Brownfield's Tribal Response Program
Brownfield Definition
Brownfield is defined as 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.
Brownfield Capacity Development Grant
The purpose of the Brownfield's Capacity Development Grant is
provide funding to sustain, clean up, and restore communities
and the ecological systems that support them by providing
funding that increases the number of Brownfield response actions
conducted and overseen by the Nez Perce Tribe Brownfield's
Program.
The objectives are to:
Timely survey and inventory of Brownfield sites
Oversight and enforcement authorities
Provide meaningful public participation
Approve cleanup plans and certify that cleanups are complete
Maintain a Public Record of sites addressed by the program
The Nez Perce Tribe (Tribe) Water
Resources Division is beginning its seventh year managing Section 128(a)
Tribal Response funding to sustain, clean up, and restore communities and
ecological systems. To date, our main Brownfield assessment accomplishments
were the successful completion of two Targeted Brownfield Assessments (TBAs)
in 2009-2010 that were funded by American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009 (ARRA): Richardson Sawmill in Orofino, ID and the American Legion Trap
Range in Craigmont, ID.
In addition, the Tribe is awaiting Tribal Council direction regarding
promulgation of draft environmental codes. We need to balance the
positive and negative effects of enacting the codes and make recommendations
to Tribal Council to promulgate, modify, or reject the following draft
codes:
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Environmental Protection Code,
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Contaminated Site Cleanup Guidance,
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Risk-Based Cleanup
Guidance,
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Soil Landfarming Guidance, and
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Guidance on the Proper
Use of Liquid Storage Tanks on the Nez Perce Reservation
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Tribe
Groundwater Protection Code
The Tribal Environmental Code and
Guidance documents will provide a regulatory framework to approve cleanup
plans and verify cleanups are completed. Our Environmental Code and
Guidances are comparable to the Idaho Risk Evaluation Manual, which provides
risk based corrective action procedures and standards to evaluate soil and
groundwater contamination. The correlation between the Idaho and Tribal
Codes should give Reservation communities confidence that the same standards
are being applied both on and off Reservation and that the residents will be
treated fairly.
What are “Tribal Brownfields”?
In general, contaminated on-Reservation properties may include:
Former gas stations
Mining sites
Mill sites
Dumps and junk yards
Wood treatment facilities
Oil and gas operations
Current/former industrial sites
Example of a Brownfield Area:
Tribal Unit 45
/Richardson’s Sawmill
Potential Contaminates include:
Residual PCB oil contaminated soil
Creosote from wood treatment
Lead shot contamination from (old) Orofino Trap Range
Lead paint contamination at the sawmill office
Tribal Unit 45/White Eagle gift shop
Potential Contaminates include:
Demolition debris including asphalt,
concrete and other potential contaminants
Gasoline UST
Perchlorate and magnesium from fireworks
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