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EPA New England Tribal Contacts Regional Tribal Operations Committee (RTOC) Contacts List, 8/22/2011 (PDF) (2 pp, 112K, about PDF)

EPA New England Tribal Staff Address: EPA New England 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100 (insert Mail Code here) Boston, MA 02109-3912 Lois Adams (adams.lois@epa.gov) Branch Chief (Mail Code: OEP06-2) T: 617-918-1591 F: 617-918-0591 Michael Stover (stover.michael@epa.gov) Regional Indian Program Manager (Mail Code: OEP06-3) T: 617-918-1123 F: 617-918-0123 Marilyn Smith-Church (smith-church.marilyn@epa.gov) Indian Program Specialist (Mail Code: OEP06-3) T: 617-918-1133 F: 617-918-0133 Donna Smith-Williams (smith.donna@epa.gov) Indian Program Specialist (Mail Code: OEP06-3) T: 617-918-1620 F: 617-918-0620 Garrett Smith (roarpine@sbcglobal.net) SEE Solid Waste Circuit Rider T: 860-678-0437 Kwabena Kyei-Aboagye (kyei-aboagye.kwabena@epa.gov) Environmental Protection Specialist (Mail Code: OES06-2) T: 671-918-1609 F: 617-918-0609 William Nuzzo (nuzzo.william@epa.gov) Indian Program Specialist (Mail Code: OEP06-3) T: 617-918-1682 F: 617-918-0682 Grants Marilyn Smith-Church (smith-church.marilyn@epa.gov) GAP Program Lead, OECA, and Healthy Communities Program (Mail Code: OEP06-3) T: 617-918 -1133 F: 617-918-0133 Diane Culhane (culhane.diane@epa.gov) Grants Management Office (Mail Code: OARM16-2) T: 617-918-1975 F: 617-918-0975		EPA New England Tribal Coordinators EPA Tribal Coordinators for the following federally recognized Tribes - listed in the order of their federal recognition dates Narragansett Coordinator Ellie Kwong (kwong.ellie@epa.gov) (Mail Code: OEP06-2) T: 617-918-1592 F: 617-918-0592 Micmac Coordinator Donna Smith-Williams (smith.donna@epa.gov) (Mail Code: OEP06-3) T: 617-918-1620 F: 617-918-0620 Passamaquoddy P.P. Coordinator Marilyn Smith-Church (smith-church.marilyn@epa.gov) Indian Program Specialist (Mail Code: OEP06-3) T: 617-918-1133 F: 617-918-0133 Passamaquoddy Tribe of Indians Indian Township Reservation Coordinator William Nuzzo (nuzzo.william@epa.gov) (Mail Code: OEP06-3) T: 617-918-1682 F: 617-918-0682 Penobscot Coordinator Donna Smith-Williams (smith.donna@epa.gov) (Mail Code: OEP06-3) T: 617-918-1620 F: 617-918-0620 Wampanoag Coordinator (Aquinnah) William Nuzzo (nuzzo.william@epa.gov) (Mail Code: OEP06-3) T: 617-918-1682 F: 617-918-0682 Mashantucket Pequot Coordinator Pat Svetaka (svetaka.pat@epa.gov) (Mail Code: EQA) T: 617-918-8396 F: 617-918-8296 Maliseet Coordinator Kwabena Kyei-Aboagye (kyei-aboagye.kwabena@epa.gov) (Mail Code: OES05-1) T: 671-918-1609 F: 617-918-0609 Mohegan Coordinator Ellen Weitzler (weitzler.ellen@epa.gov) (Mail Code: OEP06-2) T: 617-918-1582 F: 617-918-0582 Mashpee Wampanoag Coordinator Kwabena Kyei-Aboagye (kyei-aboagye.kwabena@epa.gov) (Mail Code: OES05-1) T: 671-918-1609 F: 617-918-0609
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EPA New England Contacts by Media Air The Tribes in Region 1 have a robust air monitoring program primarily focused on long-term air quality impacts to their ecosystems. Several of these efforts include providing air quality data for acid and mercury depositions, fine particulate speciation data (through the IMPROVE Program) and ozone data. These data will provide the tribes with a database to ascertain long-term understanding of the impacts on subsistence hunting and fishing. The Aroostook Band of Micmacs established a real time air monitoring station that provides current air quality data on the internet. The Wampanoag's air monitoring program is measuring levels above the national ambient air quality standards for ozone which show potential adverse health impacts to the tribal population. Several studies are being performed to identify toxins in fish tissue as a screening to determine if additional air deposition data is warranted. Susan Lancey (lancey.susan@epa.gov) – Tribal air monitoring programs Phone: 617-918-1656 Fax: 617-918-0656 Alan Van Arsdale (vanarsdale.alan@epa.gov) - monitoring support (technical) Phone: 617-918-8610 Fax: 617-918-8510 Water Drinking Water EPA New England provides technical assistance to the tribes of New England on many drinking water issues. The region develops annual monitoring schedules for the tribes and receives all of the data. These reports are reviewed for compliance for both the number of monitoring samples and their results and then are recorded in a regional tracking system and the Safe Drinking Water Information System. In addition, the region provides guidance on general compliance, notifies tribal systems of regulatory issues, and