Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2014-0461-0116
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2016-05-16T04:00Z

EPA Public Webinar on Potential Reinterpretation of Clean Water Act TAS 
                   September 10, 2015 2:00  -  4:00 p.m. EDT
                                Webinar Summary

Presenters:	Tom Gardner, EPA Office of Science and Technology
	Tod Siegal, EPA Office of General Counsel
Moderator:	Tom Gardner, EPA Office of Science and Technology 
Participants:	See last page  -  about 30 participants attended

Presentation Summary 

The webinar began with introductions and instructions for participants, followed by a presentation by Mr. Gardner and Mr. Siegal based on briefing slides available in the docket for the rulemaking at www.regulations.gov. Search for Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2014-0461. 

The webinar continued with an opportunity for questions and comments from participants. Questions were submitted by participants either in writing through the chat window to the EPA moderator, Mr. Gardner, or over the phone after the phone lines were opened.

The following is a list of questions received from participants during the webinar. For each of the questions, the EPA presenters provided responses that were consistent with the presentation materials and other information available at http://www.epa.gov/wqs-tech/revised-interpretation-clean-water-act-tribal-provision. Views and comments provided were acknowledged. 

Questions
 Would this also apply to the TAS for Clean Air Act for Tribes?
 Will comments from participants in this webinar be included?
 How and what would a tribe need to do to apply for TAS under this new interpretation?
 What if our Tribe has already submitted TAS application and went through Public Comment Period and we are just awaiting approval from Region 9?
 Would the delegation of CWA authority to set WQS extend to other lands over which the Federal Government has retained legislative jurisdiction, so that the Federal Government and not the adjoining State would set the WQS?

Webinar Attendees

                                  First Name
                                   Last Name
                                  Affiliation
Lori
Blair
The Boeing Company
Peter
Brumm
 
Lorraine
Cope
USCG (CTR-E3)
Steve
Covell
USDA
Crystal
Davis
Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
Thomas
Dosch
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Sara
Drescher
Forest County Potawatomi Community
Ronnie
Hawks
Jennings, Haug & Cunningham
Jason
Hempsmyer
Mechoopda Indian Tribe
Lisa
Hopinkah
San Felipe Pueblo
Gene
Ka-hee
Pueblo de Cochiti DNRC Department
Gina
Leverette
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
Aaron
Loomis
 
Jeffrey
Lynch
Cortina Indian Rancheria
Rebecca
McMahon
Yurok Tribe
Kimberly
Miller
Morongo Band of Mission Indians
Steven
Moore
Native American Rights Fund
Meghann 
Niesen
Office of Science and Technology
Kate
Pinkerton
 
Jane
Ratcliff
 
Crystal
Robinson
 
Suzanne
Schaeffer
Dentons US LLP
Jane
Steadman
Kanji & Katzen PLLC
Mike
Stover 
Region 1
Candon 
Tanaka
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
Doug
Thompson
Law Office of Douglas P. Thompson, PLLC
Mark
Valencia
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
Heather
Westra
Prairie Island Indian Community
Jennifer
Williams
Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals
Joy
Yoshioka
Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma