EPA has announced the three Alaska Native organizations that will receive more than $3.8 million in grant funding to assess and clean up legacy contamination on lands conveyed through the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). These grants are part of more than $47 million in funding that EPA received in the past two years to assess and clean up contaminated sites on ANCSA conveyed lands.
- The Aleut Corporation will permanently cover an asbestos landfill created when weather destroyed a former Naval Public Works building near the town of Adak.
- The Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council will remove contaminated soils and timbers from a former pumphouse and barge landing owned by the Alaska Railroad at the Tanana Community Hall, in Tanana, Alaska.
- The Alaska Native Village Corporation Association will help advocate for Alaska Native Village Corporations and Alaska Native Tribal entities to get support, assistance, and resources to address and clean up legacy contamination on ANCSA conveyed lands.
- To learn more about how you can apply for funding and to discuss potential assessment and cleanup plans with EPA and ADEC, visit EPA’s ANCSA program website.
- Read the press release.
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