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LETTER
Region 10 &EPA
Tribal
Newsletter
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Vol. 20 No. 5
May 2011
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Conferences and Workshops
May
12-13 Brownfields Redevelopment Conference, Spokane, WA
http://tinyurl.com/68bhv52
24 - 26 Addressing and Managing Illegal Dumping in Indian Country (ITEP),
Portland, OR. http://www4.nau.edu/itep/waste/training_wastemgmt.asp
June
14-16 National Tribal Forum on Air Quality (ITEP), Spokane, WA.
http://www4.nau.edu/itep/air/aq_ntf11 .asp
August
23 - 25 Tribal Lands and Environment: A National Forum on Solid Waste, Green
Bay, Wl. http://www4.nau.edu/itep/waste/twrap_tlf1 "l.asp
For a complete list of EPA Tribal trainings, webinars, and grants info, go to
http://www.epa.gov/indian/calendar/index.htm
Salish Sea Ecosystem
Conference to be held in
Vancouver in October
Set to take place in Vancouver, British
Columbia, on October 25-27, this event is
the largest, most comprehensive scientific
research and policy conference in the region.
The 2011 conference is co-hosted by
Environment Canada and the Puget Sound
Partnership. It presents the latest scientific
research on the state of the Puget Sound/
Georgia Basin ecosystem. Visit
www.salishseaconference.org/sessions.php
Save the Date!
2012 Tribal Leaders
Summit starts April 30
The date has been set for the 2012 EPA Region
10 Tribal Leaders' Summit, hosted by the
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde.
The summit will be held at the Spirit Mountain
Casino Grand Ronde, Oregon from April 30 -
May 4,2012.
To be included on the contact list for all
communication regarding the Summit, please
email brandy.humphreys@grandronde.org
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Siletz Tribe Awarded EPA Funds to Reduce
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
EPA announced that 22 communities across
the country, including communities in
Oregon, Washington and Idaho, will receive
$8.3 million in grants to develop local strate-
gies to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emis-
sions and improve people's health.
The grants will help communities increase
energy efficiency and save consumers money
with new practices involving waste man-
agement, energy production, and land use
management. The communities of Hailey,
Idaho; Corvallis, Oregon; Seattle; and the
Siletz Tribe of Oregon will receive over $1.7
million to support the following projects in
their communities: The Siletz Tribe received
$323,305 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
and heat island effects through solar installa-
tions and community energy reductions. For
more information on these projects, visit
www.epa.gov/statelocalclimate/local/showcase
The Climate Showcase Communities Grant
Program is administered by EPA, provid-
ing technical assistance, tools, and guidance
to help state, local, and tribal governments
implement policies and programs to mitigate
climate change.
RTOC News
The Regional Tribal Operations Commit-
tee (RTOC) works diligently to serve the
Tribes in Region 10, bringing the voice from
our Tribes to the table at meetings with
higher management and Administration at
the Region 10 EPA. Likewise, we have been
focusing on communications to create a
flow of information from the EPA to Tribes
about policies, programs, funding and other
activities that may impact them.
Our web site has been up since March of
2010 and it is constantly being updated with
new and pressing information for Tribes.
Please visit the web site at
www.rtocregionlO.org and provide any
comments or suggestions for improvements
to randi.madison@rtocregionlO.com
In February, the RTOC hosted an evening
event at the Alaska Forum on the Environ-
ment. We were honored to have our
Regional Director, Dennis McLerran, give a
keynote address, followed by brief addresses
from Lisa Garcia, EPA's Senior Advisor for
Environmental Justice, and Mathy Stan-
islaus, Assistant Administrator for EPA's
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response.
By Randi Madison, RTOC Communications Specialist
The evening was held in recognition of
this year's recipient of the Daniel Ellanak
Environmental Excellence Award, Alberta
Stephan. Alberta is an elder from the Na-
tive Village of Eklutna. She has endlessly
given her blessings, traditional knowledge
and ancestral wisdom toward environmental
gatherings and conferences in Alaska.
The Region 10 RTOC welcomes any and
all input from Tribes. We cannot carry out
our mission of protecting and improving
Tribal health and environmental condi-
tions without constant updates from Tribes.
Please contact your local RTOC or NTOC
representative to share what is going on in
your area. We meet monthly via conference
call and quarterly in person.
