Brownfields Area-Wide Plannini
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Pilot Project Fact Sheet
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, WA
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, communi-
ties, and other stakeholders to work together to prevent,
assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brown-
fields. A brownfield site is real property, the expansion,
redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated
by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous
substance, pollutant, or contaminant. In 2002, the Small
Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization
Act was passed to help states and communities around
the country clean up and revitalize brownfields sites. Un-
der this law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible
applicants to assess and clean up brownfield sites.
Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Pilot
Program
EPA is piloting an area-wide planning approach to com-
munity brownfield challenges, which recognizes that
revitalization of the area surrounding the brownfield site(s)
is just as critical to the successful reuse of the property as
assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of an individual
site. The pilot program will help further community-based
partnership efforts within underserved or economically
disadvantaged neighborhoods by confronting local envi-
ronmental and public health challenges related to brown-
fields, while creating a planning framework to advance
economic development and job creation.
Pilot Project Description
ERA has selected the Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation as a Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Pilot
Program recipient. The Colville Confederated Tribes (CCT)
is a federally recognized Indian Tribe located in rural north-
central Washington. The CCT is focusing this project on
two brownfields sites within approximately one mile of
each other in the Nespelem District of the Colville Indian
Reservation. Approximately 2,503 tribal/non-tribal mem-
bers are affected in this project area. The national housing
industry downtown has led to recent layoffs, and increased
the unemployment on the reservation to more than 50
EPA is awarding approximately $4
million in total across 23 recipients.
Recipients will each receive up to
approximately $175,000 in EPA cooperative agreement
and/or direct technical assistance. Assistance will
help recipients initiate development of an area-wide
plan and identify next steps and resources needed to
implement the plan.
Contacts
For additional information, brownfields news and
events, and publications and links, visit the EPA
Brownfields Web site (http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).
EPA's Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization
(202) 566-0633
Assistance Recipient:
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, WA
(509) 634-2421
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the project proposal; EPA cannot attest to the ac-
curacy of this information. The cooperative agreement
and/or direct technical assistance have not yet been
negotiated. Activities described in this fact sheet are
subject to change.
percent. The CCT plans to develop and implement a public
participation plan that will involve residents in decisions for
cleaning up and reusing these sites and promote area-wide
revitalization. Development of an area-wide plan is expected
to facilitate the cleanup and redevelopment of the two
brownfield sites, leading to an improved central recycling
center with capacity to handle an expanded list of recyclables,
an improved local solid waste system, and new jobs for
residents of the reservation.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-10-003U
October 2010
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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