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March 2022

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Top News

EPA Administrator Speaks at Alaska Forum on the Environment

The Alaska Forum on the Environment conference was held virtually last month. It
is the largest environmental conference held annually in Alaska, featuring technical
sessions and keynote speakers on topics such as climate change, emergency
response, solid waste and recycling — with specific sessions for tribes and rural
communities.

This year's conference featured a keynote address from EPA Administrator
Michael S. Regan. Administrator Regan was sworn in as the 16th Administrator of
EPA on March 11, 2021. Administrator Regan was joined by Alaska Native elder Pa-
AdministratorRegan tricia Cochran and Alaska Forum executive director Kurt Eilo for a discussion of EPA
policies, investments, actions and how they apply to Alaskans. Administrator Regan
also announced that the Alaska Forum, Inc. will be the recipient of a Brownfields Job Training Grant and
participated in a roundtable discussion on climate change and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

The EPA Region 10 Tribal Trust and Assistance Branch hosted sessions on the Indian Environmental
General Assistance Program, a grant program that helps tribes build capacity to manage their own
environmental protection programs. To learn more about the Alaska Forum on the Environment, check
out the Alaska Forum website.

Brownfields Job Training Grant Awarded to Alaska Forum

The Alaska Forum, Inc. will receive $200,000 in EPA Brownfields grant funding to help train and
place students in environmental jobs. Alaska Forum is among 19 organizations selected to receive
over $3 million in grants for job training programs across the country.

The Alaska Forum training program includes 90 hours of environmental skills instruction, including
40-hour HAZWOPER, basic firefighting, home fuel tank inspection, and hazardous materials safety
training. Students who complete the program will earn up to five state certifications and 23 federal
certifications. Alaska Forum is offering this training to unemployed, underemployed, and low-
income minority students across the state.

For more details, read the full news release. To learn more about EPA Brownfields Job Training
grants and other Brownfields funding, check out EPA's Brownfields Job Training (JT) Grants website.

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Co-Production of Knowledge Project to Collect Landf II
Contaminant Information n Alaska

investigating landfills for contaminant risks has been a long-standing concern by tribes in rural
Alaska, To address these concerns, an EPA team is collaborating with communities in a tribally-
driven research project as part of EPA's Regional Sustainability and Environmental Sciences
Research Program.

The project builds on an EPA preliminary Regional Applied Research Effort project study
completed in 2012: Fate and Effects of Leachate Contamination on Alaska's Tribal Drinking
Water Sources. The RARE study was the first effort to investigate connections between rural
Alaskan landfills and surface water, while applying a community-based participatory research
model.

This project, Assessing the Health Risks from Soil. Sediment, and Water Contamination
Related to Disposal Sites Near Alaskan Federally Recognized Tribes wili use a co-production of
knowledge approach to assess our collective current knowledge, using both tribal and western
science to develop conceptual models and environmental sampling. The approach is value-
driven and built on the principle that those who are affected by a service are best placed to
help design it. Tribal partners provide input at all stages, receive training, and participate in
data collection and analysis.

Landfills in rural Alaska often contain mixed wastes including household hazardous waste
and increasing amounts of electronic waste such as computers. Few landfills are lined, and
permafrost often functions as a liner which prevents contaminants from entering local waters
and soils.

As the climate changes, this permafrost liner may be thawing to allow contaminants to move
in the environment. The project's environmental sampling will allow better understanding of
the impacts of environmental changes such as thawing permafrost on waste management.

We welcome self-nominations to join this project and as we want to build a relationship with
tribes as research partners. For more information, contact Anita Moore-Nail by email to

moorenall.anita@epa.gov and please copy Michelle Davis at davis.michelle@epa.gov.

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The National Radon
Action Plan 2021-2025

Eliminating Preventable Lung Cancer From Radon
in the United States by Expanding Protections for
Alt Communities and Buildings

New Trash-Free Waters
Tribal Program Handbook

The Region 8 Trash Free Waters Tribal Program Handbook
is designed to assist tribal governments, indigenous
communities, and other relevant stakeholders to develop
and implement projects that reduce trash in waterways on
tribal lands.