The next in-person meeting is scheduled for
June 28-30 in Seattle at the EPA Region 10
headquarters. Any suggestions for agenda
items are due 6 weeks prior to quarterly
meetings and may be given by contacting
the RTOC Tribal Caucus Co-chair, Violet
Yeaton atvyeaton@yahoo.com. All repre-
sentative's contact information, agendas and
minutes of meetings are posted on our
web site.
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EPA Climate Change and Water News
EPA has developed its Climate Ready
Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative -
http://go.usa.gov/bCl/- to assist water
and wastewater utilities in becoming
"climate ready." CRWU efforts support
drinking water and wastewater utilities in
implementing climate change adaptation
and mitigation strategies, resulting in a
more resilient water sector.
The National Drinking Water Advisory
Council (NDWAC) established the
Climate Ready Water Utilities Working
Group to evaluate the concept of "climate
ready water utilities." In its report to the
Agency, the NDWAC provided 11 findings
and 12 recommendations to help develop
and support a program that enables utilities
to attain a state of climate readiness. The
report can be accessed at
http://go.usa.gov/bCx
Following the recommendations of the
NDWAC working group and other
parties, EPA is developing additional
tools, including GREAT and the CRWU
Toolbox, to prepare water utilities for
climate change.
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Climate Resilience Evaluation and
Awareness Tool (CREAT)
GREAT is an interactive tool designed for
water and wastewater utilities to assess the
risk of potential climate change impacts
on their assets, operations, and missions by
guiding users through a flexible, systematic
assessment process. CREAT also provides
regional climate change information that in-
cludes a list of potential impacts to utilities,
and directs users to a library of adaptation
measures.
Users can draw from this library to develop
their own adaptation plans which can in-
clude their custom-designed adaptation
measures as well. CREAT can be down-
loaded at http://water.epa.gov/infrastruc-
ture/watersecurity/climate/creat.cfm
EPA is developing training modules for
CREAT 1.0 to be delivered to users. Also,
EPA has assembled a workgroup to assist
in the development of the second version of
CREAT.
Updates to the software will include an
energy efficiency module and incorporation
of utility extreme weather data and
supplemented scenario-based planning
functionality into the tool. If you want to be
involved in these efforts, email
CRWUhelp@epa.gov.
Utility Climate Change
Adaptation Measures Guide
The guide is being developed to provide
information on existing and suggested
adaptation measures. This guide will leverage
climate science information in CREAT, as
well as provide regional climate information
and associated adaptation measures.
Opportunity for Involvement:
The Adaptation Guide is in development,
if you want to be involved in providing
feedback and comment on the Guide, email
CRWUhelp@epa.gov.
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CRWU Collaboration with Climate Ready Estuaries
Climate change poses a significant challenge
to the ability of coastal communities to
sustainably manage their water resources and
related infrastructure. As a result, there is a
need to identify regional consequences from
climate change and to develop adaptation
strategies that are integrated at a watershed
scale.
Two EPA initiatives, the Climate Ready
Water Utilities program and the Climate
Ready Estuaries program, are working to
address these impacts and provide resources
and tools for climate change adaptation
planning to their respective stakeholders.
Recently, EPA has identified the need
for better coordination and collaboration
between these two programs given their
complimentary objectives.
The goal of this proposed partnership
is to support and promote activities that
strengthen the resiliency of water utilities
and their surrounding watersheds, including
estuaries, against the effects of climate
change.
If you work with a National Estuary
Program or other coastal programs that may
have a connection to this effort, please email
CRWUhelp@epa.gov to get involved.
Climate Ready Water
Utilities Wiki
The Climate Ready Water Utilities wiki is
available at https://ssoprod.epa.gov/sso/
jsp/wsd-ccWikiLogin.jsp. You will be
directed to a log-in page.
If you do not have an EPA LAN ID
and password, request access to the wiki
by clicking the "Self-Register for the
Climate Ready Water Utilities Wiki via
the EPA Portal" link. After filling out the
subsequent form, request "General Portal
Access." List John Whitler as your EPA
contact at whitler.john@epa.gov; (202)
564-1929.
A username will be generated for you,
and you will be able to access the wiki
(this process usually takes a few days).
