Region 10 Tribal Newsletter October 2022 Vol. 31 No. 7

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Top News

2022 National Tribal Operations
Committee Meeting

In September, EPA Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe and
National Tribal Caucus Chair Gerald Wagner of the Blackfeet
Tribe convened the annual National Tribal Operations
Committee meeting.

The NTOC meeting brings together the National Tribal Caucus
and EPA senior leadership for a discussion on a wide variety
of environmental issues including climate change, Indigenous
Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and more. This year's
meeting focused on how tribes and EPA are partnering to
address climate change, including through climate adaptation
plans and the Biden-Harris Administration's efforts to protect
clean air, improve access to safe and reliable drinking water
and wastewater services, and advance environmental justice.

Deputy Administrator McCabe also shared information about some of the current and future funding
opportunities available to EPA's tribal partners, including under the Inflation Reduction Act, and more
specifics on funding that is available under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and the America Rescue
Plan to combat the climate change crisis.

The meeting also included a discussion on ITEK — and how it contributes to the scientific, technical,
social, and economic advancements of the United States and the Biden-Harris Administration's charge
to federal agencies to consider Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge in federal decision making
where appropriate. Read additional meeting details in the news release.

Assistant Administrator of EPA's Office

of International and Tribal Affairs
Jane Nishida, EPA Deputy Administrator
Janet McCabe, and National Tribal Caucus
Chair Gerald Wagner

Fiscal Year 2023 on the Horizon: Grant Reminders, GAP Guidance
Update, and Upcoming Training Opportunities

For many of EPA's tribal grant recipients the new fiscal year marks the beginning of new workplans and
budgets, as well as reflecting upon work and projects from the past year - what's worked and what
could use improvement or adjustment. If you are considering changes to an EPA workplan or budget
that may require advance approval, please contact your project officer.

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Fiscal Year 2023 on the Horizon: Grant Reminders, GAP Guidance
Update, and Upcoming Training Opportunities

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It also means that for grant recipients on the fiscal year calendar, that reports covering
progress from the previous quarter or from the second half of the previous fiscal year are due
to your project officer on October 30. Also due on October 30 is an annual Federal Financial
Reports (SF-425 form) which provides information on your grant's financial progress submitted
by email to EPA's Research Triangle Park Finance Center at rtpfc-grants@epa.gov.

And for some grant recipients it may be time to begin planning for a grant closeout. Indian
Environmental General Assistance Program grant recipients generally have closeouts due
every 4 years. If your 4-year GAP grant ended September 30 - then closeout reporting is due
by January 30, 2023. Our Tribal Grant Closeouts in Region 10 webpage provides a description
of the reports that Region 10 tribal grant recipients need to submit to complete the process. If
you have questions about the timing of your grant and whether a closeout is due, please check
with your project officer.

If you are new to EPA grants, you may wish to take an online training course available on
EPA's Grants Management Training for Applicants and Recipients website, as well as getting
familiarized with your grant's terms and conditions, and the Uniform Grants Guidance. Alaska
Native Tribal Health Consortium in collaboration with EPA Region 10 will be offering an in-
person (with virtual participation option) GAP Grants Training November 8-10 in Anchorage,
AK. For registration information contact Desirae Mack at 907-729-3496 or email ddmack@
anthc.com. Stay tuned to our Region 10 Tribal Programs website for details.

We expect to share news soon from EPA's American Indian Environmental Office regarding an
updated version of our 2013 Guidance on the Award and Management of General Assistance
Agreements for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia as well as any changes to EPA's national
allocation of GAP funding. Background materials and information on AlEO's GAP Guidance
Evaluation and funding allocation review can be found on EPA's Indian Environmental General
Assistance Program (GAP) website.

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October Is Children's Health Month

EPA recognizes Children's Health Month each October to raise awareness of children's
environmental health. Due to difference in their behavior and biology, children are
more vulnerable than adults to environmental pollutants and risks like climate change,
air pollution, environmental disasters, lead, and more. This year's theme is to Protect
Children at All Life Stages and In All Communities. Childhood is made up of a sequence of
life stages, and each life stage faces unique environmental risks.

Learn more about children's health and what you can do by checking out EPA's
Protecting Children's Environmental Health website. You'll find a variety of resources and
our new video — Children's Environmental Health at EPA.

EPA's Children's Health Month Resources website includes information and resources you
can share in your community. Information about our collaboration with the Northwest
Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit is available on the Region 10: Children's
Environmental Health in the Pacific Northwest website.

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National
Lead
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Region 10 Tribal Newsletter October 2022

National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week and Guidance to
Help Communities Locate Lead Pipes

National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week is October 23-29. NLPPW is a call to bring together
individuals, organizations, industry, and tribal, state, and local governments to reduce
childhood exposure to lead by increasing
iead poisoning prevention awareness.

For NLPPW 2022, materials have been
developed around three key messages:

1. Get the Facts: Learn about lead expo-
sure and the hazards of lead.

2. Get Your Child Tested: A simple blood
test can detect lead. Consult your
health care provider for advice on test-
ing your children for lead.

3. Get Your Home Tested: Minimize your risk of lead exposure by hiring a certified profes-
sional to test your home for lead if it was built before 1978.

An information kit, social media messages, fliers, and other materials are available on EPA's

National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week website.