The handbook contains basic information on project
design, implementation, and funding to serve as a starting
point in taking action to reduce escaped trash. Information
in the handbook related to project development and
funding opportunities may also be helpful to all tribes and
communities.

National Radon Action Plan to Eliminate Preventable
Lung Cancer Deaths from Radon

Fourteen organizations representing the federal government,
states, tribes, industry, and non-profit sectors have announced a
new plan to protect public health and reduce the risks of radon,

The National Radon Action Plan (NRAP) 2021-2025. The NRAP is a
public-private partnership led by the EPA and the American Lung
Association with a shared goal of preventing 3,500 deaths annually
from radon-induced lung cancer.

The plan revolves around actions that will save lives by fixing
existing buildings, constructing new buildings with radon-resistant
features, and expand the certified, professional radon workforce,
it also spotlights addressing radon as a health equity challenge
and prioritizes new strategies to reduce radon risk in underserved
communities, particularly those of low-income and communities
of color.

Radon is a radioactive gas that can seep up from the ground into homes, schools, and other
buildings. Since radon is invisible and odorless, dangerous levels can exist indoors without
occupants knowing. Testing is the only way to determine the indoor radon level in a building.
To learn more about radon and resources for individuals and families, check out EPA's
Radon website.

Annual State Indoor Radon Grant Activities Report Features

Nez Perce and Alaska Projects

State and tribal radon programs are critical to the agency's national goal of minimizing and
preventing radon-related lung cancer. States and tribes are eligible to receive grant funds
from EPA through the State Indoor Radon Grant Program to help finance risk reduction and
outreach activities.

EPA's Indoor Environments Division recently published its 2021 State Indoor Radon Grant
Program Activities Report. The report spotlights successful approaches for reducing radon risk,
that states and tribes are undertaking. Tribal programs in Region 10 were highlighted for their
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Annual State Indoor Radon Grant Activities Report Features

Nez Perce and Alaska Projects

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The Nez Perce Tribe's Radori Program iri idaho is
showcased, particularly their work sharing radori
education and resources with the staff and healthcare
professionals at the tribe's Nimiipuu Health Clinic.

The Alaska Radon Program and the Institute for Tribal
Environmental Professionals at Northern Arizona
University collaborated on a radon education video
targeting rural Alaskan communities. In most states
radon tests are easy to find and quickly mail to a lab for
evaluation, but the additional time it can take to mail a
test kit from rural Alaska could invalidate the results. Many communities in Alaska have
responded to this challenge by conducting radon testing programs successfully with the
support of partners in the state. The video also provides new options for education and
increased testing.

Alaska tribes are encouraged to contact the following programs for support in choosing
viable test kits and developing a community testing program.

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DID YOU KNOW? a IN 5 IDAHO HOMES TEST HIGH FOR
RADON. A RADIOACTIVE GAS. TEST YOUR HOME TO
PROTECT YOUR FAMILY.

V' FREE radon tests at idahdradon.org

V MORE INFO AT AIRQUALITYPNEZPERCE.ORG

Alaska Radon Program Hotline: Call 800-478-8324 or email Art Nash at

alnashjr@alaska.edu

Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals: Email Mansel Nelson at

Mansel. Nelson@nau.edu

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Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium's Air and Healthy Homes Program: Email

Oxcenia O'Domin at orodomin@anthc.org

Details about these projects and others are available on EPA's State Indoor Radon Grants
(SIRG) Program and Resources website.

Alaska Tribal Air Workgroup Transitions to
National Tribal Air Association Workgroup

The Alaska Tribai Air Workgroup has been working for over a
decade, originally as a small group of tribal representatives
interested in air quality. The group has grown to over 200
invitees over the years, continuing to meet regularly under the
leadership of elected National Tribal Air Association Alaska
representatives, with logistics support from EPA Region 10, the Alaska Native Tribal Health
Consortium, and state partners. The workgroup coordinates on priority air quality and climate
change concerns, provides an opportunity for tribes to share with each other, and provides
training and presentations on critical air topics.

