Brownfields 2011 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
Colville Confederated Tribes, Colville Indian Reservation, WA
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states.
communities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. 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 cleanup and
revitalize brownfields sites. Under this 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. Additionally, funding support is
provided to state and tribal response programs through
a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
was selected to receive a brownfields cleanup grant.
The target site is in the south-central portion of the
Colville Indian Reservation (population 11,820) in
northeast Washington. The site is within a few miles of
government offices, a health clinic, homes, and an
elementary school. The Colville Indian Reservation has
been subjected to years of neglect and generations of
illegal dumping. Leaching from open dumps has the
potential to impact both groundwater and surface water.
The reservation's efforts to clean up these dump sites
have been hindered by a lack of resources. Between
2008 and 2010, the Tribes' logging operations declined,
resulting in the loss of 365 jobs. The reservation's
unemployment and poverty rates far exceed nationwide
averages. Site cleanup is expected to facilitate plans to
redevelop the site into an expanded Central Recycling
Center and Solid Waste Transfer Station, and support
the Tribes' efforts to close open dump sites throughout
the reservation.
Cleanup Grant
$196,720 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Confederated Tribes of the
Colville Reservation for a brownfields cleanup grant.
Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
clean up the Old Nespelem Post & Pole at the
Colville Confederated Tribes Fish & Wildlife site at
68 Schoolhouse Road, Nespelem. From the
mid-1970s until about 1985, the site was used to
treat wood with a mixture of pentachlorophenol
(PCP) and diesel in open dip tanks. Activities
associated with the closure of the plant and a 1980
spill have contaminated site soil with PCP.
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
(http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).
EPA Region 10 Brownfields Team
(206)553-7299
EPA Region 10 Brownfields Web site
(http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/CLEANUP.NSF/
sites/bf)
Grant Recipient: Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation,WA
(888) 881-7684 ext 2421
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 negotiated.
Therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are
subject to change.
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA560-F-128-129
May 11
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