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Top News
COVID-19 Surface Disinfectants
EPA recognizes the need for information on better ways
to reduce potential exposure to the virus that causes
COVID-19. EPA is working to provide the American public
with information about how to safely and effectively kill
the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2.
EPA's list of products that meet the agency's criteria for
use against SARS-CoV-2, or List N includes more than
420 products. Based on laboratory testing, EPA approved
13 products that are effective against SARS-CoV-2. EPA
expects to approve claims for additional List N products in
the coming weeks.
When using an EPA-registered disinfectant, follow the
label directions for safe, effective use. Make sure to
follow the contact time, which is the amount of time the surface should be visibly wet. Check out
EPA's infographic, Six Steps for Safe & Effective Disinfectant Use for instructions on how to use surface
disinfectant products.
EPA researchers are also evaluating a number of commercially available products for long-lasting
effectiveness and high-efficiency disinfectant application methods against the virus such as ultraviolet
light, ozone, and steam for surfaces that are frequently touched by many people - such as in mass
transit. EPA will make the results of this research available to help inform decisions. For more
information check out EPA's Research on COVID-19 in the Environment and EPA's
Coronavirus (COVID-19) websites.
New Indoor Air and Coronavirus Website
COVID-19 is thought to spread mainly through close contact from person-to-person. However, some
uncertainty remains about the relative importance of different routes of transmission of SARS-CoV-2,
the virus that causes COVID-19.
There is growing evidence that the virus can remain airborne for longer times and further distances
than originally thought. In addition to close contact with infected people and contaminated surfaces,
there is a possibility that spread of COVID-19 may also occur via airborne particles in indoor
environments, in some circumstances beyond the 2 m (about 6 ft) range encouraged by social
distancing recommendations. However, there are straightforward steps that can be taken to reduce
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& continued New Indoor Air and Coronavirus Website
The layout and design of a building, as well as occupancy and type of heating, ventilation, and
air conditioning system, can all impact potential airborne spread of the virus.
Although improvements to ventilation and air cleaning cannot on their own eliminate the risk
of airborne transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, EPA recommends precautions to reduce
the potential for airborne transmission of the virus. These precautions include increasing
ventilation with outdoor air and air filtration as part of a larger strategy that includes
social distancing, wearing cloth face coverings or masks, surface cleaning and disinfecting,
handwashing, and other precautions.
EPA's new website — Indoor Air and Coronavirus (COVID-19] is focused on practices to reduce
airborne transmission as well as other helpful resources and information. If you have questions
about COVID-19 and indoor air, disinfectants, drinking water or other topics, please visit EPA's
Coronavirus (CQVID-19) website and Frequent Questions Related to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Please supplement this information with the latest advice from state, local, tribal
and federal agencies.
National Tribal Caucus Executive Committee
The National Tribal Caucus Executive Committee is a
3-member group that includes the NTC Chair, Vice-
Chair, and Secretary. Comprised of tribal leaders and
environmental professionals from across the nation,
the NTC's principal purpose is to advise EPA on how the
agency's tribal programs can be improved.
The NTC Executive Committee furthers this goai by
taking leadership roles and other extra duties beyond
those of regular NTC membership. EPA's American Indian
Environmental Office works with the both the NTC
and the NTC Executive Committee on a regular basis,
fostering partnerships and information sharing across NTC Executlve Committee (from left to right):
. _ .	Scott Clow, Shawn Howard, and Gerald Wagner.
EPAs programs. Currently, the NTC Executive Committee
includes Chair Geraid Wagner from the Blackfeet Tribe, Vice-Chair Scott Clow from the Ute
Mountain Tribe and Secretary Shawn Howard from the Citizen Potawatomi Nation.