EPA also issued a new Guidance for Developing and Maintaining a Service Line Inventory
that will help communities and water utilities identify lead pipes that connect drinking water
service to homes and other buildings. Register online for an informational webinar,

Identifying Lead Service Lines in the Community on October 26 at 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

Get
Home Tested

—Prevention
Week

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Recovery from Natural Disasters, Flooded Homes Cleanup,
and Indoor Air Qua ty Resources

For those in western Alaska who were impacted by Typhoon
Merbok in September, our hearts are with you. At time of
publication the State of Alaska is leading the response to
the typhoon. Communities are encouraged to contact the
Alaska State Operations Center by phone at 907-428-7100
or email

storm@ready.alaska.gov. EPA is coordinating with the Alaska
Department of Environmental Conservation, FEMA, and the
U.S. Coast Guard to support as needed.

After a hurricane, typhoon, or major storm there are many
things to consider. Is my home safe to enter? How do I save
and clean up my possessions? How can I protect myself and
my family from flood hazards?

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EPA's Flooded Homes Cleanup Guidance website features
short videos that provide steps on how to safely clean

up your home and recover from a flood. You can also search for answers to many of your
important questions using the webpage's search bar and by visiting

the Frequent Questions about Flooded Homes website.

EPA has online resources for flood cleanup and indoor air quality.

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Recovery from Natural Disasters, Flooded Homes Cleanup,
and Indoor Air Quality Resources

Hurricanes arid flooding aren't the only emergencies that can worsen indoor air quality issues
or introduce new ones. Learn more about how emergencies affect indoor air quality.

Check out EPA's Natural Disasters website for information on environmental emergencies such
as how to report an oil spill — or how to prepare and respond to different natural disasters
such as floods, hurricanes, or extreme heat. State and local response agencies are the primary
responders, find your state emergency office or agency from FEMA-

If you are aware of an oil spill or observe a sheen or shiny looking reflection on water that you
suspect may be an oil spill, please contact the National Response Center at 1-800-424-8802.

EPA Proposes Certain PFAS Chemicals as
Hazardous Substances Under Superfund

EPA is proposing to designate two of the most widely used per- and polyfluoroalkyl
substances as hazardous substances under the CERCLA, the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, also known as "Superfund." PFAS are a group of
manufactured chemicals that have been used in industry and consumer products since the
1940s because of their useful properties.

The proposal applies to perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid and is based
on significant evidence that PFOA and PFOS may present a substantial danger to human health
or welfare or the environment. PFOA and PFOS can accumulate and persist in the human
body for long periods of time and evidence from laboratory animal and human epidemiology
studies indicates that exposure to PFOA and/or PFOS may lead to cancer, reproductive,
developmental, cardiovascular, liver, and immunological effects.

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Flood Cleanup & the Air
in Your Home

Flood water can make the
air in your home unhealthy.

When cleaning

Clean and dry
your house and
everything in it.

Clean and dry hard surfaces. Throw
away anything that was wet with
flood water and can't he cleaned.

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respirator

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things get wet for more
than 2 days they usually
get moldy. There may
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your home after a flood.

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Continued EPA Proposes Certain PFAS Chemicals

as Hazardous Substances Under Superfund

If finalized, the rulemaking would trigger reporting of PFOA and PFOS releases, providing the
agency with improved data and the option to require cleanups and recover cleanup costs to
protect public health and encourage better waste management. It would aiso improve EPA,
state, tribal nation, and local community understanding of the extent and locations of PFOA
and PFOS contamination.

In addition to accepting public comment through November 7, EPA is offering tribal
consultation through October 24. Details about the tribal consultation opportunity is on pages
13-14 and on EPA's Designation of PFOA and PFOS as CERCLA Hazardous Substances Tribal
Consultation Opportunities webpage. For details on the proposed rulemaking, read the full
news release. To learn more about PFAS, and steps you can take to reduce your risk, check out
EPA's Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) website.

New Tribal Indoor Air Quality Training
and Resource Directory

EPA's Indoor Environments Division in collaboration with the National Tribal Air Association
and the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals is pleased to announce the
availability of a valuable new resource, the Tribal Indoor Air Quality Training and Resource
Directory.

The resource directory is a comprehensive compilation of resources and information to help
tribes identify and access various Indoor Air Quality resources and funding to support the
creation or expansion of tribal IAQ programs. The topics covered include asthma, radon,
COVID-19, grants, EPA contacts, and more. Visit EPA's Indoor Air Quality home page or the

Indoor Air Quality Tribal Partners Program webpage to learn more.

$79 Million Investment from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to
Protect and Restore the Columbia River Basin

On August 10, at an event along the Columbia River in Portland,
Oregon, EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan announced a $79
million investment over five years from President Biden's Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law to protect and restore the Columbia River Basin.

This announcement includes up to $6.9 million in Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law and Ciean Water Act grants to be awarded this
year for projects to reduce toxics in fish and water and address
climate impacts in communities throughout the Columbia River
Basin.

Administrator Regan was joined by EPA Regional Administrator for
the Pacific Northwest Casey Sixkiller, along with U.S. Senators Jeff
Merkley and Ron Wyden - and tribal, state, and local leaders for the
announcement.

EPA Administrator Michael
Regan with US Senator Jeff
Merkley on the Columbia River

EPA's Columbia River Basin Program received $79 million over five
years from President Biden's Bipartisan infrastructure Law.

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$79 Million Investment from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
o continued to Protect and Restore the Columbia River Basin

This funding provides EPA the ability to grow the Columbia River Basin Restoration Program
and significantly increase competitive grants throughout the Basin to reduce toxics. EPA will
be issuing final awards for 25 grants throughout the Basin totaling $6.9 million in mid-October,
which will include 7 grants to Columbia River Basin Tribal Governments and many more grants
with tribal governments as key partners.

