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2016 Tribal Lands & Environment Forum: A National Conversation on Tribal land and Water Resources
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Monday, Aug 15
Trainings:

8:00am Sessions

• 128(a) Tribal Response Program (Brownfields) 101
  
  
• Superfund Radiation Risk Assessment
  
  
• Eight Hour HAZWOPER Refresher Training - *Slides for this presentation were not provided
  
  
• Tribal Self-Governance through the Administration of Tribal Environmental Protection Programs: The Continuing Relevance of EPA’s 1984 Indian Policy and 1992 GAP Statute
  
  
• National Incident Management System (NIMS) and Incident Command System (ICS)
  
  • NIMS
    
    
  • ICS
  
  
  
• Water & Wastewater Utility Operation, Maintenance and Management
  
  • Intro Case Studies
    
    
  • Prov Potable Water
    
    
  • Distribution System
    
    
  • Storage Tanks
    
    
  • Wastewater Treatment Process
    
    
  • Sewer System O&M
    
    
  • Pump Station O&M
    
    
  • Lagoon Systems
    
    
  • Decentralized WWT
    
    
  • Advanced WWT
    
    
  • Math
    
    
  • Math Answers
    
    
  • Asset Management Inventory Exercise
    
    
  • Small Group Exercise
    
    
  • Water Exercise_Full Class
    
    
  • Water System Inset
    
    
  • Day 1_Exercises
  
  
  

10:00am Sessions

• Greening Tribal Facilities and Mohegan Sun Tour
  
  • Agenda
    
    
  • Introduction
    
    
  • Goal Setting
    
    
  • Energy Efficiency
    
    
  • Green Purchasing
    
    
  • Material Management
    
    
  • Community Based Social Marketing
    
    
  • Group Activity
    
    
  • Choctaw Nation Case Study: Tracy Horst
    
    • PowerPoint
      
      
    • Green Team Example Agenda
      
      
    • Recycling Cost Analysis
    
    
    
  • Community Based Social Marketing
    
    • Presentation
      
      
    • Case Study
      
      
    • Research Approach
      
      
    • Fact Sheet
      
      
    • Toolkit Instructions
      
      
    • Observation Checklist
      
      
    • Example Pledge Card
    
    
    
  • Extra Resources: Shannon Judd
    
    
  • Extra Resources: Julie Jurkowski
    
    
  • Sustainable Construction In Indian Country
    
    
  • Food to Farm_Mohegan Sun Article
    
    
  • Waterford Piggery Wants More of What’s Going into Region’s Garbage Cans_Mohegan Sun article
  
  
  

1:00pm Sessions

• Brownfields Tools to Engage Community and Assess Health Risks - *Slides for this presentation were not provided
  
  
• Hazardous Waste Program Inspections and Emergency Response

Tuesday, August 16: Trainings

8:00am Field Trip

• Pfizer Upjohn RCRA Site

8:00am Sessions

• EPA Exchange Network & E-Enterprise for the Environment: A Special Information Sharing Event
  
  • Water Quality and Cloud Database Solutions
    
    
  • Exchange Network-E-Exchange: A Tribal Perspective
    
    
  • E-Enterprise for the Environment
    
    
  • Overview of the Exchange Network
    
    
  • Facility Registry Service (FRS)
    
    
  • Tribal Water Quality Data Roadmap
  
  
  
• Training/Exercise on Response to Crude Oil by Rail Incidents
  
  • Course Introduction
    
    
  • Modules 3 & 4
    
    
  • Modules 1 & 2
    
    
  • Modules 5 & 6
    
    
  • Air Monitoring
    
    
  • Module 7
    
    
  • Galena
    
    
  • Exercise
    
    
  • Exercise Video
    
    
  • Brownville Derailment
  
  
  
• Best Management Approaches to Remediation
  
  • Part 1
    
    
  • Part 2
  
  
  
• Developing an EPA-Tribal Environmental Plans (ETEPs)- A Step by Step Blueprint and Strategic Planning for Tribal Environmental Programs
  
  • ETEP PowerPoint
    
    
  • ETEP Work Plan Template
    
    
  • Strategic Plan Template
    
    
  • Strategic Work Plan Template: Excel Form
  
  
  
• Communicating Water through Story, Presentation and Effective Messaging
  
  • Storytelling
    
    
  • Presentations
    
    
  • Messaging
  
  
  
• Water & Wastewater Utility Operation, Maintenance and Management (Day 2)
  
  • Utility Management
    
    
  • Asset Management
    
    
  • Rate Structure
    
    
  • Minimizing Costs
    
    
  • Exercise Forms
    
    
  • Asset Management Inventory Exercise
  
  
  

3:30pm - 5:00pm Sessions

• Oneida/Penobscot
  
  • Developing and Implementing Tribal Solid and Hazardous Waste Programs Under GAP
    
    • GAP_Allowable Unallowable Solid Waste Chart
      
      
    • GAP-Guidance: Section E
      
      
    • GAP Statute: Handout
      
      
    • RCRA
  
  
  
