News

• National Tribal Science Conference: September 24-27, 2006 hosted by the Quinalt Indian Nation at the Quinalt Beach Resort and Casino in Ocean Shores, Washington
   
• FREE EPA webcast seminars
   

  Date	Title	Description
  May 17, 2006	Integrating Wetlands in Watershed Protection Efforts conducted by Tom Schueler, Center for Watershed Protection (in celebration of American Wetlands Month)	Find out how local communities can integrated wetlands into larger watershed protection efforts and learn about new tools to help protect these valuable aquatic resources
  June 28, 2006	Influencing Behaviors Using Social Marketing conducted by Charlie MacPherson, Tetra Tech, Inc. and Chris Conner, EPA's Chesapeake Bay Program	Learn how social marketing techniques can be applies in your watershed to influence behaviors and build environmental stewardship

  Registration is available online at www.clu-in.org/live on a first-come/first-served basis and opens approximately one week prior to each seminar. Each webcast includes a web-based slide presentation with a companion audio portion that can be accessed either by phone or by streaming audio. Because of the growing popularity of these webcasts, reserving a conference room and inviting other is encouraged. Audio versions of all past webcasts can be accessed at www.epa.gov/watershedwebcasts.

  In addition to webcasts, the Watershed Academy sponsors live classroom training and online distance learning modules through the Watershed Academy website at: www.epa.gov/watertrain. For more information, visit www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/wacademy.
   

• National EPA Strategic Plan Architecture 2006-11 online (submit comments by March 31, 2006): www.epa.gov/ocfo/plan/06draftarch.html
   
• EPA Region 7 grant opportunity: Watershed Improvement Grant-Regional Environmental Priority Projects (CFDA 66.111). Proposals due by May 11, 2006
   
• EPA Region 7 Strategic Plan for 2004-08: Critical Ecosystems Protection, Sensitive Populations Protection and Agriculture
   
• EPA Region 7 important website links for tribal governments, including links regional and national grants information, EPA environmental programs and important EPA initiatives

Meetings/Conference Announcements

Previous Updates

November 10, 2004: Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, EPA Region 7, and Kansas Department of Agriculture sign Memorandum of Understanding to conduct pesticide activities on the Potawatomi Reservation. Click here for more information.

EPA is currently accepting nominations for the 2005 International Climate Protection Awards. Nominations are due October 15, 2004. for additional information on EPA's Climate Protection Program, go to: www.epa.gov/awards/climproawards.htm. 

EPA News Release (Aug. 24, 2004): EPA releases 12th Annual National Listing of Fish Advisories

EPA Region 7 Regional Strategic Plan online at: www.epa.gov/ocfo/regionplans/regionalplans2.htm. Contact Dick Sumpter at 913-551-7661 with any questions or comments

Comment period for Clean Air Mercury Rule extended to June 29, 2004

EPA Newsroom-September 10, 2003: EPA establishes new Water Security Division

EPA Announces Homeland Security Strategic Plan--October 2, 2002

Grant Opportunity
Title: Lifestyle and Cultural Practices of Tribal Populations and Risks from Toxic Substances in the Environment
Grantor: EPA National Center for Environmental Research, Office of Research and Development
Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program
Opening Date: January 29, 2002
Closing Date: July 10, 2002

For more information, follow this hyperlink:
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/02trib_risk.html

The new EPA Regional Administrator, ROC President, and ROC Secretary reaffirm the ROC guidelines with their signatures at the Region 7 Tribal Emergency Management Conference in Kansas City on November 6, 2001 (L-R: James Gulliford, Anthony Provost, and Felix Kitto).

July 13, 2001 NEWS RELEASE: ADMINISTRATOR WHITMAN REAFFIRMS THE EPA AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS PARTNERSHIP

Federal Register notice: Environmental Program grants for Tribes and intertribal consortia--Final Rule--January 16, 2001 (.pdf file-306 KB)

Supreme court upholds EPA position on smog, particulate rules--February 27, 2001

Budget of the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2002--released April 9, 2001 (.pdf file - 1.2 MB)

FY 00 Tribal Open Dump Cleanup Project and solicitation letter