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Brownfields 2007
Grant Fact Sheet
Hopland Band of
Porno Indians,
Hopland Rancheria,
CA
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. Abrownfield 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. On
January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed
into law the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the
Brownfields Law, EPA provides financial assistance to
eligible applicants through four competitive grant
programs: assessment grants, revolving loan fund
grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants. Addi-
tionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The Hopland Band of Porno Indians was selected to
receive a brownfields assessment grant and a
brownfields cleanup grant. The Hopland Band's
(population 373) 2,070-acre reservation is in
Mendocino County, California, about 15 miles south
of Ukiah. Since the 1906 re location to its current
reservation lands, the tribe has struggled to locate an
adequate source of drinking water. The 460-foot-deep
artesian well that was drilled in 2001 and is targeted
Assessment Grant
$28,723 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Hopland Band of Porno
Indians for a brownfields assessment grant.
Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
conduct community outreach activities, and
perform Phase I and II environmental site assess-
ments at the 2001 Tribal Well, an artesian well
contaminated by naturally occurring hazardous
substances, including arsenic and other metals.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances'
EPA has selected the Hopland Band of Porno
Indians for a brownfields cleanup grant. Grant
funds will be used to clean up contaminated soil,
and conduct well abandonment activities at the
2001 Tribal Well at 12605 Nokomis Road,
Hopland. The well water is highly corrosive and
contaminated with arsenic and other metals. Funds
also will be used for surface water, groundwater,
and soil monitoring.
Contacts
For further information, including specific grant
contacts, additional grant information, brownfields
news and events, and publications and links, visit
the EPA Brownfields web site at: www.epa.gov/
brownfields.
EPA Region 9 Brownfields Team
415-972-3092
http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/brown/index.html
Grant Recipient: Hopland Band of Porno Indians,
CA
707-744-1647, ext. 1308
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
accuracy of this information. The cooperative
agreement for the grant has not yet been negoti-
ated. Therefore, activities described in this fact
sheet are subject to change.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-07-077
May 2007
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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for cleanup is on a 6.5-acre strip of wooded property
along the southern boundary of the reservation. The
contaminated and corrosive water has damaged the
well seals and its containment structure. It is contami-
nating the soil, an adjacent creek, and shallow ground-
water aquifers. Furthermore, the tribe is forced to
truck in drinking water at an exorbitant cost. Ninety
percent of the Hopland Reservation population lives in
poverty. Family incomes are less than half the county's
median household income, and the unemployment rate
is 36 percent. Assessment and cleanup of the well site
will improve the overall health of tribal lands and
reduce health risks to tribal members.
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