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We Want Your Feedback About
Region 10 Tribal Outreach
EPA Region 10 staff strive to provide information, training, and technical assistance to
tribes to support successful environmental programs. Efforts include in-person travel,
phone and email contact, regional meetings, webinars, sessions at conferences and events,
information on the Region 10 Tribal Program website, the Region 10 tribal newsletter, social
media, and through email lists, and targeted workgroups.
We are continually reviewing our practices and want to hear from you to see if we are
meeting your needs - especially during this unprecedented time. If you have feedback,
ideas, or suggestions, contact Mahri Lowinger by email at Lowinger.mahri@epa.gov
by August 30.
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How's My Waterway?
EPA's new How's My Waterway provides you with an easily accessible summary of water
quality information. You can use it to learn about water, explore data, and find out what's
happening to improve the health of our waters. How's My Waterway works on all different
screen sizes — from desktop computers and tablets to mobile phones, providing users with a
summary of water quality at the community, state, or national level.
How's My Waterway?
Informing the conversation about your waters.
Let's get started!
Search by address, zip code, or place...
Choose a place to learn about your waters:
Community
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National
Drinking Water
EPA's Disaster Debris Recovery Tool
EPA's Disaster Debris Recovery Tool, is an interactive mapping tool of 12 types of recyclers
and landfills that manage disaster debris. The tool provides information and locations of over
20,000 facilities capable
of managing different
materials which may be
found in disaster debris.
The Disaster Debris
Recovery Tool can help
agencies find and add
recovery, recycling and
disposal options into their
debris management plans.
It also allows emergency
planners to assess an
area's capacity to manage
anticipated debris; and
communities identify
source reduction and waste
minimization options.
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Updated Water Quality Standards Template
EPA finalized a revised model Water Quality Standards Template for Waters on Indian
Reservations. The template, available on EPA's Water Quality Standards Tools for Tribes is
a customizable document that provides model WQS text which can simplify the process
of developing tribal WQS consistent with the Clean Water Act and EPA's implementing
regulations. Throughout the template there are opportunities for tribes to tailor WQS to
reflect tribe-specific circumstances, including a provision to protect cultural and traditional
uses.
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RCRA Public Involvement Toolkit
EPA's Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Public Involvement Toolkit was designed as an
online resource to help users identify opportunities and methods for engagement throughout
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act public participation process. RCRA is the public
law that creates the framework for the proper management of hazardous and non-hazardous
solid waste.
The toolkit provides a broad range of tools and activities that community involvement
practitioners, permitting agencies, public interest groups, community leaders, and facility
owners or operators can use to empower communities to become more actively involved in
the permit and cleanup decision-making processes at hazardous waste management facilities.
RTOC
The Region 10 Regional Tribal Operations Committee is a partnership between EPA and elected tribal
representatives to further tribal environmental objectives at the regional level, serve as a liaison between the EPA
and tribes regarding information exchange, and provide assistance to the National Tribal Operations Committee.
Digital Tribal Environmental Leaders Summit
September 23-25, 2020
Pre-summit events in August
The Region 10 RTOC is moving forward with hosting a virtual Tribal Environmental Leaders
Summit on the same dates that were originally scheduled for the in-person event!
RTOC hired an amazing team to coordinate this year's event. Meda DeWitt, of Haa Jooni
Productions will serve as the overall coordinator, along with her assistant Erin Jackson. Meda
has experience as a former facilitator and digital storyteller from the 2017 TELS Summit. She
is a recent graduate from Alaska Pacific University with a master's degree in Alaska Native
Traditional Healing. The RTOC is honored to welcome them to the team. The RTOC will also
be announcing the youth track coordinator on social media soon. Remember to follow social
media @regionlOrtoc!
The Region 10 RTOC is interested in having vendors and traditional arts and crafts offered
during the summit. Please consider registering for no cost, and RTOC staff will work with you to
plan the best delivery method for your virtual "booth".
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0 continued	Digital Tribal Environmental Leaders Summit
There are 2 tracks:
•	General Session for Tribal Leaders and Environmental Staff — $65
•	Youth Track — $35
Register on the Region 10 Tribal Environmental Leaders Summit 2020 website.