For more information on EPA's
climate change activities, visit
http://epa.gov/climatechange
For an overview of climate change and
water issues, visit
www.epa.gov/ow/climatechange
Climate Ready Water
Utilities Toolbox
The CRWU Toolbox is a searchable
web-based database that contains climate-
related resources that assist utilities at all
stages of the planning and decision making
process, from raising general awareness to
implementing mitigation and adaptation
measures.
Please see www.epa.gov/safewater/
watersecurity/climate/toolbox.html.
The Toolbox is currently in beta version,
and EPA is seeking comments on it at
CRWUhelp@epa.gov
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USGS Releases Draft Report to Congress:
Strengthening the Scientific Understanding of
Climate Change Impacts on Fresh Water Resources
The Omnibus Public Lands Act (Section
9506 of Public Law 111-11, Appendix A,
which incorporates the SECURE Water
Act) calls for a report to Congress that
describes the current scientific under-
standing of each impact of global climate
change on freshwater resources of the
United States. This draft report identi-
fies key actions to improve the nation's
capacity to detect and predict changes in
freshwater resources that are likely to re-
sult from a changing climate. In addition,
a series of next steps for federal agencies is
provided.
The ultimate goal is to help decision-
makers and water resource managers by
facilitating improvements in observational,
data acquisition, and modeling capabilities.
For more information, visit
http://acwi.gov/Rpt.Congress3.18.ll.pdf
National Research Council Releases Booklet,
Warming World: Impacts by Degree
This booklet is based on the National
Research Council report, Climate
Stabilization Targets: Emissions,
Concentrations, and Impacts Over
Decades to Millennia (2011). It outlines
the scientific information that makes it clear
that emission reductions today matter in
determining impacts that will be experienced
over the next few decades and into the
coming centuries and millennia.
The booklet explains how policy choices can
be informed by recent advances in climate
science that show the relationships among
increasing carbon dioxide, global warming,
related physical changes, and resulting
impacts.
For more information, visit
^ http://dels.nas.edu/Materials/Booklets/
warming-world
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Instructions
for Climate Change
On March 4,2011, CEQjssued a set of and programs, as recommended by the
implementing instructions for Federal Interagency Climate Change Adaptation
Agency Adaptation Planning. The Task Force in its October 2010 Progress
Instructions will inform agencies on how Report to the President. For information,
to integrate climate change adaptation visit www.whitehouse.gov/administration/
into their planning, operations, policies, eop/ceq/initiatives/adaptation
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Energy on Potentially Contaminated Land
and Mine Sites
EPA is soliciting applications from states,
tribes, regional governments, and communi-
ties that want to evaluate the potential devel-
opment of renewable energy on potentially or
formerly contaminated properties.
This evaluation will be in the form of a
feasibility study conducted by the Depart-
ment of Energy National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (NREL) that will determine the
best renewable energy technology for the
site, the optimal location for placement of
the renewable energy technology, potential
energy generating capacity, the return on the
investment, and the economic feasibility of
the renewable energy projects. The purpose
of the technical assistance is to reuse sites,
improve communities, create jobs, develop
partnerships, decrease the use of green space
for siting renewable energy, and increase the
amount of renewable energy generated.
Proposals are due to EPA on May 20 and
may be submitted to
matthews.lura@epa.gov. More informa-
tion on the RE-Powering initiative and the
request for applications can be found at
www.epa.gov/renewableenergyland
Department of Energy (DOE)
Up to $10 million will be available this
year through DOE's Tribal Energy
Program to support the evaluation,
development and deployment of energy
efficiency and renewable energy projects
on tribal lands that will help save energy
and money, expand the use of renewable
energy resources, and promote economic
development for tribal communities.
Indian Tribes, Tribal Energy Resource
Development Organizations and Tribal
Consortia on whose lands the projects
will be located are eligible to apply for the
available funding.
The funds will support three project
areas: first steps and capacity building,
energy efficiency development and
deployment, and renewable energy
development and deployment.
