2015 Tribal Lands And Environment Forum
A National Conversation on Tribal Land and Water Resources
Greenway
Room A-B
Greenway
Room D-E
Greenway
Room F-G
Greenway Room
I-J
Minnehaha
Skyway
Room A-B
Regency Room
Mirage Room
LaSalle Room
Monday, August 17 (Special Training Sessions)
8:00
am –
10:00
am
8-Hour
HAZWOPER
Refresher with
Roberta
Tohannie,
10:00
am –
12:00
pm
12:00
– 1:00
pm
1:00
pm –
5:00
pm
ITEP
NEPA and Mining
101 with Lynne
Hood, USEPA
Region 10 and
Others
Brownfields Tools to
Engage Community
and Assess Health
Risks with Gary
Perlman, ATSDR
NIMS Training
with Williams
Nichols, USEPA
and FEMA Staff
Tribal Self-Governance
through the Administration
of Tribal Environmental
Protection Programs: The
Continuing Relevance of
EPA’s 1984 Indian Policy and
1992 GAP Statute with Luke
Jones, USEPA; Prof. James
Grijalva, Director Northern
Plains Indian Law Center’s
Tribal Environmental Law
Project, Univ. North Dakota
School of Law
New Tribal Water
Quality Data
Management
Projects for
Improved Local
Decision Making
Very Small Water
Systems
Certification
Training with Scott
Williams, USET
How to Load
Water Quality
Data Using WQX
with Charles
Kovatch, USEPA
Note: This is a 12
hour training and
Note: This is a
special one-onone
with Mark LeBaron,
AWQMS/ Gold
Systems
Introduction to
Water Protection and
Regulations with
Thomas Gardner,
Marjorie Copeland,
John Irizarry, and Jan
Bartlett
will continue on
Tuesday
afternoon;
attendees will also
need to pass a test
to receive
certification
training. See
Training
Descriptions to
learn how to make
an appointment.
The National
Hydrography Dataset
with Jeff Simley,
USGS
Introduction to
Water Protection and
Regulations
(continued)
Very Small Water
Systems
Certification
Training
(continued)
How to Load
Water Quality
Data Using WQX
(continued)
Lunch On Your Own
8-Hour
HAZWOPER
Refresher
(continued)
FEMA
Environmental
Leaders
Response
Training – Bill
Sulinckas, FEMA
and Others
NEPA and Mining
101 (continued)
Climate Change
Adaptation Planning
with Sue Wotkyns,
ITEP and Michael
Durglo, Confederated
Salish and Kootenai
Tribes
Asbestos Awareness
Training with Quinton
Jacket, Ute Mountain Ute
(this training concludes at
3:00 pm)
FIELD TRIP: There will be a field trip to several habitat restoration and watershed protection projects being conducted by the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. This field trip will take place 8:00 am to
5:00 pm on Monday.
FIELD TRIP: There will be a field trip to the Bruce Vento Nature Preserve, a former brownfields site of special cultural and watershed protection concern. This field trip will take place 1:30 pm to
5:00 pm on Monday.
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2015 Tribal Lands And Environment Forum
A National Conversation on Tribal Land and Water Resources
Greenway
Room A-B
Greenway
Room D-E
Greenway
Room F-G
Greenway
Room I-J
Minnehaha
Skyway
Room A-B
Regency Room
Tuesday, August 18
8:00 –
10:00
am
10:30
am –
12:00
pm
PLENARY SESSIION IN THE NICCOLET GRAND BALLROOM
Featuring a Color Guard from Minnesota Tribes, a Drumming Group, and a Panel Discussion with Senior USEPA Staff and Representatives from the
National Tribal Waster Council and the Tribal Waste and Response Assistance Program Steering Committee
Discussion Session on
the Infrastructure
Task Force Solid
Waste Work Teams
with Rob Roy, La Jolla
Band of Luiseno
Indians; Charles
Bearfighter RedDoor,
USEPA; Janice Sims,
USEPA; Westen
Knudsen, IHS
Demonstration of
Tribal Capacity
Developed under
128(a) with Victoria
Flowers, Oneida Tribe
of Indians of Wisconsin
***
Brownfields PreAssessment: Transition
from Inventory to Site
Work with Mickey
Hartnett, KSU-TAB
Consulting with Tribes
at Superfund Sites
with Jeff Besougloff,
Mary T. Cooke, and
Anne Dailey, USEPA
12:00
pm –
1:30 pm
1:30 pm
– 3:00
pm
USEPA Major Initiatives
Discussion with Senior
USEPA Staff
Underground Storage
Tanks 101 and
Regulation Update with
Carolyn Hoskinson,
Director of OUST
Tribal FERST with Steve
Terry, USET
***
Treatment in a Similar
Manner As A State
Issues Related to the
Clean Water Act with
Steve Terry, USET; Tom
Gardner, Sarah Furtak,
and Felicia Wright,
USEPA
Enhancing Tribal
Wetlands Programs and
the National Wetland
Condition Assessment
with Kathleen
Kutschenreuter, USEPA
UST Regulatory History –
How Did We Get Here?
