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,...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $171,660 Project Grant under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) to the Native Village of Eklutna (NVE) in Alaska. The grant's primary objectives are to enhance NVE's brownfields response program by: 1) conducting site inventories and assessments, 2) developing oversight and enforcement mechanisms, 3) ensuring public involvement, and 4) facilitating the cleanup and reuse of contaminated...
This $120,504 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 supports the Sitka Tribe of Alaska'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 approval and verification of cleanup plans. Deliverables include quarterly reports, meeting notes, an inventory of sites, 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,...
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...
This $375,410 federal Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) to the Native Village of Gakona in Alaska. The primary objectives are to enhance the tribe's capacity to establish or improve four key statutory elements of their brownfields response program: site inventory, oversight/enforcement, public involvement, and cleanup plan approval. Specifically, the grant will...
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 $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...
This $319,410 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) will enhance the brownfields response program of the Central Council Tlingit And Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. The grant will fund the tribe's activities to survey and inventory brownfield sites, provide oversight and enforcement authorities, ensure public involvement, and facilitate the cleanup and reuse of contaminated...