EPA plans to issue three Requests for Applications in 2022 - 2023 using infrastructure law
funding to increase toxics reduction through agricultural best practices, stormwater green
infrastructure, pollution prevention, contaminated sites cleanup, and community education
and engagement.

The Columbia River Basin Restoration Program is focused on engaging tribal and underserved
communities in efforts to identify and reduce threats to their environment and community
health. EPA's commitment to reducing toxics in fish and water in the Columbia River Basin is
key to EPA's ongoing trust responsibility to tribal governments. Toxics reduction will support
climate resilience for the Columbia River Basin ecosystem by reducing aquatic ecosystem and
human health stressors in an environment stressed by severe climatic events.

For additional information, read the news release and check out EPA's Columbia River website.
Details about the Columbia River Basin Tribal Government Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Funding is available on page 17.

Region 10 Recipients of Pollution Prevention Grants

EPA selected 39 recipients across the country that will receive nearly $12 million in pollution
prevention (P2) grants. These grants will allow states and tribes to provide businesses with
technical assistance to help them develop and adopt P2 practices to prevent or reduce
pollution before it is even created, while also reducing business and liability costs.

Proposed projects include reducing PFAS contamination in food packaging and food waste
recycling streams, increasing awareness of green cleaning chemicals in businesses and schools,
and helping underserved communities implement P2 best practices to reduce waste and
emissions from industrial plants.

Grant recipients in EPA's Region 10 include the Knik Tribal Council in Alaska, the Idaho
Department of Environmental Quality, and Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.
For the full list of recipients read the news release. To learn more about P2 and the P2 grant
program, check out EPA's Pollution Prevention (P2) website.

Haines, Alaska Selected for Recreation Economy
for Rural Communities Program

In August, EPA joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and other partners
to announce assistance for 25 small and rural communities from across the country identify
strategies to grow their outdoor recreation economies and revitalize Main Streets through the
Recreation Economy for Rural Communities program.

Among the communities planning to undertake revitalization projects is Haines, Alaska. The
Haines Economic Development Corporation and partners would like to better connect Haines's

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Haines, Alaska Selected for Recreation Economy
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awe-inspiring natural assets with the community's waterfront and downtown, improve
transportation and trails infrastructure, boost outdoor recreation amenities including lodging
options for tourists, and install wayfinding so that visitors and residents alike may access these
resources. The local steering committee would like to focus on balancing the need to maintain
the working landscape while also conserving key natural resources and on engaging and
empowering Alaska Native communities, including Chilkat indian Village (Klukwan) and the
Chiikoot Indian Association (Haines).

A federal planning team will work with each community over the course of four to six
months, with a two-day facilitated community workshop as the focal point. To view the full
list of selected communities and projects, check out EPA's Recreation Economy for Rural
Communities website. To learn more about EPA's community revitalization efforts, check out
EPA's Smart Growth website.

EPA Approves 2022-2026 Puget Sound Action Agenda

EPA approved the 2022-2026 Action Agenda as the Comprehensive
Conservation and Management Plan for the Puget Sound National
Estuary Program. Each NEP develops a Comprehensive Conservation and
Management Plan that establishes priorities for activities, research, and
funding for the estuary. These plans serve as a blueprint to guide decisions
about a wide range of environmental protection issues.

The Action Agenda is the four-year plan for recovering Puget Sound that
includes strategies and actions to achieve long-term Puget Sound recovery.

The Partnership works with members of its Management Conference,
which includes sovereign tribal nations, governments, organizations,
businesses, and individuals, to develop the Action Agenda. Check out the
Puget Sound Partnership's website to read the 2022-2026 Action Agenda.

Interview with Mark Buettner - Klamath Tribes
Ambodat Department Environmental Scientist

Mark Buettner, environmental scientist for The Klamath Tribes, located
in south central Oregon shares information with us on his role, Klamath
Basin environmental concerns, and how the tribes are actively working
to restore the health of the Upper Klamath Basin aquatic ecosystems.
The department he works with, AMBODAT means about and near the
water.

Mark Buettner > What do you do for The Klamath Tribes?

In my role as an environmental scientist, I am responsible for the tribe's
water quality monitoring and aquatic habitat restoration programs and providing
assistance with our sucker rearing program, coordinating with the Bureau of Reclamation
and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on water management and endangered species issues.

I tried retirement for 5 years after working for 30 years for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation as a fisheries biologist including 20 years in the
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Interview with Mark Buettner - Klamath Tribes Ambodat
& continued Department Environmental Scientist

During my retirement the endangered C'waam (Lost River sucker) and Koptu (shortnose
sucker) populations continued to decline motivating me to get back in the game and
assisting The Klamath Tribes with their efforts to recover these species and ecosystem they
depend upon.

> What are the environmental issues The Klamath Tribes are most concerned about?

High sediment and nutrient loading from
the tributaries to UKL has led to massive
cyanobacteria blooms every summer and
associated stressful (lethal) pH, dissolved oxygen,
and ammonia levels. Efforts to protect and restore
riparian and wetland habitat have been slow and
the tribes have been encouraging the agencies
responsible for these activities to do more,
including enforcing clean water laws.

Poor water management is another important environmental issue. The water in the Upper
Klamath Basin has been over-allocated and climate change has led to a major decline in
precipitation over the last 20 years. Over the last couple of drought years, the minimum
water needed to maintain UKL levels for endangered sucker survival have not been met, the
refuges and Klamath Project farms have received little water, and river flows for salmon
have been reduced. The Tribes have been pushing for sustainable water management which
means agricultural land retirement is needed.