The full Funding Opportunity
Announcements are available online
at www.FedConnect.Net or accessible
through DOE's Tribal Energy Program
web site at http://go.usa.gov/bxG
• This funding is subject to continuing
congressional appropriations.
http://appsl.eere.energy.gov/
tribalenergy/government_grants.cfm
EPA Budget Cut by $1.6
Billion for FY 2011
The spending agreement between
congressional leaders and the White
House for the rest of fiscal year 2011
would reduce the EPA's budget by
16 percent to $8.7 billion and the
Department of Energy's energy
efficiency and renewable energy program
by 18 percent to $1.83 billion.
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Improving Public Health
and the Environment for
Local Communities
EPA has a web site to provide ideas on
what communities can do to improve local
air quality, and to share information on how
to apply for EPA grants to kick-start their
activities. Contact Cathy Milbourn, (202)
564-4355, milbourn.cathy@epa.gov or go
to www.epa.gov/air/community
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Reuse/Recycling/Restoration, Green Building,
Climate Change & Green Jobs
Competitive federal funding is available to
support reuse, recycling, and composting
grant and cooperative agreement projects
through the Department of Commerce's
Global Climate Change Mitigation
Incentive Fund. Green building, energy
efficiency and renewable energy projects are
also eligible. The following link has detailed
application information.
http://go.usa.gov/bcN
Training on Compliance with Water Requirements
Want to learn how to find and fix
illicit discharges and connections?
How to develop an effective municipal
stormwater program for construction
sites? What you need to know about the
industrial stormwater general permit?
Find self-paced training and archived
webinars on these topics and a variety
of other topics related to the National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) at EPA's NPDES training site
at www.lgean.org/news.cfm#6413
HUD Healthy Homes
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development has given a grant to Montana
State University to provide free Healthy
Homes and RRP training to tribes across
the nation. Montana State is an accredited
However, in order to receive the free
RRP course, students must also attend
the Healthy Homes training. If you are
interested in bringing this training to your
Region, contact Barbara Allen, project
coordinator at: blallen@montana.edu.
training provider, so upon successful
completion of the RRP course, the tribal staff For more info, go to
are certified. www.tribalhealthyhomes.org
PETE Grants Webinars for Tribes available
The National Partnership for Environmental registration is required. Webinars will be
Technology Education (PETE) will offer the recorded and made available at
entire Administrative and Financial Guidance www.petetribal.org
for U.S. EPA Assistance Agreements training via For more information inciuding how to
Webmar in May and June 2011. The training ^^ pleage gQ tQ.
is targeted towards Tribes, U.S. Territories,
and Insular Areas. Please note that free http://tinvurl.com/tribaltrainingwebinar2011
Tribal Lands and Environment: A National Forum on
Solid Waste
The National Forum on Solid Waste,
Emergency Response, Contaminated Sites,
and USTs is an annual national gathering
of tribal professionals and their colleagues
from various federal agencies. Topics covered
will be waste management, Brownfields,
Superfund sites, underground storage tanks,
land remediation, and emergency response.
The forum will take place in Green Bay,
Wisconsin, August 23-25. Please visit their
website at
www4.nau.edu/itep/waste/twrap_tlfll.asp
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PSAs Aid Community Water Quality Efforts
The National Environmental Services Center
(NESC) has three video public service
announcements (PSAs) about the importance
of septic system maintenance for community
water quality.
The PSAs reflect NESC's ongoing
commitment to effective wastewater
treatment and source water protection, and
are available for communities and watershed
groups to use for free.
Presented in a humorous light, each video
drives home the message that homeowners
are responsible for safe guarding our
drinking water through proper septic tank
operation and maintenance.
NESC encourages communities to use these
brief PSAs as part of a public awareness
campaign to protect source water. View and
download the videos by visiting:
www.nesc.wvu.edu/subpages/psa.cfm
Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals
Names New Executive Director
Northern Arizona University and the
Institute for Tribal Environmental
Professionals (ITEP) are pleased to
announce ITEP's new Executive Director,
Ann Marie Chischilly, Esq. Ms. Chischilly
brings leadership and substantial knowledge
to ITEP as a longtime water and
environmental attorney. Ms. Chischilly is
responsible for coordinating ITEP's work
with NAU, state and federal agencies, tribes
and Alaska Native villages.
ITEP is a national tribal training and
technical support institute based on the
campus of NAU in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Since 1992, the Institute has assisted tribal
environmental professionals with support
on a variety of environmental challenges
including air quality, climate impacts,
environmental compliance, and solid waste.
