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…

The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California received $159,367 in noncompetitive funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) program, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This award supports the tribe's brownfields response program by funding planning, assessment, and limited cleanup activities on tribal lands in the Gardnerville-Minden, Nevada area. The Washoe Tribe will conduct a timely survey and inventory of brownfield sites—properties whose expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by the presence of hazardous substances—and establish or enhance the four statutory elements required under Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Section 128(a).

Specifically, the award funds the tribe's implementation of oversight and enforcement authorities to protect human health and the environment, resources to enable meaningful public involvement, mechanisms for approval of cleanup plans, and verification of completed responses. The Washoe Tribe will expand public education and outreach of its voluntary cleanup program to small and stressed communities, maintain and annually update a public record documenting completed and planned response actions, and assess brownfield sites throughout tribal lands. No subawards are included in this assistance agreement.

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 purpose of this award is to enhance the capacity of washoe's brownfields response program to meet the section 128(a) elements. Washoe will oversee and perform planning, assessment, and cleanup of brownfields sites throughout the tribal land. This assistance agreement provides full federal funding in the amount of $159,367.00. See general terms and conditions. Activities:washoe 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 tribal lands. Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:washoe will expand public education and outreach of the washoe voluntary cleanup program to small and stressed communities, assess one or more sites through the state targeted brownfield assessment program, oversee the cleanup of multiple sites, and conduct environmental outreach.