PUBLIC RECORD OF TRIBAL LANDS ASSESSMENT

READY FOR REVIEW 

With funds awarded from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfields Assessment program, the Natural Resources Department has been assessing Tribal properties for potential environmental hazards to determine if any need to be cleaned-up before they can be developed, or if they might need to be left undeveloped so as not to expose people to any danger.   

A public record of these property assessments has been established and will be available to the Tribal Community and members of the public in the Tribe’s Library on the South Campus.  This public record will remain in the Library and the records of all future property assessments and/or clean-ups will be added to it. 

We welcome you to look through the records and if you have any questions or comments please contact either Pam Edens (681-4658) or Lohna O’Rourke (681-4622) in the Tribe’s Natural Resources department.

UPDATE ON EPA BROWNFIELDS ACTIVITIES

June 2007 

EPA Brownfields Funding Helps
Redevelopment of
Tribal Properties 

We’re all looking forward to the opening of the Tribe’s Longhouse Market in Blyn this Fall at the site of the former Dickey Birds Tavern.  Few people are aware of how the Tribe’s EPA Brownfields Program was used to help this project along.  In FY2006 the Tribe used Brownfields funding to inventory all Tribal properties and determine if any contained environmental hazards, and if any clean-ups were needed.  Clean-up of the former Dickey Bird property had already started, but funding from the EPA Brownfields Program was used to help monitor clean-up.  The result is that the property is cleaned up and redevelopment is taking place.  This is what Brownfields is all about! 

In FY2007 we’re continuing to look closely at the Tribe’s current land holdings, and all newly purchased properties, to identify any hazards that could pose a threat to human health, and to insure that these are cleaned up prior to development.  If you have any concerns about environmental issues on any Tribal properties or properties adjacent to Tribal lands, please contact either Pam Edens 360.681.4658 or Lohna O’Rourke 360.681.4622 in the Natural Resources Department.