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Property Details for Fort Lapwai


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244715
Former Bureau of Indian Affairs Parade Grounds (no address) LAPWAI, ID 83540
6
RPE354W0881115
46.3961389 / -116.802722
1
Labaw, Joanne
Labaw.Joanne@epa.gov
206-553-2594


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Property Progress


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
Nez Perce TribeRP96046313IDSection 128(a) State/Tribal2020
R10 TBA - Idaho (STAG Funded)n/aIDTBA2004


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Phase II Environmental Assessment$108,477.9701/22/202012/28/2020R10 TBA - Idaho (STAG Funded)YFY21


Is Cleanup Necessary? Yes
EPA Assessment Funding: $108,477.97
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $108,477.97


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment.


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Contaminants and Media


Asbestos
Lead
PCBS
VOCs
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
Building Materials
NOT Cleaned up


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Cleanup Activities

Start DateEPA FundingCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Cleanup Documentation
06/01/2020$500,000.0007/01/2023Nez Perce TribeNo


Cleanup/Treatment Implemented: U
Cleanup/Treatement Categories:
Addl Cleanup/Treatment info:
Address of Data Source:
Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 6
Number of Cleanup Jobs Leveraged: 2
EPA Cleanup Funding: $500,000.00
Leveraged Funding:
Cost Share Funding:
Total Funding: $500,000.00


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup.


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Institutional and Engineering Controls

No
U
No


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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

There are no current redevelopment activities.


Number of Redevelopment Jobs Leveraged:
Actual Acreage of Greenspace Created:
Leveraged Funding:


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

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Additional Property Attributes

The site consists of four buildings constructed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), an open field formerly used as parade grounds, a baseball field, and a network of steam tunnels. Three of the four buildings have served many different uses over the years and, as such, have been referred to by several different names. For simplicity, these buildings have been renamed the North Building, East Building, and West Building; the fourth building is referred to as the Superintendent's Building. In 1862, the U.S. Army built Fort Lapwai. Fort Lapwai ceased to function as a military fort in 1885. In 1886, portions of the fort were converted into the Fort Lapwai Indian Boarding School (a U.S. government-run school for Indians), which was eventually succeeded by the Fort Lapwai Sanitarium in 1910, both presumably housed in buildings original to Fort Lapwai. The bulk of the structures built in support of the fort were constructed between 1862 and 1884 and consisted of barracks for enlisted personnel, quarters for officers, stables, warehouses, offices, and corrals. Most of these buildings are no longer present at the site, and it is not known when they were removed from the site. However, the structure that served as the Fort Lapwai Indian Boarding School, and later the Fort Lapwai Sanitarium, is believed to have been present at the site until at least 1924. Fort Lapwai was turned over to the BIA in 1904. Between 1912 and 1960, portions of the land that made up the former Fort Lapwai complex, as well as buildings build by the BIA, were conveyed to the State of Idaho and local school districts, remaining in their possession as long as the property was used for educational purposes and made available to Indians and non-Indians on the same terms. If, at any time, the terms were not met for a period of at least one year, the property would have reverted to the United States in a trust for the Nez Perce Tribe. The property and buildings at the focus of this TBA appear to have been conveyed to the Lapwai School District in 1957 and were reverted to tribal ownership in 2014. The Nez Perce Tribe plans to demolish and remove the four buildings previously discussed to allow for the construction of a new tribal center that would consolidate all tribal offices into one central


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