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***All recordings, PowerPoint presentations, and resources presented during the 2020 TLEF:VG may be accessed at ITEP’s Tribal Lands and Environment Forum: Virtual Gathering 2020 media channel. You may search for presentations, topics, and/or presenters by typing your inquiry into the “Search this channel” field.***

2020 Tribal Lands & Environment Forum: Virtual Gathering

Please note that all links listed below will take you directly to the NAU Media Space page for that session. On that page, you will be able to play a recording of the presentation as well as access the slides or additional materials provided by the presenter(s).

MONDAY, AUGUST 17:
Opening Plenary

Cultural Event

• Live/Webinar Based Sessions
  • Prairie Island Virtual Garden & Compost Tour - Leya Charles and Nicole Staudt, Prairie Island Indian Community
  
  
  • Late Start. Strong Finish. How a New Process and Weekly Huddles Helped one Team Award 110 Grants in Record Time - Jeremy Bauer, USEPA Region 9
  
  
  • Bring Your Program Online – Everything You Need to Know to Create a Website to Help with Compliance and Community Outreach During the Pandemic and Beyond - Jill Grant, Mary Clemmensen, and Sue Burnham, Jill Grant & Associates
  
  

TUESDAY, AUGUST 18:

• Live/Webinar Based Sessions
  • Got Worms? - Page Hingst, Santee Sioux Nation and Carol Fletcher, Organized Village of Kaasan
  
  
  • Intro to Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) - Becky MacEwen and Emily Joseph, USDOI
  
  
  • Meaningful Involvement in Tribal Environmental Programs – Building EJ Capacity – Implementing Principles of EPA’s Tribal and Indigenous EJ Policy - Danny Gogal, USEPA Hdqt, Jean Belille and Greg Davis, USEPA R8
  
  
  • General Outreach Tips & Tricks for Environmental Programs - Heidi Brow and Alexis Wallick, Pala Band of Mission Indians
  
  
  • UST Panel Discussion: Compliance Issues in Indian Country (USEPA OUST, USEPA OECA, and USTTraining - moderated by Vickie Flowers, Oneida Nation)
  
  
  • FEMA and Tribal Nations: Building Capacity and Resilience and Introduction to EPA Planning for Natural Disaster Debris Guidance - Nicholas Bruscato, FEMA and Charles RedDoor, USEPA
  
  
  • Hazardous Waste Reduction Opportunities in Tribal Communities - Les Benedict, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
  
  
  • An overview of Emergency Planning, Release Reporting, and Community Right-to-Know Reporting of Hazardous Chemicals under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) - Sicy Jacob, USEPA Hdqt
  
  
  • Building Capacity to Safeguard Tribal Heath and Wellbeing in the Face of Climate Change - Angela Hacker, Prosper Sustainability, Shasta Gaughen, Pala Band of Mission Indians
  
  

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19:

• Live/Webinar Based Sessions
  • Solid Waste Code Writing for Tribal Environmental Professionals - Annie Perry, Snowpony Consulting PLLC
  
  
  • Addressing Radiation at Superfund Sites - Stuart Walker, USEPA
  
  
  • Brownfields Redevelopment from Assessment to Cleanup - Maggie Egbarts, KSU Tribal TAB, Melissa Devincenzi, USEPA R8, Rosita Clark, USEPA R5, Jason Helgeson, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
  
  
  • EPA-Tribal Environmental Plans: A Live Dialogue on ETEPs from Coast-to-Coast
  
  
  • The Coeur d'Alene Tribe's 'Call to Action' on why EPA deferred a remedy for Coeur d'Alene Lake - Rebecca Stevens, Coeur d'Alene
  
  
  • Re-Purposing Contaminated Lands for Renewable Energy - Ankita Mandelia, USEPA and Gail Mosey; MacCourt
  
  

THURSDAY, AUGUST 20:

• Live/Webinar Based Sessions
  • The Food Sovereignty Efforts of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community; the Garden and Compost Cycle. A Virtual Tour. - Alex Brauer and Kellie Zahn, Stockbridge-Munsee Community
  
  
  • Superfund Remediation at Tar Creek - Summer King, Quapaw Nation
  
  
  • Partnerships to Assess, Clean and Redevelop Contaminated Tribal Housing - Ray Reed and Ray Parisian Jr., Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, Maria Danz, HUD, Art Carmona, Spirit Lake Tribe
  
  

Closing Plenary

WEEK TWO: TRAINING SESSIONS

MONDAY, AUGUST 24:

