Brownfields  2009 Assessment  Grant Fact  Sheet
               Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, 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 Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe was selected to receive
two brownfields assessment grants. The tribe has 3,000
members area-wide, with 699 residents within the
reservation. Historically, the tribe lived in a village on the
western  shores of Port Gamble Bay until a sawmill and
forest products manufacturing facility were built there in
1853. The tribe then was relocated across the bay to Point
Julia. The per capita income on the  reservation is just over
$13,000, and more than 17 percent of reservation
residents live below the poverty level. The tribe has
identified at least  14 sites that are potentially
contaminated from manufacturing operations, including a
lumber mill, finishing mill, and marine vessel facilities.
Health officials have reported that many tribal members
may be consuming contaminated fish, game, and plants.
Brownfield assessments will characterize and document
environmental contamination, which is a necessary step in
the community's sustainable economic development.
                     Assessment Grants

                     $200,000 for hazardous substances
                     $200,000 for petroleum

                     EPA has selected the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe
                     for two brownfields assessment grants.
                     Community-wide hazardous substances grant
                     funds will be used to perform Phase I and Phase II
                     environmental site assessments, community
                     involvement activities, and possibly a human
                     health risk assessment. Petroleum grant funds will
                     be used to perform the same tasks at sites with
                     potential petroleum contamination.
                     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/CL
                     EANUP.NSF/sites/bf)

                     Grant Recipient: Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe,WA
                     (360) 297-6237

                     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)
EPA 560-F-09-239
      May 2009

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