EPA Region 10Tribal Engagement

January 2017

EPA’s Regions

Tribes in EPA’s R10

EPA R10 Tribal Program Structure

Office of Regional

Counsel

Office of Management

Programs

Office of Environmental

Review & Assessment

Office of Environmental

Cleanup

Office of Air &

Waste

Office of Water &

Watersheds

Office of Compliance &

Enforcement

Office of the Regional

Administrator

Senior Tribal

Policy Advisor

Regional Administrator’s

Divison

Tribal Trust & Assistance Unit

Tribal Coordinators

Tribal Specialists Team

RTOC

R10 Program Structure

Lower 3 Tribal Coordinators:

Kris Carre Oregon

Wes Foster Western WA

Alan Moomaw Western WA

Jim Zokan Idaho, Eastern WA & OR

Alaska Tribal Coordinators:

Todd Bender Norton Sound & Bering Strait

Katherine Brown Southcentral & Kodiak

Susan Conbere Copper River & Yukon-Koyukuk

Michelle Davis Southeast

Santina Gay Lower Kuskokwim

J.R. Herbst Bristol Bay & Lake Iliamna

Sherry Davis Upper Yukon & Tanana

Nica Klaber Lower Yukon

Mahri Lowinger Kuskokwim & Nelson Islands

Michael Ortiz Bristol Bay, Iliamana & Copper River

Neverley Shoemake Aleutian-Pribilofs

Cathy Villa Arctic & North Slope

Senior Environmental Employee:

Don Creek Communications & Newsletters

Office of

Management Programs

Director: Nancy Lindsay

Infrastructure & Ops

Fiscal Mgt & Planning

Grants & Interagency

Agreements

Human Resources

Information Resources

Tribal Specialist:

Michel Rodriguez

(206) 553-1901

Office of Air &

Waste

Director: Tim Hamlin

Air Planning

RCRA Corrective Action,

Permits & PCBs

RCRA Program, Materials,

& Pollution Prevention

Stationary Source

Tribal, Diesel & Indoor Air

Tribal Specialists:

Mehrdad Khatibi

(206) 553-1603

Gabriela Carvalho

(206) 553-6698

Office of Water &

Watersheds

Director: Vacant

Drinking Water

Water Quality Stds.

Watersheds

Puget Sound

NPDES Permits

Grants & Planning

Tribal Specialists:

Catherine Gockel

(206) 553-0325

Jayshika Ramrakha

(206) 553-1788

Alaska Operations

Office

Director: Dianne Soderlund Senior Tribal

Policy Advisor

Vacant

Office of the Executive

Acting Regional Administrator

Michelle Pirzadeh

Acting Deputy Regional Administrator

Dan Opalski

Office of Compliance

& Enforcement

Director: Ed Kowalski

NPDES

Air & RCRA

Pesticides & Toxics

Ground Water & USTs

Inspections &

Enforcement

Tribal Specialist:

Charissa Bujak

(208) 378-5754

(206) 553-0344

(206) 553-7263

(206) 553-6243

(907) 271-3434

(907) 271-3413

(206) 553-2116

(907) 271-6322

(206) 553-2570

(907) 271-6334

(206) 553-6234

(907) 271-3206

(907) 271-1270

(503) 326-

5015

(503) 326-7024

(206) 553-1604

(360) 753-8071

(208) 378-5691

Regional Administrator’s

Division

Chief of Staff & Director: Joyce Kelly

Associate Director: Ann Williamson

Public Affairs &

Community Engagement

Env. Justice & Children’s Health

Tribal Trust & Assistance

EEO & Civil Rights

Tribal Consultation Specialist/ RTOC:

J.R. Herbst (206) 553-2116

Tribal Specialists Team Lead:

Katherine Brown (206) 553-7263

Tribal Trust & Assistance Unit

Tribal Program Manager:

Stacy Murphy

(206) 553-2106

Office of

Regional Counsel

Regional Counsel:

Allyn Stern

Multi-media 1

Multi-media 2

Multi-media 3

Tribal Specialist:

Lisa Castañon

(206) 553-0464

EPA R10 Organization & Tribal Program Contacts

Oregon Operations

Office

Director: Tony Barber

Office of Environmental

Review & Assessment

Director: David Allnutt

Environmental Review

Risk Evaluation

Aquatic Resources

Environmental Services

Environmental Chemistry

Env. Characterization

Laboratory

Tribal Specialist:

