Federal Grant Award Summary

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 awarded $554,107 to the Yakutat Tlingit Tribe under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) on October 1, 2025, for a one-year period ending September 30, 2026. This noncompetitive formula grant, authorized under Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Section 128(a), supports the tribe's brownfields response program across its traditional lands in Yakutat, Alaska. The funding enables the tribe to enhance capacity in four statutory program elements: conducting timely survey and inventory of brownfield sites; establishing oversight and enforcement authorities to ensure response actions protect human health and the environment; providing resources for meaningful public involvement; and implementing mechanisms for approval of cleanup plans and verification of complete responses.

Under this award, the Yakutat Tlingit Tribe will perform planning, assessment, and cleanup activities on brownfield properties whose reuse may be complicated by the presence of hazardous substances. Deliverables include ongoing investigation of reported sites, maintenance and annual updates to the site inventory and public records documenting completed response actions and planned remediation activities, and execution of a limited number of brownfield site assessments and cleanups to establish or enhance the tribe's response program capacity. No subawards are included in this assistance agreement.