***
A Unique Approach to
UST Compliance
Assistance with Victoria
Flowers, Oneida Tribe of
Indians of Wisconsin;
Mike Arce, Oneida Tribe
of Indians of Wisconsin;
Steve Pupora, Pupora
Engineering
USGS Science Support
for Native American
Tribes in the Midwest
with Charles Dunning,
USGS Wisconsin Water
Science Center
***
Water Resources
Investigations in the Bad
River Watershed with
Andrew Leaf, USGS and
Naomi Tillison, Bad River
Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa
Headwaters to Mouth:
A Top-Down Model for
Successful Watershed
Restoration with James
Snitgen, Oneida Tribe
of Indians of Wisconsin
***
Ecosystem Services
Valuation for the St.
Louis River Watershed
with Nancy Schuldt,
Fond du Lac Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa
Lunch On Your Own
USEPA’s National
Peer Match Program
with Tonya Hawkins,
Charles Bearfighter
RedDoor and Luke
Jones, USEPA
***
Changes to USEPA’s
Hazardous Waste
Management Grant
Program for Tribes
with Tonya Hawkins
and Denise Roy,
USEPA
Sustainable Funding
Stream for Response
Programs with Jason
Helgeson, Leech Lake
Band of Ojibwe
Overview of New
USEPA Superfund
Groundwater
Guidance and Tools
with Anne Dailey,
USEPA
***
Groundwater
Contamination at
Brownfields Sites with
Kevin Brackney, Nez
Perce Tribe
Developing a
Comprehensive Tribal
Remedial Response and
Natural Resource
Assessment Strategy
***
Building a Strong Legal
Foundation to Support
the Enforcement of a
Tribal Trustee's NRDA
Claim with staff from
Short Cressman and
Burgess PLLC
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Tuesday, August 18 (Continued)
3:30 pm
– 5:00
pm
A Conversation with
Mathy Stanislaus
National Tribal Mining
Workgroup: Mining in
the 21st Century with
Kevin Brackney, Nez
Perce Tribe
Adaptation of
Superfund Cleanup to
Climate Change with
Anne Dailey, USEPA
***
Dealing with the
Effects of Climate
Change in Solid Waste
Programs with
Shannon Judd, Fond
du Lac Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa
Furthering Tribal
Sovereignty by
Developing Tribal
Regulatory Standards to
Protect Human Health
and the Environment
***
Protecting the Tribal
Food Supply—Toxics
Reduction, Water
Quality, Sediment
Quality, & Fish
Consumption Rates with
staff from Short
Cressman and Burgess
PLLC
Tribal Consortium and
USEPA Success Stories
with David Hayes, ITEC;
Leonard Sabatino, ENIPC;
Heather Mann, Greg
Pashia, and David
Anderson, USEPA Region
6
***
Open Discussion on
Compliance Assistance
for UST Programs
Greg Pashia, USEPA
Region 6 (moderating)
National Tribal Water
Council and USEPA
Office of Water
Introductions &
Discussion with
representatives from
NTWC and OW
Training Continued From Monday: The Very Small Water Systems Certification Training will continue on Tuesday from 1:30 to 5:00 pm in the Mirage Room.
FIELD TRIP: There will be a field trip to the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community’s compost facility Tuesday afternoon, from 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm.
