The Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas will receive $180,000 through a two-year Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817). The funding will support the Tribe's Tribal Response Program, which will conduct timely brownfield site surveys and inventories, provide oversight and enforcement to ensure environmental and human health are protected during cleanup activities, offer meaningful public involvement, approve cleanup plans, and verify completed responses. The objective is to assist in remediating and redeveloping brownfield sites across the Tribe's reservation. Anticipated outcomes include redeveloping contaminated properties, reducing hazards, improving emergency planning and preparedness, and educating the public to minimize hazardous substance exposures, benefiting tribal members and reservation residents.
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