coordinates with the Office of Environmental Stewardship on violations and corrective actions. EPA New England also conducts sanitary surveys at the tribal systems, coordinates with the Indian Health Service to ensure priority areas are addressed, supports the State Revolving Fund program on tribal drinking water projects, and assists on grants and cooperative agreements. Mark Sceery (sceery.mark@epa.gov) - Tribal Drinking Water Coordinator Phone: 617 918-1559 Jeff Butensky (butensky.jeff@epa.gov) Phone: 617 918-1665 Water Quality Diane Switzer serves as the Regional Monitoring Coordinator overseeing monitoring and assessment program strategy development and implementation, and also as the Regional 305(b) Coordinator coordinating biennial water quality inventory reports to Congress. As the Ecology Monitoring Team Lead in EPA's Office of Environmental Measurement and Evaluation, she coordinates requests for EPA's assistance with water monitoring projects. Diane Switzer (switzer.diane@epa.gov) - Regional Monitoring Coordinator, Regional 305(b) Coordinator, Ecology Monitoring Team Lead Phone: 617 918-8377 Fax: 617 918-8277 Jeanne Cosgrove (cosgrove.jeanne@epa.gov) – clean water act (CWA) 106 Phone: 617-918-1669 Fax: 617-918-0669 Water Quality Standards (WQS) Stephen Silva (silva.stephen@epa.gov) – WQS Branch chief Phone: 617-918-1561 Fax: 617-918-0561 Ellen Weitzler (weitzler.ellen@epa.gov) – WQS Phone: 617-918-1568 Fax: 617-918-0568 Beth Edwards (edwards.beth@epa.gov) – non-point source (NPS) 319 Phone: 617-918-1840 Fax: 617-918-0840 Jennie Bridge (bridge.jennie@epa.gov) - total maximum daily load (TMDL) Phone: 617-918-1685 Fax: 617-918-0865 Solid Waste The RCRA solid waste staff provides oversight and technical assistance to help the tribes develop and implement solid waste management plans and programs. We also provide assistance to solve persistent problems such as abandoned white goods and vehicles. Juiyu Hsieh (hsieh.juiyu@epa.gov) - Solid Waste Phone: 617-918-1646 Fax: 617-918-0646 Office of Regional Counsel The Office of Regional Counsel (ORC) provides legal advice to the Region's Tribal Program and other environmental program offices handling matters in Indian country in New England. This advice bears on topics ranging from the jurisdictional provisions in the settlement acts applicable to certain Tribes to the nature and extent of the Agency's trust responsibility to the Tribes. ORC represents the Region, with the Department of Justice, in any litigation involving Indian law issues, for example the recent case of Maine v. Johnson involving the State of Maine's authority under the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act to implement the NPDES permitting program under the Clean Water Act. Working with the Region's Tribal Program and the relevant environmental program office, ORC plays a large role in evaluating applications from Tribes for treatment in the same manner as a state to receive EPA grants or to implement regulatory programs under EPA's statutes. ORC Tribal Contact – Ronald Fein (fein.ronald@epa.gov) Phone: 617 968-1040 Enforcement & Compliance Assurance Steve Rapp (rapp.steve@epa.gov) (temporary) Phone: 617-918-1551 Fax: 617-918-0551 Quality Management/Assurance Patrice A. Svetaka (svetaka.pat@epa.gov) - Quality Management plans (QMPs) Phone: 617-918-8396 Fax: 617-918-0396 Steve DiMattei (dimattei.steve@epa.gov) – Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs) Phone: 617-918-8369 Fax: 617-918-0369
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Tribal Contacts (map)

The following are contacts to federally recognized Tribes - listed in the order of their federal recognition dates

Tribes Located within Connecticut

Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
Mohegan Tribe

Tribes Located within Maine

Aroostook Band of Micmacs
Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
Passamaquoddy Tribe of Indians, Indian Township Reservation
Passamaquoddy Tribe of Indians, Pleasant Point Reservation
Penobscot Indian Nation

Tribes Located within Massachusetts

Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)

Tribe Located within Rhode Island

Narragansett Indian Tribe


Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
Rodney Butler Chairman Richard E. Sebastian Vice Chairman	Natural Resources Protection & Regulatory Affairs 550 Trolley Line Blvd - P.O. Box 3202 Mashantucket, CT 06338-3202 T: 860-396-6740 F: 860-396-6745 http://www.mptn-nsn.gov
Environmental Contacts: * Michael Boland (mboland@MPTN.org) Director Natural Resources Protection P.O. Box 3202 Mashantucket, CT 06338-3202 T: 860-396-6740