United States Environmental Protection Agency Solid Waste And Emergency Response (OS-340) EPA/530-SW-91-002 Issue #3 Summer/Fain 991 •PA Native American Network A RCRA Information Exchange The Camp© Experience Campo Indian Reservation is one of the Kumeyaay (Koo- me-YAI) tribes of San Diego County, California. The his- toric territory of the Kumeyaay stretches from northern San Diego County into the north- ern Baja (Mexico). The three main bands of the Kumeyaay are the Ipaay, the Tipaay, and the Pal Pal (entirely in Mexico). Nine reservations in the county from the Tipaay band of the Kumeyaay include the Barona, Viejas, Jamul, Capitan Grande, Cuyapaipe, Manzanita, La Posta, Sycuan, and the Campo. The total "Tipaay population is about 1,500. To improve our economic status, the Campo members began a solid waste project in 1987. Under the General IN THIS ISSUE • The Campo Experience • Money Matters « IMS and Solid Waste Council System, a framework was developed by the Tribe to structure the administration of a solid waste program. Ulti- mately, the business side of the project was separated from Tribal politics, and the Campo Environmental Protection Ag;ency (EPA) was created to maintain Tribal control of the project. The Tribe maintained the financial resources for expertise when needed and developed standards that met or exceeded California's. Enforcement powers for the Tribal agency were developed. With this framework in place, the Tribal corporation with gpypn majnr waste firms. The Tribe's conditions were so strict that it took several months to find a company willing to meet them. Trie process culminated in September 1990, when the General Council voted to approve the conditional lease to a waste management firm. The condition in the lease is an acceptable Environmental . Impact Study (EIS). The Department of the Interior's policy requires BIA involve- ment as the lead agency for (continued on p. 2) Recycling ffroject of Cheroke© Reservation Last year tr|| North Carolina Community C||jLb Council composed of ojficers from all 10 communitj|development clubs on the dperokee Reser- vation decidedjrto clean up the Reservation aip to do some- thing about trie environment. Following a sejftiinar on waste management Recycling, spon- sored by the Cherokee Reser- vation Cooperative Extension j. 3 s Service and tlq Club Council, Community ^Recycling Committee wa^l established. The CommMee faced a -number-Qfjprcj ilemsrrinelucling " funding and f|idmg a site fdf the center. Thl; recycling center was coitstructed from funds donated ^by civic organi- zations, clubs! fend_ private businesses arjijjndividuals. (One lady ever,.!gave the prize money she won in the local garden contest The Eastern Band of Cherckees gave the committee a small piece of property for center, and tlj e recycling 3 Oconoluftee Job Corps con'tributed the workers for itijEDnstruction. |J (continued on p. 2) ------- _(&cF/T'EtTJQoi'rr/7 (Onj ^TSffuntYtfy/m fyj Droteciion nroarams on Ind af-S^&tonce-; oil i i srnxsiioy""1 m oniro^wZ i^gQ^^.L^f^g||^.^. ....g,g_|._, „§!&. an^ M^thtfi^OT|!|f|)7l!F f'gpncef "^^"'^"J^^yp ^^ : —~""~- —fa —p]5j||^B?F77^:= ------- Cherokee Recycling (continued from p. 2) Specialist with NC State University are coordinating the workshop. The Reservation population is working very hard toward improving their environment. At the recent dedication of the recycling center, Driver Pheas- ant, the Education Outreach Coordinator of the Cherokee Museum, opened the cer- emony with a quote from Chief SeattlerTou did not weave the web of life; you are merely a strand in it. Whatever you do to the web, you do to yourself." Chief Seattle's statement explains the Indian's view of the sacredness of the earth. —Contact Eddie Almond, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, (704)497-6611 MONEY EPA Science Scholarships for Native Americans EPA has awarded a $120,000 grant to the Ameri- can Indian Science and Engi- neering Society (AISES) to fund