Welcome to the website of the Tribal Waste and Response Steering Committee (TWAR SC). The TWAR SC is an official Tribal Partnership Group that strives to communicate the concerns and perspectives of Tribal professionals engaged in the fields of Solid Waste, Emergency Response, Superfund, Underground Storage Tanks, Brownfields, and other contaminated sites to US EPA staff. As part of this work the TWAR SC develops, on an annual basis, a Priorities Document. The purpose of this document is to communicate the evolving needs and priorities of Native American and Alaskan Native village. This document is shared with US EPA’s Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM), the National Tribal Caucus, other EPA Partnership Groups, and the environmental community to use for discussion and transformation of environmental policy and programmatic change. The TWAR SC also meets annually with the leadership of US EPA’s OLEM to discuss the Priorities Document and other issues of importance to tribal professionals.

Members of the TWAR SC also provide their input on other environmental issues that come up from time to time and work collaboratively with the National Tribal Superfund Working Group and their Advisory Committee to assist with the advocacy that is needed within that specific arena.

Finally, the TWAR SC assists ITEP with the planning and coordination of the Tribal Lands Environmental Forum (TLEF), a national conversation on Tribal land and water resources.

Thank you for visiting our website and we look forward to working with you!