ITEP also provides K-16 education and
outreach resources to the next generation of
tribal environmental professionals.
Ms. Chischilly is a member of the Navaho
Nation (Dine). She is from Shonto/Kayenta,
Arizona, and is Red Streak into the Water
Clan. Her maternal grandparent clan is
One Who Walks Around, and her paternal
grandparent clan is Coyote Pass People.
EPA Monitoring Continues to Confirm That No Radiation
Levels of Concern Have Reached the United States
During detailed filter analyses from 12
RadNet air monitor locations across the
nation, the EPA identified trace amounts
of radioactive isotopes consistent with the
Japanese nuclear incident.
Some of the filter results show levels slightly
higher than those found by EPA monitors last
week and a Department of Energy monitor
the week before. These types of findings are
to be expected in the coming days and are still
far below levels of public health concern.
EPA's samples were captured by monitors
in Alaska, Alabama, California, Guam,
Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Saipan, Northern
Mariana Islands and Washington state and
sent to EPA scientists for detailed laboratory
analysis.
Detailed information on the latest round of
filter results can be found at
http://go.usa.gov/bY8
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New Group to Increase Tribes' Role in Chemical
Management and Pollution Prevention
EPA is establishing a National Tribal paint, expanding pollution prevention and
Toxics Committee (NTTC) that will give safer chemical initiatives in Indian country,
tribes a forum for providing advice on the and better evaluating unique chemical
development of EPA's chemical management exposures on tribal lands.
and pollution prevention programs that
affect tribes.
Given the uniqueness of tribal cultures,
communities and environmental problems,
the forum will help EPA tailor and more
efficiently address a variety of issues,
including preventing poisoning from lead
A charter for the new NTTC is being
developed and the membership of the council
will be formed over the next several months.
The first meeting of the NTTC will be held
in the spring of 2011. For more information,
www.epa.gov/oppt/tribal or
www.epa.gov/indian
Adaptive Response Framework Guide
In order to help drinking water and
wastewater utilities use the Adaptive
Response Framework as described in the
NDWAC Climate Ready Water Utilities
report, EPA will begin development of the
Adaptive Response Framework Guide. The
goal of this guide is to provide additional
descriptions of potential climate change
activities that will support climate resilience
at a utility and identify specific resources to
support each activity. EPA will begin work
on this guide in the spring of 2011.
will seek stakeholder input during the
Df this product. Please email
CRWUhelp@epa.gov to get involved.
EPA Updates Emissions and Generation Resource
Integrated Database (eGRID)
eGRID is a comprehensive database of
emissions from almost all electric power
generated in the United States. The data
are widely used to show the impacts of
electricity generation as well as the benefits
from reduced electricity demand. eGRID
contains emissions information for nitrogen
oxides (NOx) and sulfur dioxide (SO2)
which contribute to unhealthy air quality
and acid rain in many parts of the country.
eGRID also contains emissions information
for carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4),
and nitrous oxide (N2O), which are
greenhouse gases that contribute to climate
change. eGRID now includes data from
2007, an update from 2005. For additional
information, visit www.fedcenter.gov/
Announcements/index.cfm?id=17413
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EPA Solicits Public Comment on Permit to Reduce
Stormwater Discharges
EPA is releasing for public comment a draft
permit that will help improve our nation's
waterways by regulating the discharge
of Stormwater from construction sites.
Stormwater discharges during construction
activities can contain sediment and pollutants
that harm aquatic ecosystems, increase
drinking water treatment costs and pollute
waters that people use for fishing, swimming
and other recreational activities.
The proposed Construction General Permit
(CGP) includes a number of enhanced
protections, including enhanced provisions to
protect impaired and sensitive waters. Some of
the significant proposed permit modifications
include new requirements for:
• Eligibility for emergency-related
construction
• Required use of the electronic notice of
intent process
• Sediment and erosion controls
• Natural buffers or alternative controls
• Soil stabilization
• Pollution prevention
• Site inspections
• Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans
• Permit termination.
The permit will be effective in areas where
EPA is the permitting authority, including
four states (Idaho, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire and New Mexico); Washington,
D.C.; most territories; and most Indian
country lands.
