---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 35.736"
title: "40"
number: "35.736"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/35.736"
---

# §35.736. Purpose.

- (a) **Purpose of section.** [Sections 35.736 through 35.738](/cfr/40/35.736..35.738.md) govern Tribal Response Program Grants (as defined in [section 128(a)](/cfr/40/128.md?p=a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)).
- (b) **Purpose of program.** Tribal Response Program Grants are awarded to Tribes to establish or enhance the response program of the Tribe; capitalize a revolving loan fund for brownfield remediation under [section 104(k)(3)](/cfr/40/104.md?p=k-3) of CERCLA; or purchase insurance or develop a risk sharing pool, an indemnity pool, or insurance mechanism to provide financing for response actions under a Tribal response program.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 74 FR 28444, June 16, 2009, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.; 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.; 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.; 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 13101 et seq.; Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321, 1321-299 (1996); Pub. L. 105-65, 111 Stat. 1344, 1373 (1997); Pub. L. 105-276, 112 Stat. 2461, 2499 (1988).

### Source

Source: 66 FR 3795, Jan. 16, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.; 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.; 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.; 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 13101 et seq.; Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321, 1321-299 (1996); Pub. L. 105-65, 111 Stat. 1344, 1373 (1997), 2 CFR 200.