Presented by : Glenn Kistner USEPA Region 9 Brownfields Program

1. Brownfields & Superfund For Tribes Overview Presented by: Glenn Kistner USEPA Region 9 Brownfields Program

2. Overview: • What is a Brownfields? • How Can the Brownfields Program help Tribal Communities? • Available Support and Funds • Answer your Questions

3. What is a Brownfields? • Legal definition: A brownfield 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 or property that is a mine scarred land.

4. The Key Change for Tribes • Originated primarily as an urban blight remedy; now rural areas are included, so brownfields sites can be: • Any site with potential environmental concerns for which a community can and will present a plan for alternative use - even if reuse is only as new “green space”; • Open dumps or littered areas; • Abandoned houses or mobile homes; • Closed/abandoned commercial or industrial sites; • Mine scarred lands; and • Illegal drug labs.

5. Brownfield Sites includemine scarred lands & illegal drug labs

6. How Can Brownfields Program Help Tribal Communities? Targeted Assessments Job Training Grants Assessment RLF & Cleanup Grants 128(a) State & Tribal Response Program Brownfields Tribal Tech Assistance

7. Competitive Grants (104(k) • Assessments • Cleanups • Job Training • Revolving Loan Fund Address sites contaminated with Hazardous Substances and/or Petroleum.

8. Assessment Grants • Create Inventory • Phase I & Phase II assessments • Reuse and cleanup plans • Community outreach • 3-year grant term

9. Assessment GrantsCommunity-Wide Site-Specific Grant

10. Assessment Coalitions • Group of 3 or more eligible entities submit application under name of one of the coalition participants • Coalition members can apply for up to $1 million (e.g. $500k hazardous, $500k petroleum - total) • Must assess a minimum of 5 sites • No match required • Coalition members noteligible to apply for additional, individual Community-wide or Site-specific assessment grantsfor one year

11. Cleanup Grants *Phase II completed *Sole site ownership by tribal government required *Community notification required Perform site cleanup and confirmatory sampling 3-year grant term

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14. Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) • Make low interest loans and subgrants to eligible entities, for cleanup activities only • 60% loans (minimum) • 40% can be used for cleanup subgrants (maximum) • 5 year term

15. Assistance/Grant Funding

16. Estimated Schedule 2010 • July – August: New guidelines available • Oct – Nov:PROPOSALS DUE • April - May: Awards Announced • April - June: Work plans and grant paperwork submitted • July – Oct: Funds Available

17. Job Training Grants • Available to tribes, states and non-profits • Conducting assessments and cleanups • Up to $200,000 • Proposals due 12/01

18. EPA contractor services only – no funding Phase I and/or Phase II environmental assessment Establishment of cleanup options or cost estimates based on future use Revolving application process – no deadlines! http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/brown/grants.html Targeted Brownfields Assessments (TBAs)

19. Where Can I Get More Information? Targeted BF Assessments (TBAs) • http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/brown/grants.html • Contact: Carolyn Douglas, Brownfields Coordinator, 415-972-3092, douglas.carolyn@epa.govor Glenn Kistner, 415-972-3004, kistner.glenn@epa.gov Competitive Brownfields, 104(k) Grant Program • http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/brown/grants.html • Contact: Glenn Kistner, Brownfields Coordinator, 415-972-3004, kistner.glenn@epa.gov. Job Training • http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/job.html • Contact: Noemi Emeric, Brownfields Coordinator, 213-344-1821, emeric.noemi@epa.gov, or Wallace Woo, Brownfields Coordinator, 415-972-3270, woo.wallace@epa.gov

20. 128 (a) Response Program • “CERCLA § 128(a)” is non-competitive • Authorized $50 million per year, nationally Purpose: A State or federally recognized Indian tribe may use a grant under this subsection to establish or enhance the response program of the State or Indian tribe”.

21. *Use of 128(a) Funding • “Response Program” development • Establish & maintain public record • Develop four required elements • Maintain the response program • Insurance • Capitalize RLF *Not meant for cleanups

22. What is a “Response Program”? • You define it in your funding proposal. • One Cleanup Program may be appropriate for many tribes. • Program examples: • Voluntary cleanups • Superfund type program • LUST/UST • RCRA sites • Solid waste (open dumps) • Abandoned Mines • Meth Labs

23. Response Program Points • Matching funds not required • Not pass/fail; negotiation of workplan to final form is part of the process. • Similar to block grant money; can create own list of goals and tasks toward addressing the four elements. • Can fund positions, equipment, supplies, vehicles, services, training and other things not usually considered allowable in other types of grants. • Can be structured to allow overlap and cooperation between brownfields, solid waste, and environmental programs and activities.

24. 128(a) Response ProgramGrant Funding Process • FY 11 Grant Guidance – November 2009? • Submit funding requests to EPA Regions December 1, 2009 to January 31, 2010? • One grant per tribe or state per year • *Tribes should coordinate internally before submitting a funding proposal

25. What Superfund Can Do • Emergency Response – Removal Actions for Disasters or Emergencies • Site Assessment – Should Sites be on National Priorities List (NPL)? • Cleanup Sites on the NPL

26. Where Can I get more Information? • State & Tribal Response Program Funding Guidance • www.epa.gov/brownfields/state_tribal/index.html • Region 9 Tribes – 128(a): contact Glenn Kistner, (415) 972-3004, kistner.glenn@epa.govor Jeff Inglis, (415) 972-3095 inglis.jeff@epa.gov • Site Assessment Program • www@epa.gov/region9/superfund/siteassess.html Region 9 contact: Debbie Schechter, Section Chief, 415-972-3093 or email schechter.debbi • Emergency Response Program Region 9 contact: Harry Allen Section Chief, (415) 972-3063, allen.harry@epa.gov