Project Grant 98T32301
- This $169,980 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 funds the Navajo Nation Tribal Government to perform site characterization activities at potential or confirmed hazardous waste sites under the Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.802). Key deliverables include site visits, inspections, and reviews of work plans and remedy recommendations for eight sites on the Navajo Nation, with the goal...
- This $1,500,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 on July 1, 2023 is funded through the Superfund State and Indian Tribe Core Program Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.809). The grant provides funding to the Navajo Nation Tribal Government to conduct non-site-specific activities that support the Navajo Nation's response program under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Key activities include hiring...
- This $350,000 cooperative agreement awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 will fund the Navajo Nation EPA to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and community involvement activities for brownfield sites in McKinley County, New Mexico on the Navajo Nation. Specifically, the project will focus on priority areas 1 and 2 of the 100-acre Navajo Forest Products Industry legacy site, sampling for contaminants of concern including asbestos, various...
- This $170,568 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 supports the Navajo Nation Superfund Program's (NSP) coordination assistance for the cleanup of Tronox-related mines at Cove, Quivira, Section 32 and 33 under the Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.802). Key activities to be performed through September 2028 include NSP input to review data and documents, attendance at meetings for...
- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $124,280 Project Grant under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) to the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council, Inc. (ENIPC) to enhance its brownfields response program. The grant, awarded on April 28, 2025, will support ENIPC in conducting timely surveys and inventories of brownfield sites, developing oversight and enforcement capabilities, ensuring public involvement, and facilitating the assessment, cleanup, and...
- The Navajo Nation Tribal Government received a $492,863 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the agency's Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046). The funding will support the Navajo Nation in developing or enhancing climate action plans to establish near-term and long-term greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction goals and strategies across their highest priority sectors. Key deliverables include a Priority Climate Action...
- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $226,699 CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grant to the Cherokee Nation to enhance the capacity of their Brownfields Response Program. The grant funding will enable the Cherokee Nation to perform a timely survey and inventory of brownfield sites, provide oversight and enforcement to ensure response actions protect human health and the environment, facilitate public involvement, approve cleanup plans, and verify complete...
- This $150,000 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 supports the Penobscot Indian Nation's Brownfield Response Program through September 2023. The program will survey and inventory brownfield sites on tribal lands, provide oversight 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. These activities will help...
- The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded a $143,857 Project Grant to Cherokee Nation under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA #66.817) program. The funding will support Cherokee Nation/Inter-Tribal Environmental Council's brownfields response program activities from January 2023 through December 2023. Specifically, the grant will enhance the tribe's capacity to conduct timely site inventories and assessments, oversee cleanup activities, and increase public outreach...
- 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 $100,000.00 to the Oglala Sioux Tribe of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to enhance its brownfields response program. The key activities to be performed include conducting site surveys and inventories, overseeing cleanup efforts, and facilitating public involvement to assess and remediate brownfield sites throughout the...
The Navajo Nation Tribal Government received a $1,286,325 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817). The grant will enhance the Navajo Nation's Brownfields Response Program to meet requirements of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Section 128(a). Key deliverables include expanding brownfields site inventorying, developing conceptual site models, and creating remediation plans with community involvement for priority sites. Specific sites to be assessed include the Navajo Forest Products Industry site and Navajo Tribal Sawmill Enterprise site. The funding also supports additional response program staff, vehicles, equipment, training, research, and technical assistance. The Navajo Nation aims to expand public outreach and assess six sites annually through 2027 to remediate and reuse brownfields across tribal lands. No subawards are included.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $1.3m | 2/22/23 |