The Upper Klamath Basin landscape is also dominated by forest lands that were once
owned by the Klamath Tribes. After these lands were transferred to the federal government
in the 1950s, fire suppression and poor timber management practices leading to dense
stands of small diameter conifers resulted in less precipitation reaching the ground and
groundwater aquifer, [resulting in] large forest fires. The Bootleg Fire burned over 425,000
acres last year in the tribes' homeland resulting in a high risk for major sediment and
nutrient loading, which can degrade water quality.

> The Klamath Tribes have received funding from EPA through several grants. How have
these grants helped make a difference?

EPA funding under different programs has been very helpful to build technical capacity
including a state-of-the-art water quality laboratory — Sprague River Water Quality Lab.
The SRWQL has been in existence since 2006, with federal agency, NGO, and tribal clients,
and is certified under state and federal accreditation programs. The Indian Environmental
General Assistance Program has been central to improving our understanding of nonpoint
source pollution in the UKB and especially the Sprague River watershed.

The C'waam and Koptu populations have been declining for the last 25 years and the
current populations are old individuals near the end of their life expectancy. These species
are an indicator of the poor condition of the Upper Klamath Basin ecosystem. Poor land use
practices over the last century (logging, grazing, farming, stream channel modifications,
wetland loss, road construction) has resulted in degraded habitat and poor water quality
conditions in waterways including Upper Klamath Lake (the primary habitat for the
endangered suckers).

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Interview with Mark Buettner - Klamath Tribes Ambodat
Department Environmental Scientist

The Clean Water Act Section 106 grant funding the
tribes have received since 1998 have been invaluable
for capacity building and allowed us to improve
understanding of water quality issues in the UKB and
facilitated data collection and application of several EPA
models. These models increased our understanding of
nonpoint source nutrient loading and helped assist in
habitat restoration planning. The CWA 106 has provided
necessary funding to continue our Sprague River baseline
and trend data collection effort. A recent analysis of
this 20-year dataset indicates there has been small but
decreasing trends in nutrients which could be related in
part to habitat restoration activities, enforcement of the
tribes' senior water rights, and dryer climatic conditions.

With Clean Water Act Section 319 funding, the tribes
have made meaningful progress in the Sprague River
basin assessment of the relationship between suspended
upper Klamath Lake	sediments and turbidity to estimate sediment loading.

This assessment will allow for identification of possible restoration sites that will be key in
reducing nonpoint source nutrient loading.

Funding from EPA's Wetland Program Development grant helped the tribes prepare 5-year
plans for developing the capacity and competency of the SRWQL to ensure complete and
accurate monitoring of water quality in the UKB. Also, funds were used to expand the
tribes' environmental program to include Hydrologic Monitoring and Habitat Restoration
Monitoring programs. A recent grant under this program is allowing the tribes to collect
detailed groundwater and surface-water data in the Klamath Marsh to document impacts
of recent drought conditions and help better understand the hydrology of the system.

EPA Environmental Information Exchange Network grant funds were used to transfer our
water quality database to the EPA WQX database and to provide technical training needed
to manage the database. A website was established to allow stakeholders, NGOs and
agencies ready access to the tribes and other technical water quality reports.

> What have been the biggest barriers and how did you overcome them?

The EPA Performance Partnership Grant [which bundles the EPA funding sources into one
umbrella grant] over the last 20+ years has allowed the tribes to monitor long-term water
quality trends and make assessments of the success or failure of restoration and land
management activities.

Water quality monitoring data has helped support underfunded water quality management
agencies including the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Oregon
Department of Agriculture better address water quality issues in the Upper Klamath
Basin.... As a result of their efforts to work with agricultural properties around UKL, nutrient
loading (total phosphorus) by agricultural drainage was reduced by 72 percent.

Another barrier was the lack of tribal member employment in the tribe's environmental
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Interview with Mark Buettner - Klamath Tribes Ambodat
& continued Department Environmental Scientist

This barrier was overcome by encouraging young tribal members to enroll in environmental
education programs and by structuring many environmental related jobs as trainee
positions so that on-the-job experience was a substitute for formal education requirements.
Currently\ the Ambodat Department has 23 employees, 13 of which are tribal members.
Ten years ago, only about 25% of the staff were tribal members. We have 4 new employees
who are recent science graduates - all females and all from the Klamath Tribes.

> What advice do you have for other tribes? Are there lessons you could pass on to
help other tribes achieve their environmental goals?

EPA provides many grant opportunities and programs to help tribes meet their
environmental goals. We have been successful in accessing many EPA grants over the years
that helped us increase our capacity... Reaching out to EPA program staff for assistance and
advice has been invaluable to us. They know the programs and funding inside and out and
can make your jobs much easier. Don't be afraid to reach out to them. They are there for
you and want you to be successful.

EPA has been the best supporter of the Klamath Tribes aquatic environmental program
over the last 20+ years. They have provided consistent and substantial funding to help us
develop and maintain our capacity and meet our long-term environmental goals. A special
thanks to Kris Carre, EPA Tribal Coordinator; who is always therefor us and makes the
paperwork and reporting easier so we can focus on the important work that we should be
focusing on.

To learn more about the Klamath Tribes and their efforts to protect and restore the Upper
Klamath Basin, check out the video Killing the Klamath on YouTube or contact Mark Buettner
at 541-827-5227 or mark.buettner@klamathtribes.com.

RTOC News

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 assist the National Tribal Operations Committee. Note that the
RTOC does not substitute for government-to-government consultation with tribes.

Consider Serving on the RTOC!

EPA Region 10 Administrator Casey Sixkiller is in the process of sending letters to tribal
leaders in Region 10 announcing the nomination period for open seats on the Region 10 Tribal
Operations Committee and National Tribal Operations Committee.

