Project Grant 02J32901

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 assessments or cleanups to help strengthen the tribal response program. The Knik Tribe will perform activities such as surveying and inventorying brownfield sites, providing oversight and enforcement authorities, ensuring public involvement, and approving and verifying cleanup plans. This grant will increase the tribe's involvement in contaminated sites management and engagement with regulators and responsible parties to address sites of concern impacting tribal members.