EPA Tribal Consultation and Coordination Policy

On July 8, 2010, EPA’s Michelle J. DePass, Assistant Administrator, Office of International and Tribal Affairs, announced an extension to the comment period for the Proposed EPA Policy on Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribes (15pp, 976K, About PDF Files). The new deadline for comments is September 16, 2010. Assistant Administrator DePass made the announcement while participating on EPA’s first of two scheduled government-to-government national consultation policy conference calls. EPA’s second government-to-government national consultation conference call is scheduled for July 19, 2010, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm EDT.

On June 9, 2010, EPA's Michelle J. DePass, Assistant Administrator, Office of International and Tribal Affairs, released the Proposed EPA Policy on Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribes (PDF) (15pp, 976K, About PDF Files) to tribes. EPA invites comments from tribes on the proposed policy. EPA plans to release a subsequent proposed policy after consideration of tribal input.

Tribes may comment on the proposed policy by visiting the Consultation Comments page, or consult government-to-government with EPA by participating in one of the two scheduled national consultation conference calls on July 8 and July 19, 2010.

Tribal Consultation Webinar on EPA's Hydraulic Fracturing Research Study

EPA is conducting a study on hydraulic fracturing, and is seeking feedback on the study design including ideas on criteria for selecting case study locations, data gaps, relevant studies, and impacts on surface and ground water resources. An initial webinar for Tribes was held on August 5, and a second webinar for Tribes will be taking place on Monday, August 30, 2010, from 2:00 – 4:00 pm EDT.

To register for the webinar, please go to https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/739014146. Once you register, you will receive an e-mail verifying your registration, which will include a URL for you to use when logging in to view the slide presentation and a toll-free number to call to listen to the discussion.

• Tribal Webinar Invitation (PDF) (2pp, 434K, About PDF Files)
• Hydraulic Fracturing Fact Sheet (PDF) (2pp, 349K, About PDF Files)
• Discussion Document - Case Study Criteria (PDF) (4pp, 70K, About PDF Files)
• Discussion Document - Study Design (PDF) (3pp, 56K, About PDF Files)

Tribal Consultation Conference Call for the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) on Metal Mining Rule

The tribal consultation call for the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) metal mining rule is scheduled for Thursday, July 22nd at 2:00 p.m. EDT. The call-in number is (866) 299-3188, conference code 2025660964. The call will be hosted by Rick Martin, Acting Director for the Office of Information Analysis and Access. To RSVP or request additional information, please contact Daniel Teitelbaum at 202-566-0964 or by email at teitelbaum.daniel@epa.gov, Additional information can also be found at http://www.epa.gov/tri/programs/mining/index.htm.

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Standard link to the American Indian Tribal Portal

If you would like to link to the tribal portal from your own page, please copy and paste this code into your HTML page:

<div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; width: 120px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.epa.gov/indian"><img src="http://www.epa.gov/indian/images/turtlelink.jpg" alt="Link to American Indian Tribal Portal">American Indian<br />Tribal Portal</a> </div>

Which will look like this: