete responses. The objective of this project is to assist in remediating and reusing brownfields sites throughout the state/territory/tribal land. UTE indian tribe will assess 2 sites with this award and oversee the cleanup of 2 sites (either sites that have had assessment and/or sites that are eligible for clean-up without assessment). Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:UTE indian tribe will expand public education and outreach of the UTE indian tribe TRP/brownfields program to the community, assess 2 sites through the state targeted brownfield assessment program, oversee the cleanup of 2 sites.