In 2021, Rose Kalistook with the Association of Village Council Presidents and Shannon Isaacs
with the Craig Tribal Association were elected as primary and alternate representatives and
established the workgroup as an official NTAA workgroup with approval by the full NTAA
Executive Committee. The Alaska Tribal Air Work Group will continue to provide the benefits of
additional logistics support, regular news updates, and an opportunity to elevate Alaska Tribal
air issues to the national, state and regional level.

Join the next NTAA Alaska Air Work Group call on March 30 at 10:00 a.m. Alaska Time. To join
the email list for invitations to the bimonthly workgroup meetings, send an email to

Andy Bessler at andy.bessler@nau.edu.

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Nisqualiy Tribe and Partner Organizations Receive Nations
Award for Innovative Watershed Collaboration

EPA presented the 2021 George F. Ames Performance
and Innovation in the SRF Creating Environmental
Success (PISCES) Award for Excellence in Community
Engagement to the Nisqualiy Indian Tribe. The tribe
created an innovative partnership with funding from the
Clean Water State Revolving Fund program to acquire
and manage lands to protect the Mashel River, the
main tributary to the Nisqualiy River, near Mt. Rainier
in Washington. The project will improve water quality
and quantity in the Mashel River watershed, protect
surrounding shoreline and timberlands, and benefit
steelhead and chinook salmon.

The SRFs are EPA-state Clean Water Act funding partnerships that provide communities with
a permanent, independent source of low-cost financing for a wide range of water quality
and drinking water infrastructure projects. EPA's PISCES program celebrates excellence and
innovation demonstrated by Clean Water SRF programs and funding recipients. Learn more
about this year's winners in the 2021 PISCES Compendium.

Columbia River Water Quality Monitoring Success Story

EPA's Columbia River Basin Restoration Funding Assistance
Program website features past grant recipients and award
summaries from the 2020 inaugural round of Clean Water Act
Section 123 Columbia River Basin Restoration Program grants.

Among these success stories on the website is the Columbia
River Main Stem Fish Tissue arid Water Quality Monitoring
Framework.

EPA awarded funding to the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, who
partnered with the U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, and
Washington Department of Ecology to develop a fish tissue and water quality monitoring
framework to track the status and trends of toxics in the Columbia River. To learn about the
project's accomplishments and what's next - check out the success stor at
https://go.usa.gov/xzBQj.

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The Nisqualiy Tribe and its partners, Nisqualiy Land
Trust, Nisqualiy Community Forest, and Nisqualiy
River Council are using a SRF loan to acquire land for
permanent ecological forestry management in the
Mashel River watershed. The tribe and its partners are
working collaboratively with the Washington Department of Ecology to purchase and manage
properties, pooling their expertise and funding sources. So far, the project has acquired
about 4,000 acres managed by the Nisqualiy Community Forest. The project's watershed-
based landscape approach uses a new model by EPA's Office of Research and Development,
Visualizing Ecosystems for Land Management Assessment (VELMA), to identify best forest
management practices for protecting water quality and restoring degraded stream habitat.

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Quileute Tribe Water Quality Monitoring Story Map

Since time immemorial, the Quileute people have lived along what is now Washington's Pacific
coast. Today, the Quileute Reservation covers 2,172 acres surrounding the last mile of the
Quillayute River before it flows into the Pacific Ocean. Salmon and shellfish are a top priority
to monitor and remain essential to the Quileute Tribe's economy and culture.

The Quileute Tribe is gathering and using data on stream sediment,
temperature, and dissolved oxygen to answer critical questions and
take actions to protect water quality in the Quillayute River. What
are the baseline conditions? Are the temperatures putting salmon
at risk? Quileute Tribe's monitoring program is described in EPA's
new Quileute Tribe Water Monitoring Program - Story Map.

