This $319,410 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 enhance the capacity of the Central Council Tlingit And Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska's Brownfields Response Program. The funding will support the tribe's efforts to conduct site assessments, oversee cleanups, and facilitate the remediation and reuse of brownfield properties throughout their lands. Key activities include...
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 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 $144,750 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 enable the Makah Indian Tribe to enhance its brownfields response program. The primary objectives are to: (1) establish or enhance the four statutory elements of an effective state/tribal response program, (2) maintain a public record of completed and planned response actions, and (3) conduct a limited number of...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $305,907 Project Grant to the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA #66.817) program. The grant will enhance the Tribe's capacity to respond to brownfield sites by funding planning, assessment, and cleanup activities from October 2022 through September 2023. Specifically, the Tribe will inventory brownfield properties, oversee response actions to protect human health and the...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $493,802 Project Grant to the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program. The purpose of this grant is to conduct ambient air monitoring of pollutants in the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation communities, which face environmental and health disparities due to pollution and the COVID-19...
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...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $224,092 Project Grant under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) to the Hoopa Valley Tribe (HVT) to enhance their brownfields response program. The purpose of this award is to assist HVT in meeting the statutory elements of an effective state or tribal response program, including conducting site inventories, providing public involvement, and overseeing the cleanup and reuse of contaminated...
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 $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...