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LETTER
Region 10 Tribal
Newsletter
Vol.X No. IX
September 1,2002
Work Shops and Conferences
September 10-12, Water Quality and Pesticides Management Workshop, Couer d'Alene, ID. For
information: Lillian Wilmore 617/232-5742.
October 20-23. 69th Annual Pacific Northwest Pollution Conference, Yakima WA Info 503/579-1472
November 4-7. Region 10 Tribal Leader Conference, Lincoln City, OR. Chinook Winds Casino For
information: Tami 541/444-8227, Tom 541/444-8226, or Mike 541/444-8232.
November 6-10, American Indian Science and Engineering Society Conference, Tulsa OK. For additional
information: 505/765-1052 or http://aises.org
Coming this Fall 2002, A 5-day training course on Sustainability for Tribal Lands. Free For additional
information watch this newsletter or htty://www.hud.sov/local/chi/chienv2.html
Region 10 Tribal
Newsletter is published
monthly at no ch urge
To receive a copy call:
AKJean 907/271-6558
ID..Arlene 208/378-5749
OR..Don 503/.326-5015
WA..AIison 360/753-8185
Tribal Office. Judi. 800/424-4372
ext. 4011
Electronic Funds Transfer
Those of you receiving grant
assistance payments via EFT, directly
to your bank, may arrange with the U.
S. Treasury to send you e-mail
notification every time a federal
deposit is made in your account. The
Treasury has created an internet
service entitled PAID (Payment
Advice Internet Delivery) to provide
timely notification of payments to
you, with no need for you to make
inquiries with your bank or with EPA.
There is no cost to you for using
PAID.
Here's how to use PAID: First, you
mist be enrolled in EFT. If your
organization is not already
asing EFT, please contact Paul Steele at
he phone number or address below.
You will be asked to supply your
ranking information (name and
iddress, routing identifier, and account
lumber), and sample signatures of
hose within your organization who are
luthorized to request payments from
/our grant(s). You will find that EFT is
aster and easier for you to use than the
nanual check payment process, and
here is no risk of a lost or mis-routed
Treasury payment.
Then, once enrolled in EFT, visit the
AID site on the web:
ittp://www.fms. treas.sov/paid. Follow
he prompts to enroll on-line. [Note:
TIN", Taxpayer Identification
Number, is usually the same as "EIN",
mployer Identification Number.]
And that's it! You will receive an
2-mail message informing you of a
deposit into your account, normally 2 to
business days after you FAX the
Dayment request to the Seattle EPA
office.
For more information, or for answers
to other questions, please call or
e-mail: Paul Steele
steele.paul(a)epa.gov or
206/553-0311
Tribal Water Systems
EPA Region 10 has made
grants to the small Utilities
Service corporation (SUSC) in
Albany, Oregon to provide a
wide range of training, onsite
technical assistance, operator
certification training and other
services to small drinking water
systems located on Indian Lands
in Idaho, Oregon and
Washington. SUSC will contract
with Arasmith Consulting
Resources, Inc, (ACR) to provide
these services.
EPA's grants to SUSC
includes a provision to develop a
website, http://www.susc.org
where you can find information
on the full range of assistance
available to you from
SUSC/ACR, including training
schedules, information that may
be downloaded to help you with
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your own water and wastewater
systems. This webswite will also
provide an opportunity for other
service providers to add their own
links to webpages describing the
assistance they can offer.
Service providers such as the
Indian Health Service, RCAC,
Evergreen Rural Water, USD A, and
others will be invited to post their
own schedules and offerings on this
central information website to
facilitate accessing these services.
Inquiries about this program should
be directed to Michael J. Adams,
President of SUSC at 541/367-6243.
Request for technical assistance
should be directed to ACR at
541/928-5211.
ACR is currently sampling for
arsenic at all EPA-regulated drinking
water systems in RIO to help these
systems determine if they will be
affected by the new Arsenic rule and
arsenic standard in drinking water.