For the Quileute Tribe, data to action is the key to protect, restore, and enhance the current
conditions while combating climate change and various land uses. With sediment data, water
quantity gages, bug data, and imagery - the Quileute Tribe has the tools to detect trends and
act on critical decisions. This project is funded by the EPA Region 10 Clean Water Act Section
106 Water Quality Tribal Program.

To learn more about the Quileute Tribe's water quality monitoring efforts and the story map,
check out EPA's Quileute Tribe Water Monitoring Program website, or call Nicole Rasmussen
at 360-640-8042 or email nicole.rasmussen@quileutenation.org.

Grant Recipient and Applicant Updates
UsingLogin.gov 0LOGIN.GOV

EPA grant recipients and applicants are now required to use the Login.gov website in order
to sign in to Grants.gov accounts. This new requirement will improve user security and help
comply with Executive Order 14028, Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity.

Login.gov is a free, secure, sign in service used by the public to sign in to participating federal
government systems. Participants can use the same user name and password to access any
agency that partners with Login.gov. This streamlines processes and eliminates the need to
remember multiple user names and passwords. The System for Award Management, SAM.gov,
has used Login.gov since June 2018.

The Grants.gov website includes instructions for how to link your Login.gov account to your
Grants.gov account. Details on the required use of Login.gov are available on EPA's
Required Use of Login.gov to Sign in to Grants.gov website.

DUNS/UEI Transition

EPA began the government-wide transition from using DUNS as a Unique Entity Identifier
created in SAM.gov. As explained in the U.S. General Services Administration's Unique Entity
Identifier Update, beginning in April 2022, DUNS numbers will no longer be used as a UEI and
only the SAM.gov created UEI will be accepted. In the coming weeks, EPA will begin using
UEI compatible grant application packages. When using a UEI compatible grant application
package, applicants must use their SAM.gov generated UEI.

Details about this transition are available on EPA's Status of EPA Implementation of
Government-wide DUNS/UEI Transition and on the SAM.gov DUNS to Unique Entity ID (SAM)
Transition website.

If you have questions about either of these Recipient/Applicant Information Notices, you can
either send an email to EPA_Grants_lnfo@epa.gov or contact your project officer.

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RTOC

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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.

Summary of Town Hall Meetings with Region 10 Tribes

The Region 10 RTOC conducted several Town Hall meetings with tribes in EPA's Region 10. The
RTOC is grateful to the individuals who attended for providing insight on their priorities and
environmental concerns across this vast region. These priorities will help guide RTOC meet-
ing agendas. As always, the RTOC welcomes continued and ongoing input from our tribes. If
you have priorities to add, or wish to support any, email or call any RTOC representative or the
RTOC Executive Director. To see meeting summaries, please visit the Region 10 RTOC website.

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, RTOC Administrator • randi@regionl0rto4c.net

Tribal Consultation

A full list of consultation opportunities is available in

EPA's Tribal Consultation Opportunities Tracking System

Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the
Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category

END DATE; March 29.

EPA is initiating consultation and coordination with federally recognized tribes on Effluent
Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source
Category (the Steam Electric EL.G). The Steam Electric ELG regulations cover wastewater
discharges from power plants.

The current rulemaking specifically focusses on wastewaters generated by coal-fired power
plants. These limitations on the discharge of pollutants will subsequently be incorporated
into National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits, potentially reducing pollutant
discharges into waters of the United States.

On July 26, 2021, EPA announced its decision to undertake a rulemaking in which the Agency
will determine whether more stringent limitations and standards for coal-fired power plants

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Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the
Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category

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are appropriate and consistent with the technology-forcing statutory scheme and the goals of
the Clean Water Act. Additional information on the Steam Electric ELG can be found on EPA's
Steam Electric Power Generating Effluent Guidelines website.

CONTACT: Richard Benware • 202-566-1369 • benware.richard@epa.gov

National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Per- and

Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

END DATE: April 16.