a college scholarship program for students who qualify on the basis of aca- demic achievement and a commitment to the needs and culture of American Indian tribes. The scholarships are $4,000 per student for one year of study and' are awarded- on a competitive basis. Appli- cants must: (1) be accepted for full-time study at an accred- ited four-year college or uni- versity, having completed at least two years of college work with a minimum grade point average of 2.5 (students in graduate programs also are engineering include chemij biochemistry, neering, ence, hydrolog; tal economicsl entomology, disciplines; statement e: and how know; culture was ac experience, st reservation); (4 essay of 250 .' stating personj tl to environment tribal lands; work summer| tion or at environmental! a|d (oj^ SJL. xpjkining1 .EPAJlfa job is offered. awards are set; announced at j he annual AISES meeting D^C., in NoverrjJDer —Contact Dick Lol (703) 308-8553 eligible); (2) mlj'or in one of the environmentalifscience or to try, biology, ij ihemical engi- sci- environmen- toxicology, other related Bjubmit a brief _ when edge of tribal Quired (work , fly, living on a submit an irds or less commitment jd protection on (5) agree to areserva- professional cholarship duled to be in Washington, 1992. \gmife. m K Bui •r^fe- , „«„,-, -;-,,-.,. ~;-r % Second U.S. Conference on f Municipal Solid Waste In response to the-overwhelmlng success of the First U.S. Conference on Municipal Solid Waste, EPA Is sponsoring the-Second U.S. Conference on Municipal Solid Waste in June 1992. The Conference will offer more than 3O sessions and workshops on planning, legislation, and all aspects of solid waste management. Nine main areas will be covered: integrated ; planning r and— BaarvagemoFrf;— ©eonomlcs • and costs of solid waste management- reduction and reuse; recycling and composting; combustion; lana disposal; education and outreach; and special wastes. Anyone interested in participating- as a panelist or speaker needs to submit a brief abstract of the proposed topic and a brief professional biographical sketch, by October 22, 1991 to: Bhawna Agarwal Assistant Conference- Planner SWANA/GRCDA; P.O. Box 7219 Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301) 585-2898; FAX: (301) 589-7069 Contact: Susan Mann, MSW Conference Coordinator, EPA, (202) 260-6263. ll V *. Btin Board * Memorandum of Agreement, The Environmental Protection Agency, tri] of Indian Affairs, the Indian Health Servic the Department of Housing and Urban } Development have signed a Memoranal Agreement concerning environmental pn on Indian lands. The agreement define! responsibilities of the four agencies with- controliing and preventing pollution on 1 and allows for close cooperation by th«J in fulfilling^ mutual obligations to tribes, f Contact: Martin D. Topper, (202) 26O-501 » Bureau e, and • im of ffection the fespect to riian lands ^agencies •r. ' n. r* -_ - -. -IF ' ^ * OSW. Pnr HUeh tnym ' EPA's Office olSolid Waste has a variety of programs designfl communities with managing municipal solid waste. One sucl funded by the Municipal and Industrial Solid Waste Divisions Peer Match program. This program is designed to "match" ej municipal solid waste management with communities seekinj their specific problems. For example, if a community is inter] a recycling program, an expert with experience in working wil of that size, with the same basic requirements, is "matched ' tl community. The program is operated through grants to the If Managers Association (ICMA) and the Solid Waste Associate America (SWANA, formerly GRCDA). 1 Contact: Sarith Guerra of ICMA at (202) 962-3649 or Charlol SWANA at (301) 585-2898. 3 ... 1 Native American" 3 to assist '., program, MISWD),isthe Derts in solutions to sled in starting acommunity trial emational CRy i of North e Frola of '•'•- "' I Network H 3 ------- lrce on '" iena Supeifimcl'slf'e jnlacfci JH&Rssd Sdiapwo,_ JsMtiMiiflieileiaiiifeipIlHSfiB ------- |