Brownfields
Our Commitment
The NC Tribe operates a US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields program to ensure assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of contaminated properties within our reservation. The EPA created the Tribal Brownfields Response Program to assist tribes with environmental legacies and issues in Indian country such as:
1. Develop basic administrative infrastructure to pass new ordinances and laws;
2. Control illegal open dumping and develop emergency response plans;
3. Remediate and remove leaking underground storage tanks;
4. Remove and cleanup methamphetamine contaminated homes;
5. Abate and remove asbestos and lead-based paint; and,
6. Address air pollution.
What is a Brownfield?
A Brownfield site is defined by EPA as real property where the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. Assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of these properties creates new opportunities for housing, commercial space, and tribal buildings.
Our Sites
Currently, our tribe has been awarded both an EPA Tribal Response Program grant as well as an EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant. Using EPA funds, we plan to assess and cleanup leaking underground storage tank sites and abate and remove asbestos, lead-based paint, and methamphetamine within tribal housing and commercial buildings on our reservation.
Current Documents
- Air Force Homes – Analysis of Brownfields Cleanup Alternatives (ABCA)
- Christ the Rock Church – Analysis of Brownfields Cleanup Alternatives (ABCA)
- Old Chamber of Commerce – Analysis of Brownfields Cleanup Alternatives (ABCA)
- Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP)
- Site Selection Matrix Thunderchild – Phase I
- Environmental Site Assessment
Current Sites
- Old Chamber of Commerce – Lame Deer, MT
- Air Force Homes – Lame Deer, MT
- Cady’s Gas Station – Lame Deer, MT
- Fox Station – Lame Deer, MT
- Our Station – Lame Deer, MT
Completed Sites
- Black’s Sawmill – Lame Deer, MT
- Chicken Coop – Lame Deer, MT
- Food Bank – Lame Deer, MT
- Woodenlegs – Lame Deer, MT
- Knowshisgun – Lame Deer, MT
- Julene Redneck – Lame Deer, MT
- Land Authority – Lame Deer, MT
- Cadys Gas Station building
- Fox Station
- Old Nurses building