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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.

BROWNFIELDS DISPLAY
AT TRIBAL CITIZENS GENERAL MEETING

September 8, 2007

Cleanup and Redevelopment in Blyn



An exhibit displaying how EPA Brownfields funding has benefited the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribal Citizens will be displayed at the Tribal General Meeting on September 8, 2007. The Brownfields Tribal Response Program empowers the Tribe to assess, safely clean up and sustainably reuse contaminated property.



In the Blyn area, the Tribe used Brownfields funding to remove creosote-covered pilings from the old Blyn log yard and to clean-up and restore the log yard area improving commercial and recreational shellfish harvest for Tribal citizens.


Also in Blyn, the Tribe addressed the environmental hazard of leaking underground storage tanks on the old Dickey Bird Tavern property. With the assistance of Brownfields funding the property was cleaned-up and has been transferred into Trust status allowing re-development into the Longhouse Market and Deli.


Through the Brownfields program, the Tribe’s Natural Resources department has developed an inventory of all Tribal property holdings and is reviewing each parcel for possible environmental hazards. If you have any concerns about environmental issues on any Tribal property or on 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.


If you missed the General Meeting and would like to view the Brownfields exhibit, it will be on display in the Tribe’s library through October 2007.