• Indigenous Planning, Community Assets, and Brownfields: Catalyzing Positive Transformation – KSU Tribal TAB

TUESDAY, AUGUST 25:

• Developing and Enforcing Tribal Laws to Protect the Reservation Homeland: An Interactive Training Seminar - Ogden Murphy Wallace P.L.L.C.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26 - 27:

• Environmental Health and Land Reuse Certificate Program Training – 2 Day Training Presented by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)

ON DEMAND SESSION (by Media)

BROWNSFIELDS

• Energizer Buddies: Renewable Energy Primer - Lisa Castilone, GRID Alternatives, David Messier, Tanana Chiefs Conference, Ignacio Dayrit, Center for Creative Land Recycling, and Douglas MacCourt, Red Sovereign Resources LLC
  
  
  • Part I
  • Part II
  
  

• Partnership-building and Visioning Exercises - Dr. Ted Jojola and Michaela Paulette Shirley, University of New Mexico, Ignacio Dayrit, Center for Creative Land Recycling, and Scott Nightingale, Kansas State University
  
  
  • Part I
  • Part II
  
  

EMERGENCY RESPONSE

• Energizer Buddies: Renewable Energy Primer - Lisa Castilone, GRID Alternatives, David Messier, Tanana Chiefs Conference, Ignacio Dayrit, Center for Creative Land Recycling, and Douglas MacCourt, Red Sovereign Resources LLC
  
  
  • An Overview of Emergency Planning, Release Reporting, and Community Right-to-Know Reporting of Hazardous Chemicals Under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) - Sicy Jacob, US EPA - HQ (Office of Emergency Management)
  
  
  • EPA Office of Emergency Management Program Update – EPA Regulatory and Policy Perspective on Tribal Engagement - William (Nick) Nichols, US Environmental Protection Agency
  
  
  • National Incident Management System (NIMS-ICS/Unified Command) short course - William (Nick) Nichols, US Environmental Protection Agency
  
  
  • Emerging Risks Response Awareness Training: Local Emergency Planning Committee/Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act - William (Nick) Nichols, US Environmental Protection Agency
  
  
  • SPCC Overview and Inspection Findings - Mark Howard, US Environmental Protection Agency
  
  
  • Tracking Chemical Releases to Tribal Lands through EPA’s Improved Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Tools - Shelley Fudge, US Environmental Protection Agency
  
  

MULTI MEDIA

• Tribal Environmental Self Governance and the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (GAP) - Luke Jones and Lisa Berrios, US Environmental Protection Agency
  
  
• Environmental Justice & Source Water Protection on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Reservation - Virginia LeClere, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
  
  
• Facts About QAPPs (FAQs) - Katherine Chalfant and Connie Thoma, US Environmental Protection Agency and Melinda Ronca-Battista, Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals
  
  
• 1 – QA Intro and Overview of Tools and Courses


• 2 – QA Fundamentals Overview


• 3 – Accessing ITEP Online


• 4 – QREST QA Features


• Evaluating, Planning, and Implementing Tribal Microgrid Projects - Joshua Simmons, Prosper Sustainability
  
  
• The Restoration Partnership A Clean, Healthy, and Diverse Coeur d'Alene Basin Ecosystem - Natalie McDonald, Coeur d’Alene Tribe
  

SOLID WASTE

• A Recycling Tour in SE Oklahoma
  
  
• Infrastructure Task Force Work Team 1 Report: Overcoming Barriers to Sustainable Waste Management in Tribal Communities - Kim Katonica, US Environmental Protection Agency and Rob Roy, La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indian
  
  
• Hazardous Waste Management Grant Program for Tribes – Grant Writing Tips and So Much More - Denise Roy and Tonya Barnett, US Environmental Protection Agency and Kami Snowden, Tribal Solid Waste Advisory Network
  
  
• Open Dumps, Sanitation Deficiencies, and Solid Waste Management - Benjamin Shuman, Indian Health Service and Charles RedDoor, US Environmental Protection Agency
  

SUPERFUND

• Training on Training - Superfund Technical Training Resources at Your Fingertips - Jean Balent, Christine Poore, and Amanda VanEpps, US Environmental Protection Agency
  
  

UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS (USTs)

• Virtual UST Inspection - Ben Thomas, UST Training
  
  
• Emerging Fuels and UST Systems: Compatibility, Corrosion, and Degradation - Ryan Haerer, US Environmental Protection Agency
  
  
• Fueling System Technician Training Resources - Michael Mclaughlin, Franklin Fueling Systems
  
  
• UST System Components - Jeff Dzierzanowski, Source North America
  

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