Agenda for the 2016 Tribal Lands and Environment Forum (TLEF) TRAININGS Day Oneida/ Penobscot Passamaquoddy/ Brothertown Schaghticoke Narragansett Shinnecock/ Nipmuk Abenaki Nehantic/ Pequot Monday 8:00 – 12:00 pm 10-5: Greening Tribal Facilities and Mohegan Sun Tour –Jean McInnis, Mohegan Tribe; Shannon Judd, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa; Tracy Horst, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Nitin Natarajan, Deputy Assistant Administrator, USEPA; and Julie Jurkowski, ITEP 8-12: 128(a) Tribal Response Program (Brownfields) 101 – Mickey Hartnett, Envirofields and 8-5: Superfund Radiation Risk Assessment - Stuart Walker, USEPA and Fred Dolislager, Oak Ridge National Lab 8-5: Hour HAZWOPER Refresher Training - Roberta Tohannie, ITEP 8-5: Tribal through the Administration of Tribal Environmental Protection Programs: The Continuing Relevance of EPA’s 1984 Indian Policy and 1992 GAP Statute - Professor James Grijalva, University of North Dakota; Professor Eric Eberhard, Seattle University; and Luke Jones, USEPA AIEO 8-12: National Incident Management System (NIMS) and Incident Command System (ICS) – USEPA and FEMA 8-5 Monday and 8-12 Tuesday: Water & Wastewater Utility Operation, Maintenance and Management (CEUs Provided) – Mark Nelson and Joe Longo from Horsley Witten Group, Inc and staff from the USEPA Monday 1:00 – 5:00 pm 1-5: Brownfields Tools to Engage Community and Assess Health Risks – Gary Perlman, ATSDR 1-5: Hazardous Waste Program Inspections and Emergency Response – Dale Anderson and Rudy Mix, Gila River Indian Community, Department of Environmental Quality Trip: There will be a field trip to New Bedford Harbor, a Superfund site that is an urban tidal estuary with contaminated sediments. This field trip will take place 8:00 am to 5:00 pm on Monday. There is limited space available for this field trip. WQX Data Submission Assistance: One-on-one assistance will be available for the duration of the Forum.
Approaches to Collaborative Adaptation – Shasta Gaughen, Heidi Brow, and Kurt Broz, Pala Band of Mission Indians; Amber Pairis, the Climate Science Alliance-South Coast Kusnierz, Penobscot Nation Matthew Richardson, USEPA Office of Wastewater Management Wednesday 8:30 – 10:00 am Backhaul Successes from the North - Anahma Shannon, Kawerak, Inc And Santa Ynez Chumash Zero Waste Initiatives - Kelly Schmandt Ferguson, Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Developing Tribal Cleanup Standards - Susan Hanson, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes; Henry Haven, geologist, Navajo Nation; and Jill Grant, attorney, Jill Grant & Associates Mining on Tribal Lands – Laurie Suter, Tohono O’odham Nation Office Hours with Carolyn Hoskinson, OUST Director, USEPA And Upcoming UST Regulatory Deadlines, Mark Barolo, OUST Deputy Director Drones and their use in Environmental Protection - Dale Ohnmeiss, Water Quality Specialist, Indian Community And How to Combine Tribal and Non-Tribal Resources during Disasters – Kellie Poolaw, Caddo County Oklahoma Emergency Management Management of Ogallala Aquifer on Rosebud Reservation, SD - Syed Y. Huq, Director Water Resources Rosebud Sioux Tribe Establishing Tribal Water Quality Programs under EPAs Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (GAP) - Luke Jones, Robyn Delehanty, USEPA And A Discussion with the National Tribal Water Council and EPA Office of Water - Ken Norton, chair, and other members of the National Tribal Water Council; Senior management from USEPA’s Office of Water and Office of Wastewater Management Wednesday 10:30 - 12:00 pm Multi Media Meetup
Efforts? - Tej Attili, La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians Lake Superior Barrel Project - Gary Defoe Jr., Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Region 6; Leonard Sabatino, ENIPC; and Jim Weaver, USEPA ORD And USEPA Guidance for Discussing Tribal Treaty Rights - Dona Harris and Jeff Besougloff, USEPA AIEO Benefit of Sea-Run Alewives for Ecosystem Restoration and Food Fishery – Ed Bassett, Passamaquoddy at Pleasant Point Mountain Apache Tribe And Integrating The Protection Of Healthy Waters In Tribal Clean Water Act Section 319 And Other Water Quality Programs - Steve Epting, USEPA Thursday 3:30 - 5:00 pm Closing Plenary Final Raffle, Special Performance by Mohegan Tribe Dancers and Drummers, and Final Remarks and Blessing by Mohegan Chief Lynn Malerba