After the nomination period closes, ballots will be sent to tribal leaders. Those who are elected
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RTOC News

o continued Consider Serving on the RTOC!

Consider holding a 10-15-minute spot on your tribal council's October meeting agenda to
discuss submitting a nomination from your tribe, and again block time on a meeting agenda in
November or early December to discuss your tribe's vote.

Tribes may vote for seats that serve their state. Alaska representatives serve all of Alaska but
are assigned specific tribes for outreach. The open positions are as follows:

National Tribal Caucus (NTOC)

Regional Tribal Caucus (RTOC)

Western Washington/Western Oregon Seat

Oregon Seat

Alaska Seat 1

Alaska Seat 2

Important: Nomination forms AND election ballots require signature by a council member.

Town Hall Meetings in October

Town Hall Meetings occur for tribal leaders and environmental staff to speak directly to the
RTOC Tribal Caucus. You may attend any town hall meeting. If you are unable to attend a town
hall meeting scheduled for your area, you are welcome to attend any others. During town hall
meetings, RTOC plans to provide updates about any proposed changes to the GAP funding
allocation and are reserving time to hear from attendees. Check the RTOC website for up-to-
date information.

Tribal Environmental Leaders Summit

Save the Date!

June 7-9, 2023
Fort Hall, Idaho

The next Tribal Environmental Leaders Summit will be hosted by the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes.
The conference will be offered in-person and virtually. Remember to budget for travel and
registration fees. Registration for in-person attendance will likely be between $150 and $250.
Estimate airfare to Pocatello, Idaho. Room rates at the Sho-Ban Casino Hotel are $119 for tribal
members with tribal ID, and $129 for non-tribal members.

For an in-depth review of the 2022 TELS conference, check out the RTOC YouTube Channel and
the TELS 2022 website for session recordings.

Stay Engaged with RTOC

• Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram 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.

CONTACT: Randi Madison, Executive Director, Region 10 Tribal Operations Committee by email
at randi@regionlOrtoc.net

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Tribal Consultation

A full list of consultation opportunities is available in
EPA's Tribal Consultation Opportunities Tracking System

Recommendations for Revising the Final Guidance Grant
Awards to Tribes under CWA Section 106

END DATE: October 14.

EPA is offering consultation and coordination with federally recognized tribes to inform
potential revisions to the Final Guidance on Awards of Grants to Indian Tribes under Section
106 of the Clean Water Act (CWA Section 106 Tribal Guidance). EPA has used the CWA Section
106 Tribal Guidance since Fiscal Year 2007 as the primary Guidance for Section 106 tribal grant
recipients and internal and external grant project officers.

Revising the CWA Section 106 Tribal Guidance is necessary to update links and out-of-date
information, reflect advances in the program over the last 15 years, and allow continued
effective support to tribes as they develop, maintain, and expand their water quality programs
and increase staff capacity. The goal of these updates is to improve the existing Guidance and
ensure it serves as a water quality program development roadmap, clarifies eligible activities,
and better integrates current resources and technical recommendations. Details are available
on EPA's Tribal Consultation Promotion Page.

CONTACT: Robyn Delehanty • 202-564-3880 • delehanty.robyn@epa.gov

Proposed Rulemaking Designating Perfluorooctanoic Acid and
Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid as CERCLA Hazardous Substances

END DATE: October 24.

EPA's Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation in the Office of Land and
Emergency Management is initiating consultation and coordination with federally recognized
Indian tribes on the notice of proposed rulemaking to designate perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act.

These designations would require facilities across the country to report on PFOA and PFOS
releases that meet or exceed the reportable quantity assigned to these substances. The haz-
ardous substance designations would also enhance the ability of federal, tribal, state, and local
authorities to obtain information regarding the location and extent of releases. EPA or other
agencies could also seek cost recovery or contributions for costs incurred for the cleanup.

The rule will allow tribes to be notified of releases of PFOA or PFOS that meet or exceed the
reportable quantity of one pound or more within a 24-hour period on their land and would
provide EPA greater authority to address existing releases of PFOA or PFOS.

EPA will accept public comment on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for 60 days after it
is published in the Federal Register, Docket # EPA-HQ-OLEM-2019-0341. The prepublication
version of the notice is available on EPA's Superfund website. For details about the tribal
consultation opportunity, checkout EPA's Designation of PFOA and PFOS as CERCLA Hazardous
Substances Tribal Consultation Opportunities webpage.

CONTACT: Amanda Van Epps • 202-566-0995 • vanepps.amanda@epa.gov
Michelle Schutz • 703-603-8708 • Schutz.Michelle@epa.gov

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* continued Tr^al Consultation

Clean Air Act Risk Management Program Safer Communities by
Chemical Accident Prevention Proposed Rulemaking

END DATE: October 31.

EPA's Office of Emergency Management in the Office of Land and Emergency Management is
initiating consultation and coordination with federally recognized tribes regarding proposed 40
CFR part 68 Clean Air Act Risk Management Program Regulations.

Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act Amendments requires EPA to publish regulations for
chemical accident prevention at facilities that use certain hazardous substances. These
regulations are contained in the RMP rule. The RMP rule requires facilities that use extremely
hazardous substances to develop a Risk Management Pian which identifies the potential
effects of a chemical accident, identifies steps the facility is taking to prevent an accident, and
spells out emergency response procedures should an accident occur.

In this rulemaking, EPA proposes revisions to the RMP rule to further protect vulnerable
communities from chemical accidents, especially those living near facilities with high accident
rates. The proposed rule would strengthen the existing program and includes new safeguards
that have not been addressed in prior RMP rules. To learn more check out EPA's

Risk Management Program Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention Proposed
Rule and Tribal Consultation Opportunities websites.

