Tribal Brownfields and Response Programs Respecting Our Land, Revitalizing Our Communities United States Environmental Protection Agency 2013 Purpose This report highlights how tribes are using U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields Program funding to address contaminated land in Indian country1 and other tribal lands. It also highlights the challenges tribes face. It provides a historic overview of EPA’s Brownfields Program, as it relates to tribes, and demonstrates EPA’s commitment to the development of tribal capacity to deal effectively with contaminated lands in Indian country. The report includes examples of tribal successes to both highlight accomplishments and serve as a resource for ideas, information and reference. 1 Use of the terms “Indian country,” “tribal lands,” and “tribal areas within this document is not intended to provide legal guidance on the scope of any program being described, nor is their use intended to expand or restrict the scope of any such programs, or have any legal effect. 3 Table of Contents Overview .......................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Brownfields Tribal Highlights and Results .................................................................................................................... 7 EPA Region 1 Brownfields Grantees ........................................................................................................................... 9 Passamaquoddy Tribe ................................................................................................................................................... 10 Penobscot Indian Nation ..............................................................................................................................................11 EPA Region 2 Brownfields Grantees .........................................................................................................................12 Seneca Nation ...............................................................................................................................................................13 St. Regis Mohawk Tribe................................................................................................................................................. 14 Currently No Tribal Section 128(a) Grantees in Region 3 EPA Region 4 Brownfields Grantees .........................................................................................................................15 Poarch Creek Band of Creek Indians ........................................................................................................................... 16 Seminole Tribe ............................................................................................................................................................... 17 EPA Region 5 Brownfields Grantees .........................................................................................................................18 Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe ......................................................................................................19 Fond Du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa ...........................................................................................................20 Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa .......................................................................................................... 21 Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Lake Superior Band of Chippewa Indians..........................................................22 Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians and Chippewa ............................................................23 Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe .......................................................................................................................................... 24 Little River Band of Ottawa Indians .............................................................................................................................25 Little Traverse Bay Bands (LTBB) of Odawa Indians ...................................................................................................26 Lower Sioux Indian Community .................................................................................................................................... 27 Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi (Gun Lake Tribe) .........................................................................28 Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin ........................................................................................................................29 Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe ............................................................................................................................................30 Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi ............................................................................................................ 31 Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin ..........................................................................................................................32 Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians ...........................................................................................................................33 Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe ...................................................................................................................................34 Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians ................................................................................................................35 St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin .....................................................................................................................36 White Earth Band of Ojibwa ......................................................................................................................................... 37 EPA Region 6 Brownfields Grantees .........................................................................................................................38 Cherokee Nation/Inter-Tribal Environmental Council (ITEC) .......................................................................................39 Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council, Inc. (ENIPC) ..................................................................................................40 EPA Region 7 Brownfields Grantees ......................................................................................................................... 41 Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas .............................................................................................................................................42 Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska .........................................................................................43 Santee Sioux Nation .....................................................................................................................................................44 Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska ......................................................................................................................................45 EPA Region 8 Brownfields Grantees .........................................................................................................................46 Blackfeet Nation ............................................................................................................................................................ 47 Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (CRST) ..............................................................................................................................48 Chippewa Cree Tribe (Rocky Boys) ...............................................................................................................................49 Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes ...................................................................................................................50 Crow Creek Sioux Tribe ................................................................................................................................................. 51 Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe ......................................................................................................................................52 Fort Belknap Indian Community ..................................................................................................................................53 Fort Peck Tribes .............................................................................................................................................................54 Lower Brule Sioux Tribe ................................................................................................................................................55 4 Northern Cheyenne Tribe ..............................................................................................................................................56 Oglala Sioux Tribe .......................................................................................................................................................... 57 Rosebud Sioux Tribe .....................................................................................................................................................58 Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Sioux Tribe .........................................................................................................................59