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 others 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 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
- Office of Land and Emergency Management Tribal Program Accomplishments
What's New
Join your tribal colleagues at the next Tribal and EPA UST Contacts Teleconference (June 7, 3 pm ET)
Listening session: Environmental Justice Action Plan for EPA’s Land Protection and Cleanup Programs (June 8, 3 pm ET) Register
Funding opportunity: Brownfields Job Training Grants (due Aug 2) Learn more at the webinar (Jun 14, 1 pm ET) and apply
EPA Seeks Public Comment on the Recycling Infrastructure and Market Opportunities Map (due June 26)
Check out the new interactive map of sea level rise around hazardous waste sites
Read the FY22 ORCR Accomplishments Report
Read the FY22 Superfund Accomplishments Report
Funding Opportunity: FY 2023 Hazardous Waste Management Grant Program for Tribes - Applications Due July 14th
Draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution - Comments due by June 16th
Read the TWAR SC’s 2023 Priorities Document
Register today for the 2023 Tribal Lands and Environment Forum in Syracuse, NY and online (August 14-17) (deadline to register July 31)
Register today for the 2023 National Brownfields Training Conference in Detroit, MI (August 8-11) (deadline to register Aug 7)
Webinars: Tank Talk: 2023 Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Regulation Overview for Tribes (Aug 31, 12 pm ET and Sept 21, 2 pm ET) Register today!
Webinars: 2023 Overview of SPCC and CAMEO for Tribal Partners (Aug 24, 1 pm ET; Sept 7, 3 pm ET; and Sept 22, 12 pm ET) Register today!
Cleanups in your Community
Click the map to search by street address, city, county, and other geographies to find out how EPA's Superfund, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Brownfields and Emergency Response programs are cleaning up land in communities across the USA.