Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Contaminated Lands Partnership Group
Contamination Support Program
(907) 729-5630
(907) 729-4008
contaminationsupport@anthc.org
Meeting Details
In Person:
Egan Center
555 W 5th Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Room 1-13/14 – From main entrance, take escalator downstairs and the room should be directly across from the escalator. Signs will also be posted.
Virtual:
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The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) Contaminated Lands Partnership Group formed in response to a recommendation from the 2016 BLM Report to Congress, which called to establish a formal contaminated lands working group. The purpose of this group is to address sites identified in the ANCSA Contaminated Lands inventory (which is hosted by the Bureau of Land Management [BLM] and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation [DEC]), including the verification, assessment, and cleanup of conveyed lands.
Representatives
The Partnership Group consists of representatives from Statement of Cooperation (SOC) agencies (DEC, EPA, DOD, DOI, USFS, USCG, FAA, and ANTHC), ANCSA village and regional corporations, and Tribes.
Goals
The ANCSA Contaminated Lands Partnership Group’s goals are to:
- Work towards consensus among Partnership Group members on the prioritization of existing contaminated sites.
- Verify the accuracy of information found on the BLM inventory.
- Integrate representative input on known/potential ANCSA sites to the BLM inventory.
- Identify additional sites not listed on the BLM inventory.
- Education and outreach to all ANCSA village/regional corporations and Tribes for Partnership Group representation.
- Identify partnerships and funding resources to assist in assessment and cleanup of sites that are not in a cleanup program.
Collaboration
The 2018 Brownfields, Utilization, Investment, and Local Development (BUILD) Act removed ANCSA corporation liability for sites that were contaminated pre-conveyance. Thus, the Partnership Group seeks to collaborate on sites that are in the cleanup process, determining the path forward for sites that are stalled, prioritizing sites for future work, and verifying whether suspected sites actually are contaminated sites.
To learn more or participate in the ANCSA Contaminated Lands Partnership Group, please contact Lisa Griswold, ANTHC Contamination Support Program, at lgriswold@anthc.org or (907) 729-5630.
Resources
2016 Report to Congress
BLM Web Map
DEC Contaminated Sites Database
DEC Spills Database
Types of Brownfields Grant Funding
Brownfields Inventory Tool (BIT)
ANCSA Partnership Group Charter
Annotated ANCSA
10/16/18 ANCSA Workgroup Meeting Notes
EPA BUILD Act Presentation
BUILD Act Outline and Summary
BUILD Act
In the news: Contaminated Conveyances
Meetings
Meetings Archive
2023
- ANCSA Partnership Group Meeting #8, (This recording is currently unavailable. Check back soon for updates.)
- ANCSA Partnership Group Meeting #7, Zoom Recording
- ANCSA Partnership Group Meeting #6, Zoom Recording
- ANCSA Partnership Group Meeting #5, Zoom Recording: Presentation on the background of the ANCSA partnership group, 2023 Appropriations funding program for ANCSA sites, action plan updates from DEC, ANTHC and EPA and a community feedback exercise
2020
- December 16, 2020
ANCSA Partnership Group Meeting #4
View Recording
2019
- February 14, 2019
ANCSA Partnership Group Meeting #3- Overview of partnership group’s formation and history, update on DEC Contaminated Sites Inventory update, overview of BUILD Act liability protection for corporations.
- Minutes [PDF] | Presentation [PDF]| View Recording: http://anthc.adobeconnect.com/pb8znapiqhlg/
- May 21, 2019
LEO Webinar: Brownfields, ANCSA Contaminated Lands, and What You Can Do- This webinar helps shed light on what community members can do about brownfields and new legislation that may help lead to clean-up.
- Presentation [PDF]| View Recording: https://anthc.adobeconnect.com/_a831472963/pqv0zjgm4j73/?proto=true