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Stay Engaged with RTOC
Follow us on Facebook for the most up to date news and opportunities.
If you wish to attend or add an item to a monthly meeting agenda, or if you have
questions, comments, or suggestions for how RTOC can better serve your community
— please contact the RTOC representative for your area or RTOC's Administrator, Randi
Madison.
CONTACT: Randi Madison, RTOC Administrator • randi@regionlOrtoc.net
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Grants
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Lead Testing in School and Child Care Program Drinking Water
Tribal Grant Program
LETTERS OF INTENT DUE: August 31.
Authorized by the Water Infrastructure Improvements of the Nation Act, EPA is making
funding available to support the Lead Testing in School and Child Care Program Drinking
Water Tribal Grant Program. Under this program, tribal consortia, on behalf of tribes,
will be eligible applicants for funding to assist local education agencies to test for lead
contamination in drinking water at schools and childcare programs. Beneficiaries of the
program must be members of a federally recognized tribe.
Participation in the program requires use of the EPA's 3Ts for Tribal Schools: Reducing Lead
in Drinking Water in Schools and Child Care Facilities guidance or applicable regulations
regarding reducing lead in drinking water in schools and child care programs that are not
less stringent.
Please note that funding for tribes in Alaska is administered as part of the Alaska state
program separately and is not included under this announcement. Alaskan tribes interested
in the allotted funding for testing lead in school and childcare drinking water should
coordinate with the appropriate state agency. Schools administered by the Bureau of Indian
Affairs are ineligible for assistance under this grant program.
EPA is requesting that interested tribal consortia submit a letter to indicate intent to
participate that includes the following details.
•	Point of contact (name, email address and phone number) who will provide oversight
administration and communication.
•	Population and geographic regions intended to serve and support.
•	Estimated count of facilities intended for service and support.
Letters of Intent can be submitted by email to WIINDrinkingWaterGrants@epa.gov.
For additional details, check out EPA's Lead Testing in School and Childcare Program
Drinking Water Tribal Grant Program website.
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Energy Technology Deployment on Tribal Lands
APPLICATIONS DUE: August 27.
The Department of Energy's Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs is soliciting
applications to stabilize or reduce energy costs and increase energy security and resiliency for
tribes and tribal members.
This funding will support tribes, Alaska Native Regional Corporations and Village Corporations,
intertribal organizations, and tribal energy development organizations to install energy
generating systems and energy efficiency measures for tribal buildings, deploy community-
scale energy generating systems or energy storage on tribal lands, install integrated energy
systems for autonomous operation to power a single facility or multiple tribal facilities, or
deploy energy infrastructure or integrated energy systems to electrify tribal buildings.
See the Funding Opportunity Announcement for all eligibility requirements and how to apply.
The Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs Tribal Energy Projects Database website
includes a map and summaries of competitively funded projects.
WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grants
APPLICATIONS DUE: September 17.
The Bureau of Reclamation provides 50/50 cost share funding to irrigation and water districts,
tribes, states, and other entities with water or power delivery authority. Projects conserve and
use water more efficiently, increase the production of hydropower, mitigate conflict risk in
areas at a high risk of future water conflict, and accomplish other benefits that contribute to
water supply reliability in the western U.S.
This program provides up to $500,000 per agreement for projects that can be completed in
two years and up to $2 million per agreement for projects that can be completed in three
years. Details are available on the Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART website.
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Supporting Equitable Development and Environmental Justice
in Brownfields Communities
APPLICATIONS DUE: September 21.
This opportunity will provide funding to eligible entities to provide training, research,
and technical assistance to facilitate the inventory of brownfield sites, site assessments,
remediation of brownfield sites, community involvement, or site preparation.
A brownfield site is defined as real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of
which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of hazardous substances,
pollutants, contaminants, controlled substances, petroleum or petroleum products, or
mine-scarred land.