The first training opportunity will be
October 1-3 at the Inn at Otter Crest,
near Newport, Oregon. Interested
particpants should log on to
http://www. susc. org
If you have questions or comments
on EPA's support for this program
and efforts to coordinate with other
service providers in the area, please
call Craig L. Paul sen at 206/553-4350
Software for Wastewater
A new software program known as
the Vulnerability Self-Assessment
Software Tool (VSAT™) is now
available for public wastewater
utilities.
Funded by the EPA and developed
by the Association of Metropolitan
Sewerage Agencies (AMSA) in
collaboration with the Pennsylvania
Consulting Group and SCIENTECH,
Inc., this tool can help wastewater
utilities analyze how vulnerable they
are to both intentional threats and
latural disasters.
VSAT™ organizes data, supports
vulnerability analyses, documents the
malyses, and presents complex
nformation in an easy-to-understand
format for the full suite of potential
atility assets including physical plant,
employees, knowledge base,
nformation technology, and customers.
The software tool includes reference
ibraries of both potential threats and
counter-measures and provides a
nethod for managing the information
;enerated by security vulnerability
issessments.
The software is available free of
charge to all public wastewater utilities.
VSAT™ training opportunities are
slated to begin in August 2002. Visit
AMSA at http://www. susc. org
ibout/aboutcfm for more information
to request a copy of the VSAT™
wastewater software.
For technical assistance regarding
his software, call 888/340-8830 or
www. VSATusers.net.
Emergency Training
The Federal Emergency Management
A-gency (FEMA) is providing training
br tribal members who have
emergency management
"esponsibilities. FEMA developed this
course to focus on why emergency
nanagement is needed; basic elements
3f an emergency operations plan; and
considerations for developing or
enhancing an emergency management
Drogram. The course includes many
ictivities that help participants build a
ramework for an emergency operations
Dlan for their community. The course
s offered on August 12-16, 2002 at
"EMA's Emergency Management
institute in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
The course will also be offered on
Vlarch 17-21, 2003 and August 4-8,
2003. All instructions, course materials
md housing are provided at no cost.
EM A will also reimburse participants
for a 21-day prepurchased,
nonrefundable ticket for round-
trip transportation by common
carrier. Participants must
purchase an on-campus meal
ticket for $80.00 a week that
includes breakfast, lunch, dinner,
and morning/afternoon breaks.
For further information
concerning the admissions
process, contact the National
Emergency Training Center
(NETC) admissions office at
301/447-1035, or Linda Straka
at 301/447-1162.
Tribal Science Council
: Consistent with the EPA Indian
Policy and trust responsibility,
the mission of the Tribal Science
Council is to provide a forum for
interaction between tribal and
Agency representatives to work
collaboratively on environmental
scientific issues. The Council
will also address a wide range of
scientific issues including
research, monitoring, modeling,
information, technology, and
training in Indian Country. It
will develop a better
understanding of the priority
science issues of tribes from
across the nation, and the
Agency's ability to address these
issues and consider them as part
of its formal scientific issues.
The relationship between the
tribes and EPA in the Tribal
Science Council will not
substitute for, but rather
augment, the government-to-
government relationship between
EPA and tribal governments.
For more information contact
Bobby Smith, 415/972-3735 or
KesnerFlores at 530/473-3318
or corweya(a)hotmail.com.
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Exchange Network Grants
On August 8, 2002, EPA
Administrator Christie Whitman
announced $25 million in
environmental information grants to
44 states, 17 tribes and 1 U.S.
territory to work with EPA in
developing the National
Environmental Information Exchange
Network. This announcement is also
an important step in the President's
E-Government Initiative, which uses
Internet technology to improve the
delivery of government services to
citizens, streamline businesses'
paperwork and increase cooperation
among federal, state and local
authorities. The environmental
information grants announced will
fund this important work by states
and other participants. Completion of
this network will simplify reporting
by industry and greatly improve the
quantity and quality of the
environmental information EPA
provides to U.S. citizens. Four Tribes
from Region 10 were awarded these
grants - Tulalip, Warm Springs,
Tlingit/Haida, & Tanana Chiefs
Conference.