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From the Hands of
Prometheus: Steps
Toward Restoration
with Shawn Chato,
Pueblo of Santa Clara
***
Restoring Wild Rice
Within Lake Ogechie:
The 10 Year Story with
Perry Bunting, Mille
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Open Office Hours with
OBLR
Mining Impacts on
Tribal lands with
Laurie Suter, Tohono
O’odham Nation
Protecting the Uses
of Traditional
Knowledges – Ann
Marie Chischilly,
ITEP and Michael
Durglo,
Confederated Salish
and Kootenai Tribes
***
Implementing EPAs
Policy on EJ for
Working with
Federally
Recognized Tribes
and Indigenous
Peoples, Danny
Gogal, USEPA
Preparedness
Initiatives in Crude
Oil Rail Transport
and Chemical
Facility Safety and
Security with Nitin
Natarajan, USEPA
OSWER Deputy AA
Hands On UST Equipment
Demonstration with Mike
Arce, Oneida Tribe of
Indians of Wisconsin
***
Following this
demonstration there will
be a field trip to a UST site
at the Shakopee
Mdewakanton Sioux
Community
Best Practices for
Reaching Out to Well
Owners and
Stewardship of
Private Wells
***
Online Resources for
Water and
Wastewater Systems
with Steve Wilson,
University of Illinois
Developing or
Revising a Clean
Water Act Section
106 Monitoring
Strategy
Strategy for
Developing Numeric
Biocriteria for
Wadeable Streams on
Fond du Lac
Reservation Lands
with Kari Hedin, Fond
du Lac Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa
***
Mercury Impacts to
Kelly Pond with
Denise Jensen,
Winnebago Tribe of
Nebraska
Developing Clean
Water Act Section
106 Assessment
Reports
***
Overview of Water
Data Sharing Using
WQX with Charles
Kovatch, USEPA
Wednesday, August 19
8:30 am
– 10:00
am
10:30
am –
12:00
pm
12:00
pm –
1:30 pm
The Indian Health Service
and Tribal Solid Waste
Programs with Westen
Knudsen, HIS; Susan Trujillo,
USEPA
***
Implementing
Solid/Hazardous Waste
Programs under USEPA’s
Indian Environmental GAP
with Luke Jones & Andrew
Baca, USEPA
Conducting a Solid Waste
Characterization Audit: How
To Instruction and Success
Stories from the Field with
Emily Luscombe, Coyote
Valley Band of Pomo
Indians; Lorinda Sam & Errol
Blackwater, Ak-Chin Indian
Community; and Shannon
Davis. USEPA Region 9
Protection of Subsistence
and Cultural Resources
from Trans-boundary
Mining Development
with Guy Archibald,
Southeast Alaska
Conservation Council
***
Honoring the Treaty
Promise: A Study of Fish
Harvest and
Consumption in a Great
Lakes Tribe with Katie
Kruse and Char Spruce,
Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community
CERCLA 108(b)
Financial
Responsibility for
Mining/ Mineral
Processing with Ben
Lesser, USEPA
***
Tribal-Led Cleanup
Activities at the Tar
Creek Superfund Site
with Craig Kreman,
Quapaw Tribe
Lunch On Your Own
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Note: field trip attendees
will return around 1:15
pm
Passamaquoddy Pleasant
Point Protection of Tribal
Water Resources and
Habitat Success Stories
with Dale Mitchell,
Passamaquoddy Tribe;
Glen Daukas, Campbell
Environmental Group; and
AmyJean McKeown,
USEPA
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Wednesday, August 19 (Continued)
1:30 pm
– 3:00
pm
Open Office Hours with
USEPA’s American Indian
Environmental Office and
Office of Resource
Conservation and Recovery
3:30 pm
– 5:00
pm
Steady Progress: Growing a
Collaborative Waste
Removal Movement
throughout Rural Alaska
with Larry Zirkle, Total
Reclaim Inc.