CONTACT: Nick Nichols • 202-564-1970 • nichols.nick@epa.gov

NPDES General Permit for Federal Aquaculture Facilities and
Aquaculture Facilities in Indian Country in Washington

END DATE: November 7.

EPA is offering the opportunity to initiate consultation regarding the reissuance of the National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Federal Aquaculture
Facilities and Aquaculture Facilities Located in Indian Country within the Boundaries of
Washington State, NPDES Permit No. WAG130000. The proposed aquaculture general
permit will authorize discharges from federal upland aquaculture facilities (as defined in the
permit) as well as aquaculture facilities on indian Country land in Washington. The previous
aquaculture general permit was issued on June 9, 2016 and expired on July 31, 2021.

Details are available on EPA's Tribal Consultation Opportunities page and the

NPDES General Permit for Federal Aquaculture Facilities and Aquaculture Facilities Located in
Indian Country in Washington website.

CONTACT: Sally Goodman • 206-553-0782 • goodman.sally@epa.gov

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Grants

scuooieas

Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA)

Tribal and Insular Area Grants

APPLICATIONS DUE: October 26.

EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality is announcing the availability of funds and
soliciting applications for projects that achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions.
Examples of eligible projects include, but are not limited to marine engines on fishing and
other vessels; non-road engines, equipment, or vehicles used in construction, handling of cargo
(including at ports or airports), agriculture, mining, or energy production (including stationary
generators and pumps); school buses; electrified parking spaces; heavy duty highway vehicles,
such as dump trucks, water trucks, fire trucks; and locomotive engines.

Tribal governments or intertribal consortia which have jurisdiction over transportation or
air quality may request up to $800,000 per application. Insular area government agencies,
including the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, may request up to $300,000 per application. Although funding for
both tribes and insular areas is being announced under this single RFA, the applications will be
reviewed separately. Details are available on EPA's 2022 DERA Tribal and Insular Area Grants
website and on grants.gov.

Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical
Assistance Centers Program

APPLICATIONS DUE: November 1.

EPA is partnering with the Department of Energy to provide funding for 5-10 centers across
the nation supporting underserved communities, including rural and remote communities. The
Thriving Communities Centers will provide technical assistance, training, and capacity-building
support to communities with environmental justice and energy concerns. They will also
assist with navigating federal systems such as Grants.gov and SAM.gov, effectively managing
and leveraging grant funding, assistance with writing grant proposals, and translation and
interpretation services for limited English-speaking participants.

This opportunity is available to public and private universities and colleges; public and private
nonprofit institutions/organizations; and intertribal consortia. Eligible applicants should
prepare budgets for up to approximately $6 million over three years with up to approximately
$2 million budgeted for each year. Details can be found on EPA's Environmental Justice website.

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Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan

Fund, and Cleanup Grants

APPLICATIONS DUE: November 22

Grants offered by the Brownfields Program may be used to address sites contaminated by
hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants (including hazardous substances co-
mingled with petroleum) and petroleum.

Brownfields Multipurpose Grants

A Multipurpose (MP) Grant is appropriate for communities that have identified, through
multiple engagement efforts, a discrete area with one or more brownfields sites. At the time of
application, the applicant must own a brownfield site(s) within the target area where cleanup
may be conducted.

MP Grant funds provide funding for community to carry out a range of eligible assessment and
cleanup activities, including planning and additional community engagement activities. The
EPA anticipates awarding an estimated 17 Multipurpose Grants for an estimated $800,000 per
grant with a performance period of up to 5 years.

Eligible applicants include local governments; land clearance authority or another quasi-
governmental entities; government entities created by state legislature; regional councils;
redevelopment agencies states; Indian tribes other than in Alaska (with the exception of
Metlakatla Indian Community); Alaska Native Regional Corporations, Alaska Native Village
Corporations; nonprofit organizations; and others.

Brownfield Assessment Grants

Assessment Grants provide funding for developing inventories of brownfield sites, prioritizing
sites, conducting community involvement activities, conducting planning, conducting site
assessments, developing site-specific cleanup plans, and developing reuse plans related
to brownfield sites. A portion of the Assessment Grant funding must be used to conduct
site assessments. Assessment Grant funds may not be used to conduct cleanup activities.

Applicants may apply for the following types of assessment grants.

Community-wide Assessment (CWA) Grants are appropriate when a specific site is not
identified, and the applicant plans to spend grant funds on more than one brownfield site in its
community. Funding is available for up to $500,000.

Assessment Coalitions Grants are appropriate when a several entities form a coalition and
plan to spend grant funds on more than one brownfield site within the areas of the coalition.

Funding is available for up to $1,000,000.

Eligible applicants for CWA grants and Assessment Coalition Grants include local governments;
land clearance authority or another quasi-governmental entities; government entities created
by state legislature; regional councils; redevelopment agencies states; Indian tribes other
than in Alaska (with the exception of Metlakatla Indian Community); Alaska Native Regional
Corporations, Alaska Native Village Corporations; nonprofit organizations; and others.

Community-wide Assessment Grants for States and Tribes are only available to state
agencies, tribes, and eligible native corporations in Alaska. An applicant may request up to
$2,000,000 in funding to assess sites contaminated by hazardous substances, pollutants,
contaminants (including hazardous substances co-mingled with petroleum), and/or petroleum.

These grants will have a performance period of up to five years.