For more information and to see a
listing of grant recipients,visit:
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/headlii
e 080802.htm
About 70% of the world is covered
by water, but only 1% is drinkable.
Wastewater Guidance
EPA's Office of Water has issued
its Onsite Wastewater Treatment
systems Manual (EPA-625-R-00-
008);
http://www. eva. sov/ORD/NRMRL/P
ubs/625R00008/625R00008. htm,
while the Office of Wastewater
Management (OWM) is finalizing
Guidelines for Management of Onsite
Decentralized Wastewater Systems:
http://www.epa.sov/owmitnet/decent
download/guidelines, pdf.
Summer Tips
iot Tips For a Cool Summer:
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/hi-summ
•r.htm Here are some tips to help you
ind your family find ways to help
"educe pollution and learn about the
environment. Doing little things can go
long way to having a cool summer.
ach of us doing a little bit adds up to a
ot! Take a look at the fun things kids
;an do and learn about the environment,
oo!
D Protect Yourself from the Sun
Air Quality and How You Can Help;
How Good is Your Air?; Travel and
ommuting
D On the Water: Conserving and
Jrotecting Our Water Resources
D In Your Garden; Lawn and Garden;
Using Pesticides Safely
In and Around the House
Resources For Kids and Students
Public Docket System
EPA has a new electronic public
locket comment system. The system is
designed to greatly expand access to
PA's public dockets, and facilitate the
submission of public comments to
PA, providing a level of online access
o EPA's programs and rule making
Drocesses.
More information is available at:
tttp://www. epa.£ov/epahome/dockets. h
frn or by contacting Shivani Desai at
202/566-1647.
EMS
The Office of Water at the EPA has
selected eight organizations around the
country to become Environmental
Vlanagement Systems (EMS) Local
lesource Centers. These Centers will
lelp local agencies adopt EMS to
mprove their overall environmental
Derformance and compliance and meet
environmental goals. For more:
tttp://www.peercent. net
EPA Environmental Goals
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Office of
Water has announced that eight
organizations from across the
nation will serve as
Environmental Management
Systems (EMS) Local Resources
Centers where local governments
can go to make their operations
more environmentally friendly.
"What this means is local
communities can treat their
wastewater more effectively and
efficiently and reduce costs to
taxpayers," said G.Tracy Mehan,
assistant administrator for water.
"EMS is a powerful management
tool that in the end helps local
citizens enjoy a cleaner, healthier
environment."
Environmental Management
Systems Resource Centers are
located at: Purdue University
765/463-4749 - University of
Wisconsin Stout, 715/232-5023.
- University of Florida
352/392-9570 - Georgia
Institute of Technology,
404/894-0968 - University of
Massachusetts 978/934-2635 -
Texas Natural Resource
Conservation Commission Small
Business and Environmental
Assistance Division,
512/239-5318 - Virginia Tech
University, 540/853-8276
The Zero Waste Alliance One
World Trade Center,
503-279-9383.
For info:
http://www. epa.gov/ems/ or
http://www.peercenter. net/
Correction to the August
Newsletter: Alan Moomaw is of
Walla Walla/Okanogan and
Assiniboin/Dakota descent, tribal
member with the Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
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Reservation, but born & raised in
Omak, WA (Colville Indian
Reservation).
Stormwater Runoff
A prepublication version of
proposed EPA regulations designed to
control stormwater runoff from
construction sites is posted on the
EPA Web site: http://www.epa.gov/
waterscience/guide/construction. A
fact sheet summarizing the proposal
and other related documents are
available on the same site. A 120 day
public comment period will
commence once the proposal is
published in the Federal Register.
Watershed Web Site
EPA's Office of Wetlands, Oceans,
and Watershed recently updated and
expanded its Watershed Web site at:
http://www.epa.sov/owow/watershed
The refurbished site includes new
information on watershed projects
and regulations, related agency
publications and links to other
watershed-related sites.
Grants Coastal Resource
The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Coastal Services Center is soliciting
proposals on applications of remotely
sensed coastal spatial data to solve a
coastal resource management issue.