***
Resource Recovery/Landfill
Alternatives with Ted
Jacobson, USEPA Region
(Alaska)
From Muskeg to Moose:
How to Achieve
Redevelopment in Rural
Alaska with Brownfields
Tribal Response Program
with Callie Ridolfi, P.E.,
RIDOLFI, Inc. and Alex
James, Yakutat Tlingit
Tribe
***
Supercharge Your 128(a)
Tribal Response Program
with Glenn Daukas,
Campbell Environmental
Group; Dale Mitchell,
Passamaquoddy Tribe;
AmyJean McKeown,
USEPA
Using the Brownfields
Inventory Tool for Tribal
Environmental Programs
with Oral Saulters and
Mickey Hartnett, KSU
***
USEPA Brownfields
Funding Opportunities
and Technical Assistance
with Jose Garcia, USEPA
Region 9 and Rachel
Lentz, USEPA OBLR
EPA Funding
Opportunities for
Tribes at Superfund
Responses – Christine
Poore, LaDonna
Turner, Rachel Lentz,
USEPA; Tim Kent,
Quapaw
Tribal Emergency
Response Case
Study and
Discussion with
Monte Fronke, Mille
Lacs Band of Ojibwe
and Others
UST Tribal Only Meeting
John LeBlanc, Red Lake
Band of Chippewa Indians
(moderating)
Tribal Water and
Wastewater Operator
Certification Versus
State Certification
with Brian Bennon,
ITCA
Moving From Water
Quality Assessment
to Restoration and
Protection: The
CWA Section 319
Program with Peter
Monahan, USEPA
Region 8 and
Janette Marsh,
USEPA Region 5
Open Office Hours
with Office of
Superfund
Remediation and
Technology
Innovation, Federal
Facilities Restoration
and Reuse Office, and
Office of Emergency
Management
When Culture and
Cleanup Collide: the
Mineral Hill Story
with Donald Hurst,
Confederated
Colville Tribes
***
NRD and Cultural
Restoration of the
St. Regis Mohawk
Tribe with
Amberdawn
LaFrance, St. Regis
Mohawk
Tribal LUST Case Study and
Discussion with Kristen
Hanson, Lac du Flambeau
Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians; Naomi
Archuleta, Ohkay Owingeh
Ensuring the Built
Water Infrastructure
Lasts with Mark
Nelson, Horsley
Witten Group
Tribal Water Quality
Indicator Measure
SP14(b) with Steve
Terry, USET and
Laura Shumway,
USEPA
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Turning Water Quality
Data into Lake-Specific
Nutrient Standards with
Nancy Schuldt, Fond du
Lac Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa
***
Free Water and
Wastewater Utility
Resources for
Emergency
Preparedness with
Nushat Thomas, USEPA
Establishing Tribal Water
Quality Programs Under
USEPA’s Indian
Environmental GAP with
Luke Jones and Jeff
Besougloff, USEPA
Waters of the Ak-Chin:
Tracking and Managing
Water Quality Issues with
Dale H. Ohnmeiss, Ak-Chin
Indian Community
Thursday, August 20
8:30
am –
10:00
am
10:30
am –
12:00
pm
12:00
pm –
1:30
pm
A GIS Approach to
Assessing Groundwater
Threats from Open Dumps
with Kristen Hanson, Lac du
Flambeau Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa and
Craig Dufficy, USEPA
***
WSTARS Made Easy Entering an Open Dumpsite
Into the IHS Database From
Start to Finish with Roger
Hancock, USEPA Region 6
Paying It Forward: Recycling
at the Poarch Band of Creek
Indians with Ralph
McCullers, Poarch Band of
Creek Indians
***
Salt River Environmental
Compliance Through
Collaborative Education and
Outreach with Amy Miguel,
Salt River Pima Maricopa
Indian Community
Oil and Chemical Spills
101 with USEPA’s Office
of Emergency
Management with Nick
Nichols, Sonia Vega, and
Victoria VanRoden,
USEPA
Tribal
Superfund
Working
Group
(TSFWG)
Meeting
Adapting to Climate Change –
Sue Wotkyns, ITEP and
Michael Durglo,
Confederated Salish and
Kootenai Tribes
***
Alaskan Tribes Making a
Difference with Millie
Hawley, Native Village of
Kivalina
Mini Training on
LUST
Assessments with
Rob Rau, USEPA
Region 10
Tribal Centric Data
Searches Using USEPA’s
Envirofacts and TRI
Explorer Tools with
Steve Witkin, USEPA
***
Safer Chemical
Substitution Tools with
Jonathan Riven, UW
Extension
TSFWG
Meeting
Kîmâchipena: Force
Multipliers for
Communicating Changing
Climate Strategies with Mark
Junker, Lisa Montgomery, Sac
and Fox Nation of Missouri in
Kansas and Nebraska
***
The Connection Between
Your Stuff and Climate
Change with Shannon Davis
USEPA Region 9
UST Wrap-Up
Discussion with
Carolyn
Hoskinson,
Director of OUST
***
Operator Training
Discussion with
Carolyn
Hoskinson,
Director of OUST
PLENARY SESSIION IN THE NICCOLET GRAND BALLROOM
Light Refreshments will be served and a special raffle will be held
FIELD TRIP: There will be a field trip opportunity to the Reilly Superfund site on Thursday afternoon, from 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm
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Animal and Human Health at
Risk from Algal Toxins in Our
Water: Neurotoxins,
Hepatotoxins, and Climate
Change with Barry Rosen,
USGS
***
Miccosukee Water Resources
Management: Linking TEK,
Outreach, and Science to
Protect Everglades Wetlands
with Marta Reczko and David
Warfel, Miccosukee Tribe of
Indians of Florida