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)...
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 Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians received a $127,428 project grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) program. The funding will support the tribe's brownfields response program through September 2022, including surveying and inventorying brownfield sites on tribal lands, as well as oversight, enforcement, and public involvement activities to ensure protective cleanup responses. The...
This 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) provides $213,000.00 to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe (LLBO) to enhance their brownfields response program. The primary objectives are to: (1) establish or improve the statutory elements of an effective state/tribal response program, (2) maintain a public record of brownfield sites, and (3) conduct site assessments and cleanups to...
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...
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...
This $290,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) is intended to enhance the capacity of the Bay Mills Indian Community's (BMIC) Brownfields Response Program. The funding will support BMIC in conducting site assessments, overseeing cleanups, and expanding public outreach for at least five brownfield sites within the tribe's jurisdiction. The key products and services to be...
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 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) provides $700,000 to the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe to enhance their brownfields response program. The funding will be used to perform a timely survey and inventory of brownfield sites, conduct outreach for public involvement, update ordinances and approval mechanisms, and oversee the assessment and cleanup of at least 2 brownfield...
This Project Grant award of $144,750.00 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 Makah Indian Tribe's efforts to enhance their brownfields response program. The primary objectives are to establish or improve the four key statutory elements of an effective state or tribal response program, maintain a public record of brownfield sites, and conduct assessments or cleanups to help build...