The Yakutat Tlingit Tribe received a $125,000 project grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) to conduct brownfield site assessment, inventory and remediation activities on tribal lands through September 2022. The grant funding will support the Tribe's response program, which includes surveying and inventorying brownfield sites contaminated with hazardous substances. It will also provide oversight and enforcement...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $115,378 CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grant (CFDA 66.817) to the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska. The grant period runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. The primary objectives of this grant are to: (1) establish or enhance the four statutory elements of an effective tribal response program, (2) maintain and update a public record of brownfield sites, and (3) conduct brownfield site assessments or cleanups to...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $215,000 CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grant (CFDA 66.817) to the Knik Tribe, doing business as the Knik Tribal Council, to enhance the tribe's brownfields response program. The primary goals of the project 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 contaminated sites, and (3) conduct brownfield site...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) provides $127,652.00 to the Sitka Tribe of Alaska to enhance their brownfields response program. The primary objectives are to establish or improve the four key elements of an effective tribal response program, maintain a public record of brownfield sites, and conduct site assessments or cleanups. Key activities include surveying...
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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska a $100,000 Project Grant under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program (CFDA 66.817). This grant will enhance the tribe's capacity to establish or improve the four statutory elements of an effective brownfields response program, as specified in CERCLA Section 128(a)(2). Key activities include timely surveying and inventorying of brownfields sites, providing oversight and enforcement...
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 (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...
This $115,000 federal Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program supports the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska in enhancing their brownfields response program. The funding will enable the tribal government to survey and inventory brownfields sites, provide public involvement, and oversee the assessment and cleanup of contaminated properties within their lands. This will help...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $116,704 under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) federal grant program to Chickaloon Native Village. The funding will support the Tribe's efforts to enhance its Brownfields response program through September 2023. Key activities include conducting timely surveys and inventories of brownfield sites, defined as properties complicated for redevelopment by hazardous substances. The Tribe will also oversee response actions,...