The primary objectives of EPA's cercla section 128(a) state and tribal response program grants are to provide financial support to states, US territories, and tribal nations to (1) establish or…

EPA Region 10 awarded the Native Village of Eklutna $244,637 under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) on October 1, 2025, to enhance the tribe's brownfields response program capacity.

The recipient will conduct survey and inventory of brownfield sites on the tribe's traditionally used lands, establish oversight and enforcement authorities to ensure response actions protect human health and the environment, provide resources for meaningful public involvement, and develop mechanisms for approval of cleanup plans and verification of complete responses. The tribe will perform planning, assessment, and cleanup activities across brownfields sites throughout its traditional territory to assist in remediating and reusing contaminated properties.

The award obligates $244,637 with a period of performance from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. Place of performance is Eklutna, Anchorage, Alaska. No sub-recipients are included in this assistance agreement.

The Section 128(a) grant program authorizes noncompetitive funding to states and Indian tribes to establish or enhance their environmental response programs and conduct brownfield site assessments or cleanups. Funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act supplemented this year's allocation.

The primary objectives of EPA's cercla section 128(a) state and tribal response program grants are to provide financial support to states, US territories, and tribal nations to (1) establish or enhance the four statutory elements of an effective state or tribal response program, as specified in cercla section 128(a)(2), (2) maintain and update, at least annually, a public record of sites, pursuant to cercla 128(b), that includes the name and location of sites at which response actions have been completed during the previous year and the name and location of sites at which response actions are planned to be addressed in the next year, and (3) conduct a limited number of brownfield site assessments or cleanups that will help establish or enhance the state or tribal nation's response program. The infrastructure investment and jobs act ('IIJA') provided additional funding to carry out the section 128(a) grant program. The purpose of this award is to enhance the capacity of the native village of eklutna's brownfields response program to meet the section 128(a) elements. Native village of eklutna will oversee and perform planning, assessment, and cleanup of brownfields sites throughout the tribe's traditionally used lands. Activities:native village of eklutna will perform the following activities: timely survey and inventory of brownfield sites, which are properties whose expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by the presence of hazardous substances. IT also includes oversight and enforcement authorities to ensure that response actions protect human health and the environment; resources to provide meaningful public involvement; mechanisms for approval of cleanup plans, and verification of complete responses. The objective of this project is to assist in remediating and reusing brownfields sites throughout the tribe's traditional lands. Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:native village of eklutna will expand public education and outreach to tribal members, expand the brownfields inventory to identify additional priority sites, and continue efforts to support ongoing assessment and cleanup at four priority sites.