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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded $758,351 to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (MDEGLE) under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. This noncompetitive formula grant funds MDEGLE's brownfields response program to establish and enhance the four statutory elements required under Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Section 128(a): timely survey and inventory of brownfield sites, oversight and enforcement authorities to protect human health and the environment, resources for meaningful public involvement, and mechanisms for approval and verification of cleanup plans.

Under this award, MDEGLE will conduct planning, assessment, and cleanup activities for brownfield sites throughout Michigan, including performing environmental site surveys and inventories, conducting Phase I and Phase II assessments, executing limited remediation activities, monitoring compliance with land and resource use restrictions, maintaining a comprehensive brownfields database inventory, and providing community outreach and technical assistance. Additionally, MDEGLE is required to maintain and annually update a public record documenting brownfield sites where response actions have been completed and sites planned for remediation in the upcoming year, thereby supporting the program's goal of enabling states to assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfield properties.

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 purpose of this award is to enhance the capacity of the state of michigan department of environment, great lakes, and energy's (EGLE) brownfields response program to meet the section 128(a) elements. EGLE will oversee and perform planning, assessment, and cleanup of brownfields sites throughout the state/territory/tribal land, will monitor compliance with land and resource use restrictions, mapping sites, and adding to a brownfields inventory, conducting community outreach throughout the state, and conduct site assessments. Activities:EGLE 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 state. EGLE will oversee and perform planning, assessment, and cleanup of brownfields sites throughout the state/territory/tribal land, will monitor compliance with land and resource use restrictions, mapping sites, and adding to a brownfields inventory, conducting community outreach throughout the state, and conduct site assessments. Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:EGLE will expand public education and outreach of the michigan voluntary cleanup program to small and disadvantaged communities, assess up to 3 sites through the state targeted brownfield assessment program. EGLE will update brownfields inventory and add sites to state databases, and monitor compliance with land and resource use restrictions in one community in michigan.