The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the Passamaquoddy Tribe a $160,000 Project Grant under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) program. The grant period is from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. Funds will support the Passamaquoddy Tribe's Brownfields Response Program to enhance its capacity to meet the requirements of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Section 128(a). Key activities include conducting a timely...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded a $130,000 Project Grant to the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program grants (CFDA 66.817). The primary objectives of this funding are to (1) establish or enhance the statutory elements of the Tribe's brownfields response program, (2) maintain and update a public record of brownfield sites, and (3) conduct a limited number of site assessments and cleanups to help strengthen...
This $160,000 Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) will support the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point in Maine to enhance their brownfields response program. The funding will enable the tribe to conduct timely surveys and inventories of brownfield sites, provide oversight and enforcement authorities, ensure public involvement, and facilitate the cleanup and redevelopment of...
This $150,000 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 supports the Penobscot Indian Nation's Brownfield Response Program through September 2023. The program will survey and inventory brownfield sites on tribal lands, provide oversight of response actions to protect human health and the environment, and ensure meaningful public involvement. It will also facilitate approval of cleanup plans and verification of completed responses. These activities will help...
This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 provides $1,300,000.00 in funding to the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point to conduct eligible assessment-related activities under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818). The key activities to be performed include inventorying, characterizing, and assessing brownfield sites, as well as developing cleanup plans and supporting...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $290,000 CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grant (CFDA 66.817) to the Penobscot Indian Nation. The purpose of this one-year grant, with an award date of October 1, 2024 and a completion date of September 30, 2025, is to enhance the tribe's brownfields response program. Key activities include conducting site inventories, providing public involvement, overseeing cleanup plans, and assessing and remediating two...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the Squaxin Island Tribe a $100,000 Project Grant under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA #66.817) to enhance the Tribe's Brownfields response program capacity from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. The Tribe will perform activities to inventory, assess, and remediate brownfield sites on tribal lands, including timely surveying and inventorying of sites; overseeing response actions to protect human health and the...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $317,000 CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grant (CFDA 66.817) to the Squaxin Island Tribe to enhance the capacity of the Tribe's brownfields response program. The funding will support the Tribe in conducting timely surveys and inventories of brownfield sites, providing oversight and enforcement authorities to ensure response actions protect human health and the environment, facilitating public involvement, approving...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $144,750 Project Grant to the Makah Indian Tribe under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA #66.817) program. The Tribe will use the funding from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023 to enhance its Brownfields response program and perform planning, assessment, and cleanup activities at contaminated sites. Specifically, the Makah Indian Tribe will conduct timely surveys and inventories of brownfield properties, provide oversight...
The Environmental Protection Agency awarded a $659,055 Project Grant to the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) program. The Tribe will use the funding to enhance its brownfields response program capacity and conduct planning, assessment, and cleanup activities at contaminated sites on its traditional lands through December 2025. Specifically, the Tribe will perform timely inventories and surveys of brownfield properties, provide public...