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"Preserving Our Environment Through Education"
Program Overview
In 1995, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established the Brownfields Program and it has since grown into a nationwide plan of environmental restoration. In 2006, the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes began a Tribal Brownfields Response Program funded by grant monies provided by the EPA.
The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Environmental Waste Management Program Tribal Brownfields Response Program provides identification, assessment, cleanup, oversight and monitoring of sites within the Reservation that contain contaminants, pollutants or other materials with the potential to adversely affect human health and the environment.
This year the program plans to continue its work identifying contaminated sites, providing oversight of contaminated sites, work on program planning and management, establishing and enhancing elements of the program and work on site-specific activities.
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The Brownfields Program is continually identifying sites with the help of community members input. All proposed sites will be considered for assessment. Sites containing hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants will then be prioritized by risk to human health and the environment. Decisions on conducting assessments will be based on: 1) the site meeting the US Environmental Protection Agency definition of a Brownfields site and 2) evaluation of Prioritization Criteria that includes, but is not limited to: a) type and extent of contamination, b) environmental, health, and safety impacts, c) land ownership (such as Tribal, Allotted, etc.), d) costs and available funding, e) cultural and historic issues, f) potential for reuse, g) creation of jobs, and h) support from the Tribes Fort Hall Business Council. |
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The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes is part of
EPA Region 10 which consists of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
Brownfields Does:
•Enhancements to the Community
•Protection of Tribal Rresources
•Education for the Community
Revitalization Projects Have:
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