Tribes receive redevelopment funding
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PABLO — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation $200,000 in Brownfields grant funding to conduct critical environmental assessments at properties containing damaged buildings and abandoned mills, dumps, and vehicle junkyards in communities across the Flathead Reservation.
These assessments will inform cleanup needs and advance Tribal plans for the reuse and redevelopment of these properties.
The grant is among 218 new grant investments totaling $55.2 million to 131 communities across the U.S.
EPA’s Brownfields program strives to expand the ability of communities to recycle vacant and abandoned properties for new, productive reuses. The investments will provide communities with the funding necessary to assess, clean up and redevelop contaminated properties, boost local economies and leverage jobs while protecting public health and the environment.