• Passamaquoddy/Brothertown
  
  • Phase I and II Site Assessments - *Slides for this presentation were not provided
  
  
  
• Schaghticoke
  
  • A Conversation with Senior Staff from USEPA Office of Land and Emergency Management - *Slides for this presentation were not provided
  
  
  
• Narragansett
  
  • An Orientation to the UST Program
    
    
  • UST Orientation Audio Clip
  
  
  
• Shinnecock/Nipmuk
  
  • Environmental Justice, Tribes and Indigenous Peoples
    
    
  • Climate Change on Tribal Lands: Approaches to Collaborative Adaptation
  
  
  
• Abenaki
  
  • The Penobscot River Restoration Project
    
    
  • Monitoring Water Quality and Benthic Macroinvertebrates Pre and Post Dam Removal
  
  
  
• Nehantic/Pequot
  
  • Tribal Infrastructure Task Force Meeting: Lessons Learned on Managing a Successful, Sustainable Water or Wastewater Utility
  
  
  

Wednesday, August 17

8:30am – 10:00am

• Oneida/Penobscot
  
  • Backhaul Successes from the North
    
    
  • Santa Ynez Chumash Zero Waste Initiatives
  
  
  
• Passamaquoddy/Brothertown
  
  • Developing Tribal Cleanup Standards
  
  
  
• Schaghticoke
  
  • Mining on Tribal Lands
  
  
  
• Narragansett
  
  • Office Hours with Carolyn Hoskinson - *Slides for this presentation were not provided
    
    
  • Upcoming UST Regulatory Deadlines
  
  
  
• Shinnecock/Nipmuk
  
  • Drones and their Use in Environmental Protection
    
    
  • How to Combine Tribal and Non-Tribal Resources during Disasters
  
  
  
• Abenaki
  
  • Management of Ogallala Aquifer on Rosebud Reservation
  
  
  
• Nehantic/Pequot
  
  • Establishing Tribal Water Quality Programs under EPAs Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (GAP)
    
    
  • A Discussion with the National Tribal Water Council and EPA Office of Water - *Slides for this presentation were not provided
  
  
  

1:30pm - 3:00pm Sessions

• Oneida/Penobscot
  
  • USEPA Sustainable Management of Food Program and the 2030 Food Loss and Waste Reduction Goals
    
    
  • Mohegan Tribe’s Waste Food Recycling Program
  
  
  
• Passamaquoddy/Brothertown
  
  • Office Hours for OBLR - *Slides for this presentation were not provided
    
    
  • Where’s the Money? Plus Tips and Tricks for Successful Grant Proposals
  
  
  
• Schaghticoke
  
  • Tribal Superfund Working Group Meeting - *Slides for this presentation were not provided
  
  
  
• Narragansett
  
  • Things to Watch For When Using a Commercial Insurance Policy As Your Financial Assurance Mechanism
  
  
  
• Shinnecock/Nipmuk
  
  • The Role of Science & Economics in Supporting Tribal Law
    
    
  • Enacting and Enforcing Tribal law to Restore Natural Resources
  
  
  
• Abenaki
  
  • Developing a Clean Water Act Section 106 Monitoring Program
    
    • Carey Pauquette, Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan
      
      
    • David Horak, USEPA Region 5
    
    
    
  • Developing Clean Water Act Section 106 Assessment Reports
  
  
  
• Nehantic/Pequot
  
  • Breaking New Ground on Wetland Monitoring and Assessment: Newly Released Results of the 2011 National Wetland Condition Assessment - *Slides for this presentation were not provided
    
    
  • Mannomin - Research, Restoration, and Protection
  
  
  

3:30pm – 5:00pm Sessions

• Oneida/Penobscot
  
  • Infrastructure Task Force on Solid Waste in Indian Country
    
    
    • Overview
      
      
    • Team 1
      
      
    • Team 2
      
      
    • Team 3
  
  
  
• Passamaquoddy/Brothertown
  
  • Prepare a Successful Site Specific Quality Assessment Project Plan Agenda (Phase II Work Plan)
  
  
  
• Schaghticoke
  
  • Grant Mining District, NM Legacy Uranium Mining
    
    
  • Navajo Abandoned Uranium Mines
    
    • Amanda Pease, USEPA Region 9 Superfund
      
      
    • Darlene Jenkins, Navajo nation Superfund
      
      
    • Vivian Craig, Navajo nation Superfund
  
  
  
• Narragansett
  
  • Emergency Spill response under OPA- A Tribal Perspective
    
    
  • Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council UST Site Vulnerability Study and Program Updates
    
    • Program Updates, Leonard Sabatino
      
      
    • Site Vulnerability Study, Jeffrey Lyon
  
  
  
• Shinnecock/Nipmuk
  
  • Applying the Tribal law in a Workshop Setting
    
    • Using the Park Service Resource Protection Act/System Unit and Resource Protection Act as a Model for Tribal Nation Damage Claims
      
      
    • Activity Map
      
      
    • Handout
      
      
    • Handout Factual Background
    
    
    
