EPA grant to help clean up Coeur d'Alene tribal land

The Coeur d'Alene Tribal Housing Authority will be awarded a $200,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to clean up six residential properties.

Contamination resulted from the production or use of methamphetamine within the six units, according to the EPA.

EPA's Brownfields program encourages cleanup and redevelopment of America's estimated 450,000 Brownfields sites.

"Brownfields grants are catalysts for communities," said Dennis McLerran, EPA regional administrator in Seattle. "They jumpstart local projects, bringing valuable real estate back into productive use."