The Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of Kansas State to receive a $4 million grant in funding over the course of the next five years.
The grant is to provide technical assistance and increase the capacity of Tribal Nations and entities to build sustainable brownfield programs, establish and enhance their Tribal Response Programs, and conduct and oversee brownfields assessment and cleanup activities.
Cliff Villa, the EPA’s Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Land and Emergency Management says that the new grant re-affirms the EPA’s committment to supporting Tribal Nations and entities addressing brownfields.
Kansas State is expected to create deliverables that align with Tribal priorities, capacity, and goals to address things like brownfield finance and planning strategies for Tribal Nations and entities, integrated approaches to brownfields cleanup and reuse, and facilitate storytelling and promote collaboration about brownfields reuse.