EPA anticipates awarding one grant for an estimated $600,000, funded incrementally on an
annual basis over three years, at approximately $200,000 per year. Eligible entities include
local and state governments, tribes (other than in Alaska - except for Metlakatla Indian
Community), land clearance authorities, regional councils, redevelopment agencies, Alaska
Native Regional Corporations, Alaska Native Village Corporations, nonprofit organizations,
and others. Details are on EPA's FY 2021 Brownfields Training, Research, and Technical
Assistance Grant website.
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Bureau of Reclamation Technical Assistance to Tribes
APPLICATIONS DUE: October 28.
The objective of this opportunity is to invite federally recognized tribes and tribal organizations
to submit proposals for financial assistance for projects and activities that develop, manage and
protect tribal water and related resources.
Through this opportunity, Bureau of Reclamation provides funding for projects that increase
water reliability, consistent with the 2018 Presidential Memorandum on Promoting the Reliable
Supply and Delivery of Water in the West. For details, check out the Bureau of Reclamation's
Native American Affairs Technical Assistance Program website.
Training & Technical Assistance
Training opportunities in this newsletter are either hosted, funded, or sponsored in collaboration with EPA. Any links to websites
outside of EPA are provided for additional information that may be useful or interesting to our readers. EPA can neither attest to
the accuracy of these third-party sites nor endorse any nongovernment websites, companies or applications.
The workshop speakers and group leaders are experts in their fields from EPA and other federal
agencies, state and local agencies, academia, associations, and the private sector. The technical
sessions of the workshop include topics such as disinfectants and disinfection byproducts,
contaminants of emerging concern (including PFAS and algal toxins), pathogens and
disinfection, source water quality and protection, corrosion and lead, contaminant removal and
management, methods and analytics, implementing innovative treatments, and distribution
system best practices.
The workshop is primarily designed for state primacy agency staff responsible for drinking
water regulations compliance and treatment technologies permitting, however, others may also
benefit, including territory, tribal, and local primacy staff, water system operators, academics,
design engineers, technical assistance providers, and consultants.
Details and registration are available on EPA's 17th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop: Small
Systems Challenges and Solutions website.
Drinking Water Workshop: Small System Challenges and Solutions
August 31 - September 3,
Virtual Workshop
EPA's free annual drinking
water workshop, held
in partnership with the
Association of State Drinking
Water Administrators will
provide in-depth information
and training on solutions
and strategies for handling
small drinking water system
challenges with a focus on
monitoring, distribution,
source, and treatment topics.
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Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Online Training
This online training course is designed to help state, local, and tribal agencies know the
requirements of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act and its
implementing regulations. The course supports agencies in fulfilling their responsibilities
prescribed in law and is also designed to prepare participants for chemical emergencies and
to provide compliance assistance to facilities.
Participants will learn facilities' reporting requirements providing information on the
storage and releases of hazardous chemicals and how state and local agencies should use
that information to prepare and protect the community from chemical emergencies. Each
lesson contains text, interactive exercises, and knowledge checks. Register on EPA's
web conferencing website.
Air Pollution Training Institute
EPA's Air Pollution Training Institute helps air professionals plan training tailored for your
job, learn from self-instructional and web-based training, track training progress and access
transcripts. Some courses are offered periodically in classrooms.
There are several online courses available on topics related to Introduction to Air Pollution
Control, Air Toxics/Hazardous Air Pollutants, Quality Assurance for Air Pollution Measurement
Systems, and more. Online courses include modules, narration, knowledge checks and exams.
Courses are available on EPA's Air Pollution Training Institute APTI-Learn website.
APTI-Learn helps air pollution professionals:
to your job
responsibilities
from self-Instructional
and web-based
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Grants Management Online Training
This online training course is designed to introduce EPA grant applicants and recipients to key
aspects of the entire grant life cycle, from preparation of an application through grant closeout.