The proposals are for a 2-year
cooperative agreement under which
the Center and the grant recipient will
apply data acquired from remote
sensing imagery to the identified
issue. Applications are due October 4,
2002. For more: http://www. esc.
noaa.gov/cms/baa. html
Habitat Protection Projects
The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Coastal Services Center is soliciting
proposals for a one- to two-year
cooperative agreement for technical
Drojects related to one of the Center's
nain theme areas: smart coastal
growth, habitat protection and
nanagement, coastal hazards, or
Coastal National Spatial Data
nfrastructure (NSDI). Applications are
due October 4, 2002. For more:
tttp://www. esc. noaa.£ov/cms/baa. html
Wetland Conservation Grants
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
ind the North American Wetlands
onservation Council are currently
iccepting proposals that request
Hatching funding for wetland
conservation projects that meet the
Durposes of the North American
Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA)
1989. Grant requests may be for no
nore than $50,000 and applications are
due November 29, 2002. For more:
http://birdhabitat.fws.sov.NAWCA/US
vmallsrants. html
Global Warming Legislation
Governor Gray Davis of California
signed the first legislation in the nation
limed at combating global warming.
The law requires the California Air
lesources Board (CARB) to develop
naximum carbon dioxide pollution
standards for vehicles in model year
2009 and beyond. The law will also
establish a "Climate Action Registry,"
hrough which companies can bank
credits for emission reductions
ichieved before 2009. For more:
tttp ://www. epa. sov/slobalwarming
Environmental Summit
The Environmental Performance
nstitute, along with other
organizations, is sponsoring the
invironmental Innovations Summit on
September 18-20, 2002 at the Crystal
ity Hilton in Arlington, VA. This
2vent will bring together corporate
eaders, environmental stakeholders,
ind government officials to discuss key
issues and the latest innovations
in environmental management.
For more:
www.performanceweb. org/pdf/
E123%fmal.pdf
Traffic Signals
Portland, Oregon retrofitted its
traffic signals with
energy-efficient light-emitting
diodes (LEDs) last year. The city
replaced almost all the red and
green incandescent lights (over
13,300) with the LED signals in
three months. The project
resulted in major energy and
maintenance savings for the city.
EPA Amends Transportation
EPA is finalizing two changes
to its transportation conformity
rule to provide state and local
governments with additional time
in the transportation conformity
process. The first change
incorporates into the conformity
rule a minor amendment to the
Clean Air Act (CAA), that gives
newly-designated nonattainment
areas a one-year grace period
before conformity applies. The
second change will help areas
implement conformity in a
practicable manner, ensuring that
state and local governments will
have sufficient time to complete
the conformity process when a
new air quality plan with a motor
vehicle emissions budget is
submitted. For nformation:
http://www. epa.
sov/otaci/transy/traciconf. htm
Funds for Brownfields
The Northeast Midwest
Institute (NEMW) has published
a report entitled Using the Clean
Water State Revolving Fund
(CWSRF) for Brownfields and
USTfields. The report looks at
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linking brownfields and USTfields
(underground storage tank fields)
with water quality, using the CWSRF
loans for brownfields and USTfields,
and case studies from different states
that have used the loans for this
purpose. For info:
http://www. nemw. org/
CleanWaterBF.pdf
Farmland Preservation
American Farmland Trust (AFT)
and the U.S. Conference of Mayors
(USCM) have produced a report
called "Town Meets Country:
Farm-City Forums on Land and
Community," a joint project
addressing the issue of sprawl. The
report is based on a series of
farm-city forums held by AFT and the
USCM to encourage urban, suburban
and rural leaders to work together for
smart growth. For info:
http://www.farinland, org
Conservation Funding
The Environmental Law Institute
and the Smart Growth Network have
teamed together to produce "Smart
Links: Turning Conservation Dollars
into Smart Growth Opportunities."
The report addresses the need for
improvement of the effectiveness of
federal, state, and local government
conservation investments. The Smart
Links concept links conservation
funding with techniques to promote
smart growth and compatible
development. For info:
http://www. eli. org/store/
rr02smarlinks. html
Smart Growth Workshop
The National Center for Smart
Growth Education and Research and
the University of Maryland School of
Public Affairs is sponsoring the
"National Smart Growth Leadership
Program," which will be held at the
Bolger Center in Potomac, Maryland
on October 7 to October 11, 2002 and
November 18 to November 22, 2002.