Bruce Duncan

(206) 553-0218

Washington Operations

Office

Director: Lucy Edmondson

Senior Policy

Advisor

Vacant

Idaho Operations

Office

Director: Jim Werntz

Office of Environmental

Cleanup

Director: Sheryl Bilbrey

Program Management

Emergency Response

Assessment & Brownfields

Site Cleanup

Hanford Project Office

Tribal Specialist:

Joanne Moore

(206) 553-0310

Indian Environmental General

Assistance Program Act of 1992

- provide general assistance grants to Indian tribal governments and

intertribal consortia to build capacity to administer environmental

regulatory programs that may be delegated by the Environmental

Protection Agency on Indian lands; and

- provide technical assistance from the Environmental Protection Agency to

Indian tribal governments and intertribal consortia in the development of

multimedia programs to address environmental issues on Indian lands.

Alaska Tribes

• 229 federally recognized tribes

• 11 Major cultural/linguistic groups

• Inupiaq & St. Lawrence Yup’ik, Yup’ik & Cup’ik,

Aleut & Alutiiq, Athabascan, Eyak, Tlingit,

Haida, and Tsimshian

• Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA)

• Native Corporations lands ~40 million acres

• Native allotments & townsites ~1.5 million acres

42 federally recognized tribes

Washington (29 tribes)

Oregon (9 tribes)

Idaho (4 tribes)

Treaties and Executive Orders

Puget Sound/ Boldt Decision/ Co-management

Reservation lands ~5.7 million acres

Washington, Oregon, and Idaho Tribes

Some Regional Tribal Organizations

• R10 Regional Tribal Operations Committee (RTOC)

• Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

• Northwest Indians Fisheries Commission (NWIFC)

• Columbia River Inter Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC)

• Oregon Tribal Environmental Forum (OTEF)

• Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN)

• Yukon River Inter Tribal Watershed Council (YRITWC)

EPA Policy on

Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribes

(May 4, 2011)

EPA Region 10

Tribal Consultation & Coordination Procedures

(October 16, 2012)

10

EPA Tribal Consultation & Coordination

National Policy and Region 10 Procedures

EPA Region 10 Activities

That May Be Appropriate for Tribal Consultation

Regulations or rules

Policies, guidance documents, directives

Permits

Civil enforcement and compliance monitoring actions*

Response actions and emergency preparedness**

National Priority Listing and deferral decisions

State or tribal authorizations or delegations

Designation of disposal sites

EPA activities in implementation of U.S. obligations under an international or tribal treaty or agreement

*Primary guidance on civil enforcement matters involving tribes can be found in EPA’s “Guidance on the Enforcement Priorities

Outlined in the 1984 Indian Policy,” “Questions and Answers on Tribal Enforcement Process” and the Region 10 Enforcement

Procedures in Indian Country.

**The term “response” as defined under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

(CERCLA) includes removal and remedial actions. For EPA Region 10 Emergency Response Tribal Consultation Procedures see

Appendix A.

Tribal Trust and Assistance Unit Work

Facilitate implementation of Executive and Agency Indian Policies, and EPA

and R10 strategies, plans, and procedures related to tribes

Coordinate R10’s Tribal Program, Tribal Specialists Team, and RTOC

Maintain Government-to-Government relations with 271 tribes

Assist other EPA offices with tribal communications & consultations

Administer more than 240 GAP and PPG grants

Provide training opportunities and technical assistance to tribal staff

Provide Working Effectively with Tribal Governments Training to EPA staff

Support climate change, resource extraction, and environmental justice work

Some Priority Environmental Issues

Safe drinking water and basic sanitation systems

Water pollution, pesticides, and subsistence food protection

Tribal fish consumption rates and water quality standards

Indoor and ambient air quality

Open dumps, landfills, O&M

Large-scale resource extraction

Climate change- mitigation and adaptation

Some Priority Policy Issues

Trust responsibility, subsistence and treaty reserved resource protection

Funding for tribal environmental program implementation

Tribal consultation and treatment as state processes

Statutory, regulatory, and procedural barriers to environmental protection

Jurisdictional issues preventing funding eligibility and program implementation

Collaborative, ecosystem-based approaches to environmental protection

Thank you!

Questions and Discussion