The public will have 60 days to comment on
the draft permit. EPA anticipates that it will
issue the final construction general permit
by January 31, 2012. For more information
on the proposed construction general permit,
visit http://go.usa.gov/bgp
EPA Updates Energy Star Label Standards for
Lighting Fixtures
The EPA is announcing
updated standards for
light fixtures to qualify
for the Energy Star label - an
efficiency program that has
saved consumers money on their
energy bills while contributing
to cleaner air and protecting
people's health since 1992.
Effective October 1,2011, to qualify for
the Energy Star label light fixtures will
need to increase efficiency 30 percent
above currently qualified fluorescent-
based fixtures. In 2013, performance
requirements will increase further,
providing 40 percent higher efficiency
compared to currently qualified models.
ENERGY STAR
Energy Star was started by
EPA in 1992 as a market-based
partnership to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions through energy
efficiency. Today, the Energy Star
label can be found on more than
60 different kinds of products as
well as new homes and commercia
and industrial buildings that meet
strict energy-efficiency specifications set by
EPA.
Last year alone, Americans, with the help
of Energy Star, saved $18 billion on their
energy bills while reducing greenhouse gas
emissions equivalent to 33 million vehicles.
More information on light fixtures is at
www.energystar.gov/luniinaires
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EPA Seeks Comments on Protecting
Healthy Watersheds
The EPA is seeking comments on
a recently released draft technical
document titled "Identifying
and Protecting Healthy Watersheds:
Concepts, Assessments, and Management
Approaches."
This draft technical document provides
the basis for implementing the Agency's
Healthy Watersheds Initiative, which,
in partnership with states, tribes,
local governments, nongovernmental
organizations and others, is intended to
protect the nation's remaining healthy
watersheds, prevent them from becoming
impaired, and accelerate restoration
successes.
The Healthy Watersheds approach, as
part of the initiative, is based on a holistic,
integrated, systems view of aquatic
ecosystems that acknowledges their
dynamics and interconnectivity in the
landscape.
EPA is seeking comments on this draft
document until June 3, 2011. For more
information and the draft document please
visit www.epa.gov/healthywatersheds
Tribal Energy Information gets new section
A new section on hydrokinetic energy devel- mental impacts associated with hydrokinetic
opment has been added to the Tribal Energy energy development, mitigation measures to
and Environmental Information Clearing- avoid or reduce hydrokinetic energy develop-
house (TEEIC) Web Site at ment impacts, and information about appli-
http://teeic.anl.gov/er/hydrokinetic cable federal laws and regulations.
The TEEIC provides information about the The primary hydrokinetic energy resources
environmental effects of energy development presented in the new section are ocean wave
on tribal lands. The new section includes energy tidal energy, and river in-stream
discussion of hydrokinetic energy, environ- energy and ocean current energy.
US DA Energy Assistance Program
The US Department of Agriculture has
funding available to help rural residents in
remote areas reduce energy costs.
The program is administered by USDA
Rural Development's Rural Utilities Service. The funding totals more than $12 million.
Recipients use funds to improve energy These funds may not be used to pay utility
generation, transmission or distribution bills, purchase fuel, or be used for the sole
facilities that serve communities where the benefit of the applicant.
Grants are available to individuals,
businesses, non-profit entities, states, local
governments and federally recognized Indian
tribes.
average residential cost for home energy
exceeds 275 percent of the national average.
For more information, contact Dane
Henshall at (202) 260-0996
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Contests & News
State of the Environment
Photo Project Contest
Now in progress and over the coming
year to Earth Day 2012, EPA is inviting
photographers to submit photos on the state
of the environment as they experience it, to
add to the Documerica project. Read more
about the history of Documerica and how
to enter your photos.
www.flickr.com/groups/1667216@N23
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Synopsis of the 2010
White House Tribal Nations
Conference
A synopsis is available online of the 2010
White House Tribal Nations Conference
December 16,2010, "Working with Tribal
Nations to Build a Brighter Future. "Visit
http://go.usa.gov/ba8
Compact Fluorescent Light
Bulbs Cleanup Guidance
EPA has updated its guidance on how
to properly clean up a broken compact
fluorescent lamp (CFL) and also developed a
new consumer brochure with CFL recycling
and cleanup tips. For the full text, visit
www.epa.gov/cfl/cflcleanup.html
EPA Rap for Kids —
Share it with Friends!