EPA is initiating consultation and coordination with federally recognized tribes to obtain input
on the Agency's forthcoming proposed National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR)
for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), including perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS)
and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), in accordance with the requirements of the Safe Drinking
Water Act (SDWA) and other applicable statutes. EPA is developing a proposed PFAS NPDWR
to improve public health protection by reducing drinking water exposure for PFOA, PFOS, and
potentially other PFAS.

PFAS are a group of synthetic chemicals that have been manufactured and used by many
different types of industries since the 1940s. Current scientific research indicates that exposure
to PFAS chemicals at certain levels may result in adverse health effects, including prenatal
and postnatal development, cancer, liver effects, immune effects, and other effects (e.g.,
cholesterol changes).

Details about this opportunity are available on EPA's Tribal Consultation Promotion Page.

Additional background information can be found on EPA's Safe Drinking Water Act Per- and
Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) website.

EPA plans to hold a tribal webinar to provide background information and answer questions.

There will also be time for tribal representatives to provide input to the agency during the
meeting. Register for the webinar on March 8 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

CONTACT: Ashley Greene • 202-566-1738 • greene.ashley@epa.gov

Proposed Revisions to the Drinking Water Infrastructure
Grant Tribal Set-Aside Allocation Formula

END DATE: May 2.

EPA is initiating consultation and coordination with federally recognized tribes to inform
potential revisions to the Drinking Water Infrastructure Grant Tribal Set-Aside (DWIG-TSA)
allocation formula. The allocation formula is used to determine how DWIG-TSA funds are
distributed among the EPA's Regions with federally recognized tribes. These funds are then
distributed to eligible tribal drinking water infrastructure projects within each Region.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law invests an unprecedented nationwide total of $50 billion
investment to address disproportionate environmental burdens in historically underserved
communities across the country. EPA is reviewing the DWIG-TSA allocation formula to
ensure that there is an equitable distribution of funds to areas of greatest drinking water
infrastructure needs, taking into consideration new data sources and the institutional
knowledge gained in the over two decades since the DWIG-TSA program's inception.

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Proposed Revisions to the Drinking Water Infrastructure
Grant Tribal Set-Aside Allocation Formula

Continued

Details about this opportunity are available on EPA's Tribal Consultation Promotion Page.

EPA plans to hold a tribal webinar and listening session. Register for the webinar on March 10
at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

CONTACT: Deborah Vacs Renwick • 202-564-5248 • vacsrenwick.deborah@epa.gov

Grants

Enhanced Air Quality Monitoring for Communities

APPLICATIONS DUE: March 25.

EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning & Standards is soliciting applications from eligible entities
to conduct ambient air monitoring of pollutants of greatest concern in communities with
environmental and health outcome disparities stemming from pollution and the COVID-19
pandemic.

EPA will award funds to support community and local efforts to monitor their own air quality
and to promote air quality monitoring partnerships between communities and tribal, state,
and local governments. The grants will be focused on collecting information that addresses air
pollution problems identified by communities and effective partnerships.

EPA anticipates awarding a total of 50-70 grants or cooperative agreements. Approximately $2
million of the total amount will be awarded to tribal governments under a tribal government
set-aside, and approximately $2 million will be awarded to eligible community-based
organizations under a community-based organization set-aside. Details are available on EPA's
Enhanced Air Quality Monitoring Funding under the ARP website.

Drivers and Environmental Impacts of
Energy Transitions in Underserved Communities

APPLICATIONS DUE: April 28.

EPA, as part of its Science to Achieve Results program, is seeking applications proposing
community-engaged research that will address the drivers and environmental impacts of
energy transitions in underserved communities.

Rapid large-scale transformations of energy and transportation systems to low-carbon,
renewable, and energy efficient sources and technologies are essential to avoiding the
most severe impacts of climate change. These energy transitions provide challenges
and opportunities to improve environmental and public health in ways that also reduce
the inequities prevalent in the current energy and transportation systems, such as the
disproportionate impact of environmental hazards on minority and low-income populations.