  • Tribal Restoration Projects That Will Withstand the Challenge of Climate Change
    
    • Projects that will Withstand Climate Change
      
      
    • Conclusion Questions
  
  
  
• Abenaki
  
  • Overview of Water Data Sharing Using WQX
    
    
  • Region 6 Water Quality Reporting Pilot
  
  
  
• Nehantic/Pequot
  
  • Protecting Tribal Reservation Waters through Proposed Federal Water Quality Standards
    
    
  • Clean Water Act Treatment in a Similar Manner as a State: New Developments and Opportunities
  
  
  

Thursday, August 18

8:30am-10:00pm Sessions

• Oneida/Penobscot
  
  • How To Prepare Now for the Future Of Tribal Solid Waste Program Funding for Cleanups
    
    • PowerPoint
      
      
    • Request to Fund Cleanup/Closure Activities under GAP For a Tribe Developing a Solid Waste Program
      
      
    • Request to Fund Cleanup/Closure Activities under GAP For a Tribe with an Established Solid Waste Program
  • New Mexico State Government RAID Grants for Solid Waste Projects
  
  
  
• Passamaquoddy/Brothertown
  
  • Outreach: Mohawk Style
    
    
  • Using Student Inters- Results Today, Investment for the Future
  
  
  
• Schaghticoke
  
  • Working with Tribes During Superfund Response
  
  
  
• Narragansett
  
  • Corrosion in Diesel Storage Tanks
    
    • Part 1
      
      
    • Part 2
  • Choctaw nation of OK Success with UST Regulatory Benefits
  
  
  
• Shinnecock/Nipmuk
  
  • Expediting the Federal Environmental Review Process in Indian Country
  
  
  
• Abenaki
  
  • Tribal Water Quality Standards Presentation
    
    • Dan Kusnierz, Penobscot Nation
      
      
    • Daugherty Johnson, Little Traverse Bay Band
      
      
    • Scott Bulgrin, Sandia Pueblo
  
  
  
• Nehantic/Pequot
  
  • PrivateWellClass.org- An Online Program for Educating Private Well owners
    
    
  • Drinking Water Utility Water Loss Prevention - *Slides for this presentation were not provided
  
  
  

10:30am-12:00pm Sessions

• Oneida/Penobscot
  
  • Managing and Transforming Waste Streams
    
    
  • Effectively Strategizing to Improve Solid Waste management in Santo Domingo Pueblo
  
  
  
• Passamaquoddy/Brothertown
  
  • Tribal Response and Oversight
    
    
  • Brownfield RFP/TRP Success Stories
  
  
  
• Schaghticoke
  
  • Soil Sampling and Decision Making Using incremental Sampling methodology
  
  
  
• Narragansett
  
  • PVIScreen: An Innovative Tool to Assess Petroleum Vapor Intrusion
    
    • Robin Davis, Utah Department of Environmental Quality, retired
      
      
    • Jim Weaver, USEPA
  
  
  
• Shinnecock/Nipmuk
  
  • Innovative Strategies and Tools to Increase Sustainable Behaviors
    
    
  • Solar Projects in Indian Country
  
  
  
• Abenaki
  
  • Understanding harmful Algal Blooms and their Potential Impacts
    
    
  • Muscogee (Creek) Nation: open Source Applications for Water Quality and Emergency Response
  
  
  
• Nehantic/Pequot
  
  • 10 Years at 10PPB Arsenic in Drinking Water - *Slides for this presentation were not provided
    
    
  • Protecting Tribal Homes and Infrastructure from the Ravages of Climate Change at Passamaquoddy Tribe (Pleasant Point Reservation)
  
  
  

1:30pm-3:00pm Sessions

• Oneida/Penobscot
  
  • Make Your Voice Count in the RCRA Decision-making Process
    
    
  • Are You Satisfied with Your Outreach Efforts
  
  
  
• Passamaquoddy/Brothertown
  
  • Using Brownfields to Assess Tribal Housing Problems
  
  
  
• Schaghticoke
  
  • Tribal Led Remediation At the tar Creek Superfund Site, Quapaw, Oklahoma
  
  
  
• Narragansett
  
  • LUST Sites: Protecting Ground Water Supplies
  
  
  
• Shinnecock/Nipmuk
  
  • Rebuilding an AWESOME Environmental Compliance Program on Akimel O’Odham Land
    
    
  • USEPA Guidance for Discussing Tribal Treaty Rights
  
  
  
• Abenaki
  
  • Idaho Tribal Fish Consumption Survey: Protecting High Fish Consumers through the Clean Water Act
    
    
  • Benefit of Sea-Run Alewives for Ecosystem Restoration and Food Fishery
  
  
  
• Nehantic/Pequot
  
  • Non-Point Source (NPS) Restoration Activities Following Catastrophic Wildfires on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation
    
    
  • Integrating the Protection of Healthy Waters in Tribal Clean Water Act Section 319 and Other Water Quality Programs
  
  
  

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For more information please contact:
Todd Barnell
Program Manager
928/523-3840
Todd.Barnell@nau.edu

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