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 $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...
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...
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...
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 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 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...
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 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...
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...