Public and private nonprofit institutions/organizations, public and private institutions of higher
education, and hospitals located in the U.S. and its territories or possessions; state and local
governments; federally recognized tribal governments; and U.S. territories or possessions are
eligible to apply.

It is anticipated that a total of approximately $10 million will be awarded. EPA anticipates
funding approximately 11 (6 regular and 5 early career) awards. Details are available on EPA's
Research Grants website.

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Two Pollution Prevention Grants

Pollution Prevention Grant Program (epa-hq-oppt-2022-ooi)

APPLICATIONS DUE: April 11.

EPA is announcing a grant competition to fund two-year Pollution Prevention assistance
agreements for projects that provide technical assistance (e.g., information, training, tools)
to businesses to help them develop and adopt source reduction practices - also known as
"pollution prevention" or "P2". P2 means reducing or eliminating pollutants from entering
any waste stream or otherwise being released into the environment prior to recycling,
treatment, or disposal.

Eligible entities include states, state entities (colleges and universities recognized as
instrumentalities of the state), the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the U.S., and federally
recognized tribes and intertribal consortia.

EPA anticipates issuing up to 20 awards. Individual grant awards could be up to $800,000 for
the two-year funding period or $400,000 funded per year. Cost share/match requirement
is fifty percent. Federally recognized tribes and intertribal consortia that receive a P2 grant
award and place the approved workplan into a performance partnership agreement will
have their cost share/match requirement reduced from fifty percent to zero.

Note that there is a special National Emphasis Area for Tribes as part of this opportunity.
NEA #6: Supporting Pollution Prevention in Indian Country, available only to federally
recognized tribes and intertribal consortia to carry out P2 technical assistance and projects
with businesses in Indian country.

Details about P2 grant opportunities are available on EPA's Grant Programs for Pollution
Prevention website or on Grants.gov under EPA-HQ-OPPT-2022-001.

Pollution Prevention Grant Program Funded by the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law (epa-i-ocspp-oppt-fy2022-ooi)

APPLICATIONS DUE: April 11.

Through funds provided by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA anticipates awarding
approximately $13.9 million in total federal pollution prevention grant funding to support up
to 50, two-year P2 grant agreements. Grants will be fully funded at the initial award with a
maximum individual award ceiling of $350,000. There is no cost share/match requirement.
Assistance agreements are ineligible for inclusion into performance partnership grant
agreements.

Details about these P2 grant opportunities are available on EPA's Grant Programs for
Pollution Prevention website or on Grants.gov under EPA-I-OCSPP-OPPT-FY2022-001.

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A P2 grants webinar for tribal applicants will be held March 10 at 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time.
Register on the EPA P2 Grants for Tribes Webinar Registration website.

CONTACT: Kat Compton • Compton.kathleen@epa.gov.

March 2022

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.

Landfill Equipment O&M Training

March 23, Virtual

This Zender Environmental Health & Research Group training focuses on small landfill
equipment such as bobcats, balers, glass crushers, and other recycling equipment. It will train
operators on how to keep a piece of equipment running for 30 years to increase program
sustainability and maintain the equipment workspace, facility, and ensure proper storage.
Details and registration are available on the Zender Environmental website.

CONTACT: April McCoy • 907-277-2111 • amccoy@zendergroup.org

7 Generations Training

April 26-29, Virtual

Communities in rural Alaska are faced with many unique and complex environmental
issues. The 7 Generations training provided by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
is an interactive workshop that introduces participants to a community-based approach for
developing local environmental plans. The training also introduces the basics of common
environmental issues that can affect health such as drinking water, wastewater, solid waste,
fuel storage, air, energy and climate, etc. Details are available on ANTHC's
Capacity & Training website.

Tribal Pesticide Inspector Residential Training:

Tribal Risk Assessments, Pollinator Protection,
and Worker Protection Standards

May 17-19, Tulsa, OK

The Tribal Risk Assessments, Pollinator Protection, and Worker Protection Standards, Pesticide
Inspector Residential Training (PIRT) is hosted by the Muscogee Creek Nation, Office of
Environmental Services in conjunction with EPA.

