Brownfields 2014 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
~ Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, SD
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.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
for a brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous
substances grant funds will be used to clean up the
Old Swiftbird Day School site located north of
Highway 212 and west of Junction BIA-7 in the
Swiftbird Community of the Cheyenne River
Reservation. The site was used as a primary
school from 1960 until 1997, as storage and a gift
shop from 1997 until 2008, and has been boarded
up and abandoned since 2008. The site is
contaminated with organic and inorganic materials
and PCBs. Grant funds also will be used to
support cleanup planning and community
involvement activities.
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 8 Brownfields Team
(303)312-6706
EPA Region 8 Brownfields Web site
(http ://www2 .epa.gov/region8/br
ownfields-region-8 )
Grant Recipient: Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, SD
605-964-6558
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-14-050
May 2014
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