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Cleaning Up, Protecting and Preserving Tribal Lands

Cleaning up contaminated land, pursuant to EPA's statutory authorities, protects human health and the environment, while enabling tribal communities and other stakeholders to pursue future beneficial use or reuse of resources for economic, environmental, and traditional purposes. A goal of the EPA's Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM) is to restore land by promoting and implementing protective waste management practices and by assessing and cleaning up contaminated sites.

Programs

  • Overview of Cleanup and Spill Prevention Programs
  • Waste Management in Indian Country
  • Superfund Remedial Program in Indian Country
  • Underground Storage Tanks Program in Indian Country
  • National Response Program
  • Tribal Response Programs
  • OLEM Tribal Program Accomplishments

Partnerships

  • Federal Infrastructure Task Force
  • Tribal Waste and Response Steering Committee 
  • Tribal Superfund Working Group
  • Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals
  • Tribal Emergency Response Coordinators

Resources

  • Tribal Waste Management Funding Resources Directory
  • Open Announcements for Competitive Grant Opportunities
  • Cleanup Funding Authorities Available to Tribal Governments

Technical Assistance

  • Tribal Waste Management Technical Assistance Directory
  • Free EPA Tribal Waste Management Training Webinars
  •  Tribal Oil Spill Prevention and Chemical Emergency Preparedness Webinars
  • ITEP Waste and Response Trainings
  • More waste management resources

Law and Policy

  • Laws and Regulations for Cleanup
  • EPA 1984 Indian Policy
  • Direct Implementation in Indian Country

Documents

  • Planning and Budgeting Documents
  • Considering Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) During the Cleanup Process
  • Consideration of Tribal Treaty Rights and Traditional Ecological Knowledge in the Superfund Remedial Program 

What's New

 Webinars: Tank Talk: Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Regulation (SPCC) Overview for tribes (Sept 29, 12 pm ET) Register today!

 Webinars: Overview of SPCC and EPRCRA for Tribal Partners (June 2, 12 pm ET; June 30, 2 pm ET; Sept 22, 3 pm ET) Register today!

 Webinar: Waste Management Planning for Natural Disasters (May 25, 2 pm ET) Contact Todd Barnell at ITEP for more info

Check out the amazing work that the OLEM tribal program and our partners completed in 2021 to support tribes in cleanup, prevention and response programs

Information on how to apply for Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program funding under the BIL is now available! Applications due June 3

Related Links

  • OLEM Tribal Program Contacts
  • EPA’s Environmental Protection in Indian Country
  • EPA Tribal Consultations Opportunities

Cleanups in your Community

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Click the map to search by street address, city, county, and other geographies to find out how EPA's Superfund, RCRA, Brownfields and Emergency Response programs are cleaning up land in communities across the USA.

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Last updated on May 19, 2022