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Brownfields: Community-wide Assessment Grants for States and Tribes

Continued

Eligible entities that can apply for an FY23 CWAGST include states; tribes other than in
Alaska and intertribal consortia; Alaska Native Regional Corporation, Alaska Native Village
Corporation, and Metlakatla Indian Community. Entities that were awarded an FY22 CWAGST
are not eligible to apply for Assessment Grant funding in FY23.

EPA anticipates awarding an estimated 17 Community-wide Assessment Grants for States and
Tribes for an estimated $35 million, and an estimated 20 Coalition Assessment grants for an
estimated $20 million,

Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund Grants

Revolving Loan Fund programs provide loans and sub-grants to eligible entities to carry
out cleanup activities at brownfield sites contaminated with hazardous substances and/
or petroleum. Sites where hazardous substances and petroleum contamination are
distinguishable must meet eligibility requirements for both contaminants.

Maximum amount of funding is up to $1 million for hazardous substances and/or petroleum
for a project period of 5 years. EPA estimates that 10 RLF's will be awarded in FY23. Entities
eligible to apply include local governments; land clearance authority or another quasi-
governmental entity; government entities created by state legislature; regional councils;
redevelopment agencies; states; Indian tribes other than in Alaska (with the exception of
Metlakatla Indian Community); Alaska Native Regional Corporations, Alaska Native Village
Corporations; nonprofit organizations; and others.

Brownfield Cleanup Grants

Cleanup Grants provide funding to carry out cleanup activities at brownfield sites owned by
the applicant. Applicants may request up to $500,000, up to $1,000,000, or up to $2,000,000
to clean up one or more brownfield sites. EPA anticipates awarding an estimated forty (40)

$500,000 Cleanup Grants, twenty-five (25) $1 million Cleanup Grants, and eight (8) $2 million
Cleanup Grants for a project period of up to 4 years.

Potential applicants are invited to participate in upcoming webinars with EPA to address
questions about the solicitations. Guidelines for Applying for Cleanup Grant Funding will be
on October 4 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time, and Guidelines for Applying for RLF Funding wiil be on
October 6 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

For details about the above-listed opportunities, check out EPA's Open Solicitations on the

Multipurpose, Assessment, RLF, and Cleanup Grant Application Resource website.

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Columbia River Basin Tribal Government Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law Funding

APPLICATIONS DUE: January 31.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provided the EPA $79 million over a five-year period to
implement Clean Water Act Section 123, the Columbia River Basin Restoration Program,
through a large investment to fund competitive grants for eligible entities. EPA is currently
planning three upcoming Request for Applications focused on toxics reduction actions:
agricultural best practices, green infrastructure, pollution prevention, cleanup of small non-
CERCLA sites, and community education and involvement. The Bipartisan Infrastructure
Law funding provides an historic investment in Columbia River Basin tribal governments
and communities through multi-year grants to build long term capacity to reduce toxics in
Columbia River Basin waters, fish, and wildlife.

The first RFA will be solely for Columbia River Basin Tribal governments. EPA is providing an
opportunity for Columbia River Basin Tribal Governments to apply for grant funding from
October 31, 2022 through January 31, 2023.

All grant applications should be focused on one or more of the following five priorities:

1. Agricultural best practices to reduce toxics.

2. Green infrastructure to reduce stormwater and improve water quality.

3. Pollution prevention to prevent toxics from entering the environment.

4. Small-scale clean-up actions to remove toxics at contaminated sites that are not Superfund
sites.

5. Community education and outreach to help the public take actions to reduce toxics in the
Basin.

For the latest information, including details from the previous two RFAs, visit EPA's
Columbia River Basin Restoration Funding Assistance Program webpage. EPA will also be
providing information to the Columbia River Basin Tribal Governments on this RFA and future
RFAs through the Columbia River Basin Restoration Program Working Group.

CONTACT: Lauren McDaid • 208-378-5768 • mcdaid.lauren@epa.gov

Traininq & 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.

Tribal Disaster Debris and Climate Resilience
Planning Training

October 4,10, and 20, Online at 10:00 am-12:00 p.m. Pacific Time

Participants will learn strategies to build resilience to reduce disaster debris, learn about
the components of a disaster debris management plan and how to align with other climate
resilience and hazard mitigation plans, and build confidence in responding to disaster debris
issues on the ground.

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Tribal Disaster Debris and Climate Resilience Planning Training

& Continued

Tribal staff will have the opportunity to work in small groups with staff from other tribal
and other governmental agencies to begin developing effective, sustainable disaster debris
management plans before disasters strike. Direct technical assistance will be offered to up to
10 tribes following the training to help with writing and implementing effective climate resilient
disaster debris management plans. Register for this free, virtual, 3-part session tribal training.

CONTACT: Dolly Torig • tong.dolly@epa.gov

ANTHC GAP Grants Workshop

November 8-10, Anchorage, AK and Virtual

The Alaska Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) will host
a hybrid (in-person and virtual) 2022 GAP Workshop in
Anchorage with support from EPA. The workshop will offer
tribes and tribal consortia the opportunity to work with
GAP network trainers to develop strong FY 2024 EPA GAP
proposals. Tribes in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington are
welcome to participate. Online registration will be available
soon.

