Brownfields/GIS

Any property potentially contaminated, previously contaminated, or perceived by a community to be contaminated with hazardous substances, including petroleum products, may be eligible for assistance from the State of Alaska or the federal government to support reuse and revitalization efforts. This assistance may include environmental assessment, cleanup, and job training. DEC assists eligible sites in Alaska in applying for different types of EPA brownfield grants. DEC also provides oversight to protect public health in the cleanup and management of brownfield sites.

Nearly a decade ago, EPA initiated a program to clean up brownfields. The program focused primarily on properties in urban blighted areas and was designed to empower states, communities, and others with economic redevelopment interests to assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields, as well as to prevent the creation of new brownfields. As the program has developed, rural land and properties are increasingly eligible for assistance, with reuse for fish and wildlife habitat, subsistence, greenspace, or recreational uses. More details are available on EPA's website about the formal definition of a brownfield site for the purposes of determining eligibility for federal funding, and what kinds of sites are included or excluded in the definition.

In 2002, Congress expanded the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and increased funding authority for the federal Brownfields Program.

For more information about brownfields, please read our fact sheet, Frequetly Asked Question About Brownfields.

Craig, Alaska Known Brownfield Sites

Site Name: Craig Bulk Plant/Wards Cove Packing
Site Name: Craig Power Plant
Site Name: Craig ACS FUDS
Site Name: Crab Creek Vehicle Maintenance Yard
Site Name: Craig Administration Building site
Site Name: Craig Ranger District Heating Tank 
Site Name: C & W Repair - Craig
Site Name: AT&T Alascom Craig Relay
Site Name: Haidaway Lodge HOT
Site Name: Craig City Shop

Follow the Link below to view Craig's Brownfield Known Sites

http://www.arcgis.com/explorer/?open=315240bfbaf84aa0b8272ad1cef3cad3

Contact Us:
Daniel Edenshaw, Brownfields Coordinator
dedenshaw@craigtribe.org

Clinton Cook Jr, GIS/Web Technician
gisweb@craigtribe.org

Craig Tribal Association
Brownfields Department
PO Box 828
Craig, AK  99921
Phone: 907-826-2426
FAX: 907-826-2427

The Brownfields Program empowers states, communities, and other stakeholders to work together to prevent, assess, safely cleanup, and sustainably reuse brownfields. Revitalizing brownfield sites creates benefits at the site and throughout the community.  

Our staff is requesting the assistance of the community to identify Brownfields sites or potential sites within the traditional territory of the Craig Tribal Association.
Please fill out this survey and return it to the Brownfields staff by mail, email, fax or hand deliver it to the CTA offices. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.