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 $295,723 federal Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) is intended to enhance the capacity of the Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council (YRITWC) Brownfields Response Program in Alaska. Through this funding, YRITWC will perform activities such as surveying and inventorying brownfield sites, ensuring oversight and enforcement authorities, enabling public involvement, and...
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...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has 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 1-year award is to enhance the Tlingit and Haida Tribes' capacity to establish and maintain an effective brownfields response program on their lands. Key activities include conducting site surveys and inventories, providing public...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $375,410 CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grant to the Native Village of Gakona, a federally recognized tribal government in Alaska. The primary objectives of this Project Grant are to (1) establish and enhance the Native Village of Gakona's brownfields response program, (2) maintain and update a public record of sites with completed or planned response actions, and (3) conduct brownfield site assessments and cleanups....
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 U.S. 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 to enhance the tribe's brownfields response program. The grant funding will support the tribe's activities to survey and inventory brownfields sites, provide oversight and enforcement authorities, ensure public involvement, and establish mechanisms for approving and verifying cleanup plans. The goal is to assist in...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $171,748 CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grant (CFDA 66.817) to the Native Village of Port Heiden in Alaska. The purpose of this 1-year project grant, effective October 1, 2024, is to enhance the capacity of the Native Village of Port Heiden's brownfields response program to meet the statutory elements outlined in CERCLA Section 128(a). Key activities to be performed under this grant include: timely survey and...
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 is a $127,652 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) to the Sitka Tribe of Alaska. The purpose of this award is to enhance the tribe's brownfields response program to identify, assess, and remediate contaminated properties within its jurisdiction. Key activities include conducting site surveys and inventories, establishing oversight and enforcement authorities, ensuring...