The Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 awarded the Sitka Tribe of Alaska a $120,504 Project Grant under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA #66.817) to enhance the Tribe's Brownfields response program and perform planning, assessment, and cleanup activities for contaminated sites. Specifically, the Tribe will conduct timely surveys and inventories of Brownfield properties, provide oversight of response actions to ensure protection of human health and the environment, engage...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the Sitka Tribe of Alaska a $127,652 CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grant (CFDA 66.817) to enhance the tribe's brownfields response program. The funding will be used to perform a range of activities, including timely surveying and inventorying of brownfield sites, providing oversight and enforcement authorities, ensuring public involvement, and approving cleanup plans and verifying complete responses. The primary...
The Sitka Tribe of Alaska received a $150,503 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program (CFDA 66.817). The purpose of this 1-year grant, effective October 1, 2023, is to enhance the tribe's capacity to survey, inventory, assess, and remediate brownfield sites within their traditional territory. Key activities include conducting site assessments, overseeing cleanup efforts, facilitating public...
This $111,000 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 supports the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska's response program under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817). The program provides for timely survey and inventory of brownfield sites on tribal lands, as well as oversight, enforcement, and public involvement mechanisms to ensure protective response actions and verification of completed cleanups. The objective...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 awarded a $111,000 Project Grant to the Central Council Tlingit And Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) program. The funding will enhance the Tribe's Brownfields Tribal Response Program to meet the requirements of CERCLA Section 128(a), including cataloging and inventorying potentially contaminated sites on Tribal lands, identifying Brownfields sites, developing a public record of such sites,...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $319,410 Project Grant to the Central Council Tlingit And Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817). The purpose of this one-year award, effective October 1, 2024, is to enhance the tribe's brownfields response program by conducting site surveys and inventories, providing public involvement, and overseeing the assessment and cleanup of brownfields sites throughout...
The Environmental Protection Agency awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the Metlakatla Indian Community under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA #66.817). The funding will support the Community's Brownfields Response Program to enhance its capacity to meet the requirements of CERCLA Section 128(a). Specifically, activities will include timely surveying and inventorying of brownfield sites on the Annette Islands Reserve, oversight and enforcement of response actions to protect...
This $100,000 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 supports the Squaxin Island Tribe's Tribal Response Program. The program will survey and inventory brownfield sites on tribal lands, provide oversight and enforcement of response actions to protect human health and the environment, and ensure meaningful public involvement in the cleanup process. The Tribe will have mechanisms to approve cleanup plans and verify complete responses. The funding will assist with...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $148,590 Project Grant to the Native Council Of Port Heiden Inc. 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 tribal response program; (2) maintain and update a public record of sites where response actions have been completed or are planned; and (3) conduct a limited number of brownfield...
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...