The program is a unique learning
opportunity designed for professionals
"acing the challenges of smart
;rowth-related issues and
mplementation. For info:
kttp://www. bolsercenter. com
Environmental Publication
LGEAN developed "A Primer for
,ocal Governments on Environmental
.iability" to raise awareness about local
;overnment environmental liability and
provide information that can be used to
ievelop a system-wide response to
environmental risks. The primer
contains information that forms the
)asis for a local government's
issessment of their environmental risks
md the formation of a program that
prevents liabilities both now and into
he future. For copies of the primer:
kttp://www. Igean.
jrg/docu ments/primer. pdf
Blood Pressure
Although many Americans develop
ligh blood pressure as they get older,
lypertension is not an inevitable part of
iging, according to the National Heart,
-ung, and Blood Institute. A 16 page
"act sheet geared to people who are
niddle-aged or older, called "Facts
4 bout Lowering Blood Pressure, "
offers basic information about risk
"actors, prevention, diagnosis and
reatment of hypertension. For more
nfo: http://www.nhlM.
tih.gov/hbp/index. html or call
501/592-8573
ALASKA
iThe Alaska Tribal Conference on
environmental Management scheduled
"or October 29-31, 2002, will be held in
\nchorage. The Alaska Native Health
3oard, with support from Region 10
PA, is hosting the annual tribal
environmental conference at the
downtown Anchorage Marriott
Hotel. For more information on
the conference, including
registration, etc., contact
Nicholas Morgan at ANHB,
907/743-6111
DSeptember 12 & 13, Alaska
Funding Exchange GRANT
WRITING WORKSHOP will
cover the basics of how to
construct a successful grant
proposal, including hands-on
exercises, and information on
how grants are awarded and
includes a copy of grantwriting
workbook and ongoing technical
assistance. Co-sponsored by
APRN. Register at:
www.funding-exchange.org or
for more information, contact
Ellen Mating at 907/569-4233,
FAX 907/569-4253 or
info(a)funding-exchange. org.
OREGON
DAnother first for an Oregon
Tribe! As a matter of fact, a first
for any Tribe in the Nation. The
Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs have issued a 401
Certificate for the Pelton Round
Butte Hydroelectric Project on
the Deschutes River. A 401
Certificate is one of the
necessary components in the
process of relicensing a power
generating facility. This
hydroelectric project sits partly
on the Tribes reservation and the
impounded water also covers
part of the reservation. In May
of 1999, EPA approved an
application, authorizing the Tribe
to administer the Water Quality
Standards (WQS) program
pursuant to the Clean Water Act
(CWA), Section 303(c) for
waters within the Reservation
and to conduct CWA, Section
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401 certifications. Congratulations to
the Tribe's Water Control Board and
the Tribal Environmental Office of
the Natural Resources Department.
WASHINGTON
DColville Confederated Tribes:
Former Tribal Chairwoman, Colleen
Cawston, was appointed by
Washington Governor Gary Locke to
head the Washington Department of
Social and Health Services Indian
Policy and Support Services Office.
The appointment (July 12, 2002)
coincides with the restructuring of the
DSHS Indian Policy and Support
Services Office being elevated to a
cabinet level position within DSHS.
iThe Washington State American
ndian Endowed Scholarship Program
las been renamed the Joe De La Cruz
VIemorial Scholarship Program. The
Washington State Legislature, working
.vith Washington Tribal Governments,
Washington State University higher
education lobbyists and others, created
in endowed scholarship fund in the
;arly 1990's to provide support for
ligher education for members of
Washington State Tribes. The state
egislature appropriates matching funds
"or the dollars raised by the endowment
und in creating the scholarship
Drogram. The late Joe De La Cruz was
.veil known as a President of the
inault Indian Nation for his service
o tribal communities locally and
nationally.
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