This $128,000 federal 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) aims to enhance the capacity of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians' brownfields response program. The primary objectives 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)...
This $132,617 Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program (CFDA 66.817) will enable the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians to expand and enhance their tribal brownfields response program. Key activities include conducting site surveys and inventories, providing public engagement, and overseeing the assessment and cleanup of brownfields sites across the tribal reservation. The grant aims...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians $132,617 under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) Project Grant for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. The funding will enhance the Tribe's capacity to establish or enhance the four statutory elements of an effective response program as outlined in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Section...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded the Fond du Lac Reservation a $180,000 Project Grant under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. The grant will support the Tribe's efforts to enhance its Brownfields Response Program and meet the requirements of Section 128(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. Key activities to be undertaken by the Tribe include...
The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Tribe received a $179,695 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) to continue building elements of an effective tribal response program and assist in remediating, redeveloping, and reusing potentially hazardous and contaminated brownfield sites throughout the Leech Lake Reservation. Funding will also support expanding public education and outreach of the Tribe's...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program (CFDA 66.817) provides $213,000 to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe (LLBO) to enhance their brownfields response program. The primary objectives are to: (1) establish or enhance the statutory elements of an effective tribal response program, (2) maintain a public record of brownfield sites, and (3) conduct assessments and cleanups of brownfield sites. LLBO will...
This $700,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) will enhance the capacity of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe's brownfields response program. The tribe will use the funds to oversee and perform planning, outreach, assessment, and cleanup of brownfield sites throughout the Isabella Reservation, including the Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School site. Key activities...
This $159,695 Environmental Protection Agency project grant funds the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Tribal Response Program through September 2022. The program supports the Tribe's efforts to survey, assess and remediate brownfield sites on its lands. It will help the Leech Lake Band establish the four statutory elements required for an effective state and tribal response program under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Section 128(a). This includes...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $120,000 CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grant (CFDA 66.817) to the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe (FSST) on October 1, 2024. The purpose of this one-year project grant is to enhance FSST's capacity to establish and maintain an effective brownfields response program, as specified under the statutory elements of CERCLA Section 128(a). Key activities include conducting site inventories, providing public involvement, and...
This $108,500 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 supports the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe's Tribal Response Program. The program will survey and inventory brownfield sites on the reservation, provide oversight and enforcement of response actions to protect human health and the environment, and ensure meaningful public involvement. It will also facilitate approval of cleanup plans and verification of completed responses. The primary objective is to assist in...