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EPA AWARDS FIRST CONTRACT TO ALASKA NATIVE CORPORATION
Release Date: 10/04/2001
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FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2001
EPA AWARDS FIRST CONTRACT TO ALASKA NATIVE CORPORATION
Dave Deegan 202-564-7839 / [email protected]
On October 1, 2001, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded its first contract to a company owned by an Indian tribe or an Alaska Native Corporation to support the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER). It is also the second largest contract in the history of EPA awarded to a company owned by an Indian economic enterprise. Bristol Environmental and Engineering Services Corp.(BEESC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bristol Bay Native Corporation and an 8(a) Alaska Native Corp., Anchorage, Alaska, was selected as the contractor to support the mission of OSWER’s Office of Underground Storage Tanks. The task is to ensure that leaking underground storage tanks (LUST) no longer pose a threat to human health and the environment. Under the contract, BEESC will conduct site assessments, design corrective action plans, and/or monitor remediation activities required to clean up petroleum releases at LUST-eligible sites, primarily at underground storage tanks in Indian Country throughout the United States. This contract provides the mechanism for EPA to ensure that public health and the environment are protected in Indian Country if owners and operators are unable to fulfill their responsibilities should releases occur at the approximately 2,600 active underground storage tanks in Indian Country. EPA may also use this contract to deal with contamination from releases from abandoned underground storage tanks. The term of the contract is up to five years, with an estimated amount of up to $15.5 million over the life of the contract.
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