The course will focus on current tribal pesticide use concerns like pesticide risk assessment,
pollinator protection, and WPS. The training will also include sessions designed to help with
label interpretation, direct implementation and pesticide program development, as well as
updates from EPA and a field trip to a local tribal butterfly farm.

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Tribal Pesticide Inspector Residential Training:
Tribal Risk Assessments, Pollinator Protection,
and Worker Protection Standards

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Attendees should come away from this course with a greater understanding of a variety of
different pesticide related issues concerning Indian Country.

This program is fully funded for selected tribes, states, and territories through a grant
provided by EPA. Airfare and lodging expenditures, and group meals will be paid directly by
the Muscogee Creek Nation, Office of Environmental Services. Supervisors must complete
the Tribal PIRT 2022 nomination form for their inspector. Preference for attendance will
go to tribes with EPA cooperative agreements, followed by tribes without EPA cooperative

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Calendar of Events

March

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Tribal Informational Webinar and Listening Session #2: Repeat: Potential Revisions to
the DWIG-TSA Regional Allocation Formula. 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time

https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJltc--vqDsiHmlv2Gr5FeSVXBzjMR9-exE

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding in EPA Brownfield Grants: Revolving Loan Fund
Grant Listening Session. 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time
https://usepa.zoomgov.eom/j/1604426220

National Environmental Justice Community Engagement Call.

11:00 a.m. Pacific Time • https://bit.ly/3hLrBmV

LEO Network Alaska Webinar. 2:00 p.m. Alaska Time • https://bit.ly/3MtYMtc

Advancing Considerations of Traditional Knowledge into Federal Decision Making.

11:30 a.m. Pacific Time

https://usepa.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_Pr8NnTJ0QhSwWHAf74glmA

Landfill Equipment O&M Training

https://zendergroup.org/what-we-do/training

Alaska Tribal Air Workgroup Meeting. 10:00 a.m. Alaska Time
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/827808797

April

Public Meetings on Environmental Justice Considerations Related to Drinking Water
Regulation for PFAS. 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time • https://bit.ly/3CjZa9d

ANTHC GAP Networking Webinar. 1:00 p.m. Alaska Time • https://bit.ly/3zeOAxt

26-28

Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference • https://salishseaconference.com/

26-29

7 Generations Training • https://bit.ly/3zeOAxt

May

2-4

National Tribal Forum on Air Quality

http://www7.nau.edu/itep/main/Conferences/confr_ntf

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Tribal Pesticide Inspector Residential Training: Tribal Risk Assessments, Pollinator
Protection, and Worker Protection Standards. Tulsa, OK
https://go.usa.gov/xzBkk

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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Region 10
Tribal Newsletter

March 2022
Vol. 31 No. 3

4>EPA

United States
Environmental Protection
Agency

Region 10 Tribal Program

1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 155, Mail Stop 12-D12
Seattle, WA 98101-3144

Got News?

Got News? Please send submission ideas to
^ R10TribalNewsletter@epa.gov

For Tribal Solid
and Hazardous Waste
Technical Assistance

ALASKA: Jim Penor • 907-500-4963

IDAHO, OREGON, WASHINGTON:

Rick McMonagle • 503-326-6363

Helpful Links

R10 Tribal Programs:

http://go.usa.gov/xkdMv

Smoke Communications and burn bans on
NW Reservations under Federal Air Rules
for Reservations (FARR)

https://bit.ly/EPA-FARR

EPA on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/EPARegionlO

Follow us @EPAnorthwest on Twitter!

https://twitter.com/EPAnorthwest

Tribal Trust and Assistance
Branch Staff

Adam Baron, Manager	(206)553-6361

ALASKA

Tia Allen, Tribal Coordinator	(206) 553-1815

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

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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.

Environmental

To report a possible environmental violation, submit information online to the EPA

(violations)

at https://echo.epa.gov/report-environmental-violations.



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