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 $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) 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 (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...
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...
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 $171,748 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 support the Native Village of Port Heiden in Alaska to enhance their brownfields response program. The key activities include conducting site surveys and inventories, providing public involvement, and performing cleanup activities at brownfield sites within the tribe's traditional lands. The award will enable the tribe...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $317,000 CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grant (CFDA 66.817) to the Squaxin Island Tribe to enhance the capacity of the Tribe's brownfields response program. The funding will support the Tribe in conducting timely surveys and inventories of brownfield sites, providing oversight and enforcement authorities to ensure response actions protect human health and the environment, facilitating public involvement, approving...
The Environmental Protection Agency awarded a $659,055 Project Grant to the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) program. The Tribe will use the funding to enhance its brownfields response program capacity and conduct planning, assessment, and cleanup activities at contaminated sites on its traditional lands through December 2025. Specifically, the Tribe will perform timely inventories and surveys of brownfield properties, provide public...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $144,750 Project Grant to the Makah Indian Tribe under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA #66.817) program. The Tribe will use the funding from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023 to enhance its Brownfields response program and perform planning, assessment, and cleanup activities at contaminated sites. Specifically, the Makah Indian Tribe will conduct timely surveys and inventories of brownfield properties, provide oversight...