CONTACT: Desirae Mack • 907-729-3496 •

ddmack@anthc.com

ANTHC Statewide IGAP Workshop

November 8-io, 2022

In-person in Anchorage, AK

"Virtwal option will be available for those unabfe to join in-person

Online Registration
Coming Soon!

ra? Contact D«iira* Mack . a

Calendar of Events

October

4 FY 2023 Guidelines for Applying for Cleanup Grant Funding. 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time • https://www.epa.
gov/brownfields/multipurpose-assessment-rlf-and-cleanup-marc-grant-application-resources

4 Grants Outreach: Environmental Justice on the Go. 2:00 p.m. Alaska Time • Bethel, AK
CONTACT: Scott Schlief 206-553-4032 or email Schlief.scott@epa.gov

4, 7, and 10 Tribal Disaster Debris and Climate Resilience Planning. • 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time

https://docs.google.eom/forms/d/e/lFAIpQLSfuSSPLLBbX3rOblqOCKmjJAyTMpEwAKUnax4KS
vA_WDMEDHw/viewform

5 Clean School Bus Grants: Virtual Listening Session. • 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time

https://usepa.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_fg_iCJPWQ7emDhxUErKajw

5 Grants Outreach: Environmental Justice on the Go.

2:00 p.m. Alaska Time • Fairbanks, AK

CONTACT: Scott Schlief 206-553-4032 or email Schlief.scott@epa.gov

6 FY 2023 Guidelines for Applying for RLF Funding.

11:00 a.m. Pacific Time • https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/multipurpose-assessment-rlf-and-cleanup-
marc-grant-application-resources

7 Climate Change and Health: Session 1 - Reducing Exposures and Promoting Resilience.

10:00 a.m. Pacific Time • https://clu-in.org/conf/tio/SRPCCHl/

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Calendar of Events

13 Prince William Sound Area Contingency Planning Meeting. Valdez, AK or Virtual.

https://dec.alaska.gov/spar/ppr/contingency-plans/response-plans/prince-william-sound-area

18 Underground Injection Control Class VI Grant Program Tribal Consultation Informational Webinar and
Listening Session. 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time

https://www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_Yi9_aRZFTE6yA-BI3x8UBQ

18-20 Regions 9 and 10 Pollution Prevention Roundtable. Portland, OR

http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ejb3p9bj01b0a0e7&llr=99gsx7tab

18-20 Indoor Air Quality in Tribal Communities. Flagstaff, AZ.
http://www7.nau.edu/itep/main/training/training_air

18-20 Tribal Exchange Network Conference. Flagstaff, AZ and Online. • http://www.tribalexchangenetwork.org

20 Columbia River Basin Restoration Program Working Group. CONTACT: Mary Lou Soscia • 503-326-5873
or soscia.marylou@epa.gov

23-26 National Radon Training Event. Seattle, WA https://www.crcpdradon.org

25 Underground Injection Control Class VI Grant Program Tribal Consultation Informational Webinar and
Listening Session. 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time

https://www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_gU2essG-RxSDNm2EBMMDsg

26 Identifying Lead Service Lines in the Community. 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time
https://usepa.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_vgF87b2xRf6GIUrxi5L3MQ

November

1 Arctic and Western Alaska Contingency Planning Meeting. Anchorage, AK or Virtual. 1:00 p.m. Alaska
Time • https://dec.alaska.gov/spar/ppr/contingency-plans/response-plans/arctic-western-area

1-4 Reviewing Air Quality Permits. Milwaukee, Wl http://www7.nau.edu/itep/main/training/training_air

8-10 ANTHC GAP Grants Workshop. Anchorage, AK and Virtual. Contact: Desirae Mack 907-729-3496
ddmack@anthc.com

9 Federal Facilities Online Academy: Coordinating with Tribes at Federal Facilities. 10:00 a.m. Pacific
Time • https://clu-in.org/conf/tio/FFAcademylO/

9-10 Community Composting Programs on Tribal Lands. Maricopa, AZ
https://www.surveymonkey.eom/r/EPACompost • CONTACT: Jenny Stephenson at
stephenson.jenny@epa.gov or Deirdre Nurre at nurre.deirdre@epa.gov

15-17 Fundamentals of Air Monitoring. Las Vegas, NV http://www7.nau.edu/itep/main/training/training_air

29-30 ATNI Tribal Leaders Climate Change Summit. Airway Heights, WA
https://atnitribes.org/climatechange/ts/

30 Alaska Tribal Air Work Group Meeting. 10:00 a.m. Alaska Time • CONTACT: Andy Bessler at
andy.bessler@nau.edu • https://www.ntaatribalair.org/alaska-air-work-group

December

13 Local Environmental Observer Alaska Webinar. 2:00 p.m. Alaska Time

https://www.anthc.org/what-we-do/community-environment-and-health/leo-network

13-15 Air Sensors Technologies. Las Vegas, NV

http://www7.nau.edu/itep/main/training/training_air

Links to websites outside of EPA ore 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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Tribal Trust and Assistance
Branch Staff

Adam Baron, Manager	(206)553-6361

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

Sophie Manaster, Tribal Coordinator	(206) 553-1965

Catherine Vila, Grants Coordinator	(206) 553-1544

Cathy Villa, Tribal Coordinator	(907) 271-1270

Jim Zokan, Tribal Coordinator	(208) 378-5772

IDAHO, OREGON, and WASHINGTON

Kristine Carre, Tribal Coordinator	(503) 326-7024

Mahri Lowinger, Tribal Coordinator	(907) 271-6334

Michael Ortiz, Tribal Coordinator	(206) 553-6234

Lucas DuSablon, Tribal Coordinator	(206) 553-2987

Report Spills and Violations

In the event of an oil spill, release of hazardous materials, or accident that may
lead to an immediate threat to human health or the environment, please call 911.
Then, report it to EPA's National Response Center by calling 1-800-424-8802.

To report a possible environmental violation, submit information online to the EPA
at https://echo.epa.gov/report-environmental-violations .

Environmental
Violations

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