The course is divided into separate modules that can be completed individually. Each module
includes knowledge checks to verify your understanding of key concepts. Upon completion,
you will be prompted to generate a downloadable certificate of completion. You can access the
online course on EPA's Grants Management Training for Applicants and Recipients website.
ITEP L Learning Online Courses
The Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals is offering
courses conducted over the internet and include presentations via
videos, assignments, activities, discussion boards, and exams, ITEP
offers instructor-led or self-paced online courses. Topics include
quality assurance project planning, introduction to rural Alaska
landfill planning, HAZWOPER 8-hour refresher, partnerships and
community outreach, and other topics. Browse their
full catalog of online courses.

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Calendar of Events
August
6	Cleaning for Health: Proactive Plans to Effectively Clean and Promote Healthy IAQ in
Schools. 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time • https://bit.ly/304wHCN
11	Antimicrobials and Microbes Indoors: How to Best Promote Indoor Environmental
Quality. 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time • https://bit.ly/30Wp800
13	What Schools Need to Know: Practices and Principles for Healthy IAQ and Reducing the
Spread of Viruses. 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time • https://bit.ly/2DeLfXf
17-20 Tribal Lands and Environment Forum Virtual Gathering.
https://www7.nau.edu/itep/main/Conferences/confr_tlef
18	Alaska LEO Network Monthly Webinar. 2:00 p.m. Alaska Time
http://www.leonetwork.org
19	National Environmental Justice Public Meeting. 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time
https://bit.ly/2XlqeGK
20	National Environmental Justice Public Meeting. 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time
https://bit.ly/2XlqeGK
26	Wildfires & Resulting Impacts to Water Bodies Used as Drinking Water Sources. Webinar
at 11 a.m. Pacific Time
https://www.epa.gov/water-research/water-research-webinar-series
September
1-2	Waste Assessment Training for Tribes. Webinar from 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Alaska Time.
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/667544703316212240
8	ANTHC IGAP Networking Call. 2:00 p.m. Alaska Time • https://bit.ly/2GRKy4f
14-17 Virtual National Tribal & Indigenous Climate Conference.
https://sites.google.com/view/2020-nticc-itep/home
22	Alaska LEO Network Monthly Webinar. 2:00 p.m. Alaska Time
http://www.leonetwork.org
23-25 Digital Tribal Environmental Leaders Summit.
http://regionlOrtoc.net/home
October
20	Alaska LEO Network Monthly Webinar. 2:00 p.m. Alaska Time
http://www.leonetwork.org
Links to websites outside of EPA are provided for additional information that may be useful or interesting to our
readers. We cannot attest to the accuracy of these third-party sites, nor does EPA endorse any nongovernment
websites, companies or applications.
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ALASKA
Todd Bender, Tribal Coordinator	(206) 553-0344
Katherine Brown, Tribal Coordinator	(206) 553-7263
Susan Conbere, Tribal Coordinator	(206) 553-6243
Michelle Davis, Tribal Coordinator	(907) 271-3434
Sherry Davis, Tribal Coordinator	(907) 271-6322
Kristy Fry, Tribal Coordinator	(206) 553-1085
Santina Gay, Tribal Coordinator	(907) 271-3413
Mahri Lowinger, Tribal Coordinator	(907) 271-6334
Michael Ortiz, Tribal Coordinator	(206) 553-6234
Catherine Vila, Grants Coordinator	 (206) 553-1544
Cathy Villa, Tribal Coordinator	(907) 271-1270
WESTERN & CENTRAL OREGON, SOUTHWEST WASH
Kristine Carre, Tribal Coordinator	(503) 326-7024
IDAHO, WASHINGTON & EASTERN OREGON
Kristy Fry, Tribal Coordinator	(206) 553-1085
Alan Moomaw, Tribal Coordinator	(360) 753-8071
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