"Click it, flip it, turn the handle to
the right, turn off the water, twist the
handle real tight." So begins a song
about climate change, available for
downloading from the EPA's Web site at
www.epa.gov/climateforaction/learn
Rachel Carson Sense of
Wonder Contest
The U.S. EPA, Generations United, the
Dance Exchange, National Center for
Creative Aging, and the Rachel Carson
Council, Inc., announce a poetry, essay,
photo and dance contest. Entries must be
from a team of two or more persons, a young
person and an older person. The creative
work should express the "Sense of Wonder"
that your team feels for the sea, the night
sky, forests, birds, wildlife, and all that is
beautiful to your eyes. Submissions are due
June 10,2011. The finalists will be selected
by a panel of judges. Then the public will
be asked to vote for their favorites in each
category: photography, essay, poetry and
dance. For more info, go to
www.epa.gov/aging/resources/
thesenseofwonder/2011_flyercarson.pdf
' NPDES Pesticide
General Permit (PGP)
Extension
EPA has been granted an extension to
the implementation date for the PGP.
NPDES PGP permits are not required
until October 31,2011. EPA plans to
publish its final PGP by July 31, 2011
prior to the October 31,2011 deadline.
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Mold policy unchanged
EPA has not changed its policy on sampling
for mold — we do not recommend routine
sampling for mold. Addressing the cause of
the mold growth, that is the source of the
moisture, is the most important action that
can be taken. Sampling or testing for mold
is discussed in more detail in our guidance at
http://go.usa.gov/bgi
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Climate Change Vulnerability
This EPA report presents a series of case studies
describing the approaches currently being taken
by four water utilities in the United States to as-
sess their vulnerability to climate change.
The case studies illustrate different approaches
that reflect specific local needs and conditions,
existing vulnerabilities, local partnerships, and
available information about climate change.
Assessments
Information from these case studies will be useful
to water utilities and other members of the water
resources community to inform the development
of strategies for understanding and responding to
climate change.
The report is available at
http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/global/recordis-
play.cfm?deid=233808
Tabletop Exercise Tool for Water Systems: Emergency
Preparedness, Response, & Climate Resiliency (TTX Tool)
TTX Tool assists users in planning, customiz-
ing, and conducting water sector-specific table-
top exercises on five climate change scenarios.
Background technical information included in
the tool provides a brief introduction to climate
science and how climate impacts may affect
utility operations.
Download the tool at http://yosemite.epa.gov/
ow/SReg.nsf/description/TTX_Tool
EPA will be updating the TTX Tool during
the spring and summer of 2011 and will seek
stakeholder involvement during this process.
Please email ttxtool@epa.gov to get involved.
United States Environmental
Protection Agency
Region 10
Tribal Program
1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900,
ETPA-085
Seattle, WA 98101-3140
Toll-Free: (800) 424-4372
Phone: (206) 553-0542
Fax (206)553-0151
Tribal Staff
IDAHO and EASTERN WASHINGTON
Jim Zokan, Tribal Coordinator. (208) 378-5691
OREGON
Kris Carre, Tribal Coordinator (503) 326-7024
WASHINGTON
Alan Moomaw, Tribal Coordinator... (360) 753-8071
Diana Boquist, Tribal Coordinator... (206) 553-1586
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Region 10 Tribal Newsletter
May 2011
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SEPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 10 Tribal Program
1200 Sixth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101-1128
Region 10
Tribal Newsletter
May 2011
Got E-mail?
Make the choice to receive this
newsletter electronically. Send your
e-mail address to Don Creek at
Creek.Don@epa.gov
Got News?
The Region 10 Tribal Newsletter invites you, our readers, to submit ideas and
articles for consideration and to share your successes and challenges. Photo-
graphs are also welcome. Please submit articles to: Don Creek, EPA, 805 SW
Broadway, Suite 500, Portland Oregon, 97205 or e-mail creek.don@epa.gov.
To Report Spills and Accidents
Note these emergency numbers to call in the event of
hazardous material spills or accidents.
Alaska
Idaho
Oregon
800-478-9300
800-632-8000
800-452-0311
Washington
National (EPA)
800-258-5990
800-424-8802
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