United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5101)
EPA 500-F-00-055
March 2000
www.epa.gov/brownfields/
&EPA
Assistance
Supplemental
Turtle Mountain Band of
Chippewa, ND
Outreach and Special Projects Staff (5105)
Quick Reference Fact Sheet
EPA's Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative is designed to empower states, communities, and other
stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and
sustainably reuse brownfields. A brownfield is a site, or portion thereof, that has actual or perceived contamination and
an active potential for redevelopment or reuse. EPA is funding: assessment demonstration pilot programs (each funded
up to $200,000 over two years), to assess brownfields sites and to test cleanup and redevelopment models; job training
pilot programs (each funded up to $200,000 over two years), to provide training for residents of communities affected
by brownfields to facilitate cleanup of brownfields sites and prepare trainees for future employment in the environmental
field; and, cleanup revolving loan fund programs (each funded up to $500,000 over five years) to capitalize loan funds
to make loans for the environmental cleanup of brownfields. These pilot programs are intended to provide EPA, states,
tribes, municipalities, and communities with useful information and strategies as they continue to seek new methods
to promote a unified approach to site assessment, environmental cleanup, and redevelopment.
BACKGROUND
EPA awarded the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Indians supplemental assistance for its Brownfields
Assessment Demonstration Pilot. The Turtle
Mountain Band of Chippewa has a membership of
more than 26,000. Approximately 18,000 Tribal
members live on or near the reservation. The Turtle
Mountain Band of Chippewa, a federally recognized
Indian tribe, sponsors the San Haven Redevelopment
Project. San Haven is a vacant and abandoned
hospital for the severely mentally retarded residents
of North Dakota. The state closed the hospital in
1987, and the surrounding community and reservation
lostmore than 200 jobs. The reservation suffers from
a 57 percent unemployment rate.
The San Haven Redevelopment Project was created
to redevelop San Haven into a tourism and economic
development activity to replace some of the
employment lost when the hospital closed. The Tribe
acquired the property in 1992. They received a
Brownfields Pilotproject grant in 1998. The Tribe has
made significant progress in the project in the way of
planning, networking, and community involvement.
Additional funding will allow the project to continue
PILOT SNAPSHOT
Turtle Mountain Band of
Chippewa, North Dakota
Date of Announcement:
March 2000
Amount: $150,000
Profile: ThePilotwilltargetthe
cleanup and redevelopment of
the San Haven property tomake
the area environmentally safe
and stim ulate the local economy.
Contacts:
Turtle Mountain Band
of Chippewa
(701)477-0478
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA-Region 8
(303)312-6803
Visit the EPA Region 8 Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/region08/cross/brown/brownf.html
Forfutther information, including specific Pilotcontacts,
additional Pilot information, brownfields news and events, and
publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/
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with assessing and planning for redevelopment and
new development of the area.
OBJECTIVES AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES
The Tribe's goal is to rehabilitate the San Haven
property, which would make the area environmentally
safe for the surrounding community, stimulate
economic activity, and provide employment
opportunities for the surrounding community. This
Pilot will continue the initial assessment work and
conduct more extensive assessments. Most of the
supplemental funding will be directed towards the
cleanup and redevelopment plans.
To accomplish these objectives, the Pilot plans to:
• Complete initial environmental assessment;
• Conduct additional assessments of the area;
• Identify and develop a comprehensive cleanup and
redevelopment plan; and
• Conduct community hearings and meetings to ensure
community involvement in future land use decisions.
The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet been negotiated;
therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
Brownfields Supplemental Assistance Turtle Mountain Band ofChippewa, North Dakota
April 2000 EPA 500-F-00-055
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