OA Brownfields 1998 Assessment Pilot Fact Sheet w PRO1*' a / Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, ND EPA Brownfields Initiative 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. 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. Additionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal response programs through a separate mechanism. Background EPA has selected the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians as a Brownfields 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, which is located in north-central North Dakota. The Turtle Mountain reservation has a 57% unemployment rate. The Tribe plans to target the abandoned San Haven facility in Rolette County. The facility is a former State mental rehabilitation hospital bought by the Tribe in 1992. Asbestos abatement at the facility was paid for by the State prior to purchase and all physical liabilities were removed. However, the remaining level of contamination that exists on the property is unknown. The Tribe would like to assess the property for other potential contaminants in the building and the surrounding area before it begins the planned rehabilitation. Suspected contaminants include residuals from a coal burning boiler system. This suspected contamination is preventing the Tribe from adding the property to its trust land, and turning the abandoned site into a tourism office and natural history park. The Tribe anticipates that redevelopment would serve to stimulate the local economy and supplant the 200 jobs lost from the closing of the San Haven facility in 1985. Pilot Snapshot Date of Announcement: 07/01/1998 Amount: $200,000 Profile: Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, ND 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) 312-7074 EPA Region 8 Brownfields Web site (http://www.epa.gov/region8/brownfields) Grant Recipient: Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians,ND (701)477-0478 Objectives The overall mission of the Tribe is to rehabilitate the San Haven property, which would stimulate economic activity and provide employment opportunities for the surrounding community. The Brownfields Pilot plans to assess the property and develop a cleanup plan to ensure that no environmental threat to the reservation community exists. In addition, the Tribal planning department will prepare a redevelopment plan and conduct a host of community outreach activities throughout the rehabilitation process. Activities Activities planned as part of this Pilot include: • Conducting environmental assessments on the San Haven site; • Creating a plan for cleanup; and • Conducting community outreach activities to share information regarding assessment, cleanup planning and redevelopment of the site. United States Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC 20450 Solid Waste and Emergency Response (5105T) EPA 500-F-98-226 Jul 98 ------- 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 and Emergency Response (5105T) Solid Waste EPA 500-F-98-226 Jul 98 ------- w5 PR Brownfields 1998 Supplemental Assessment Pilot Fact Sheet Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, ND EPA Brownfields Initiative 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. 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. Additionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal response programs through a separate mechanism. 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 lost more 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 Pilot project 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 with assessing and planning for redevelopment and new development of the area. Pilot Snapshot Date of Announcement: 07/15/1998 Amount: $150,000 Profile: Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, ND. The Pilot will target the cleanup and redevelopment of the San Haven property to make the area environmentally safe and stimulate the local economy. 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) 312-7074 EPA Region 8 Brownfields Web site (http://www.epa.gov/region8/brownfields) Grant Recipient: Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians,ND (701)477-0478 Objectives 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 United States Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC 20450 Solid Waste and Emergency Response (5105T) EPA 500-F-00-055 Apr 00 ------- decisions. 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 and Emergency Response (5105T) Solid Waste EPA 500-F-00-055 Apr 00 ------- |