Project Grant 00J51306

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the Squaxin Island Tribe a $100,000 Project Grant under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program (CFDA 66.817). The primary objectives of this grant are to (1) establish or enhance the four statutory elements of an effective state or tribal response program, (2) maintain and update a public record of brownfield sites, and (3) conduct a limited number of brownfield site assessments or cleanups to help strengthen the Tribe's brownfields response program.

The Squaxin Island Tribe will use this funding to perform a timely survey and inventory of brownfield sites within their land and usual and accustomed areas, oversee and enforce response actions to protect human health and the environment, provide meaningful public involvement, and approve cleanup plans and verify complete responses. This grant will enable the Tribe to expand public education and outreach, maintain an inventory of contaminated sites, assess sites through the Targeted Brownfield Assessment Program, and maintain a public record of brownfield sites based on current knowledge.