Region 8 ROC News/Updates
 Last update: Friday May 23, 2003 09:41 AM -0600

News
  • EPA Newsroom-May 16, 2003: Fort Belknap Indian Community one of seven communities funded for New EPA Brownfields Job Training Grants
     
  • EPA Announces Homeland Security Strategic Plan--October 2, 2002
     
  • MOU 2000 website now online at: www.epa.gov/region8/tribes/mou2000/mou2000.html

Meetings/Conference Announcements
  • R8 ROC Meeting Schedule for 2003
     
  • National Source Water Protection Conference
    June 2-4, 2003
    Hotel Washington ~ Washington, DC
     
  • National Congress of American Indians' (NCAI) Mid-Year Session
    Phoenix, Arizona
    June 15-18, 2003
     
  • Addressing Illegal Dumping on Tribal Lands Conference, Part II
    June 24-26, 2003
    Hilton Mesa Pavilion ~ Mesa, Arizona
    For more information, please contact Suzette Martin at 602-258-4822.
     
  • Enforcement Teamwork Regulations to Resolutions Training Course
    July 28 to August 1, 2003
    National Conservation Training Center in Sheperdstown, West Virginia
    For more information, contact Alice Mims at 202-564-6069 or Arthene Pugh at 202-564-6074.
  • Emergency Management Framework for Tribal Governments (E580)
    August 4-8, 2003
    FEMA Emergency Mgmt Training Institute in Emmitsburg, Maryland
    To enroll in the course, contact Linda Straka at 301-447-1162.
     
  • RCRA National Meeting 2003: Putting Resource Conservation into RCRA
    August 12-15, 2003
    Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill ~ Washington, DC
    Advance Reservation Deadline: July 19, 2003
     
  • Indian Energy Solutions 2003
    September 3 and 4, 2003
    San Diego Mariott and Marina ~ San Diego, CA
    For more information, visit www.CERTRedEarth.com
     
  • Workshop on Mining Impacts to Native American Lands
    September 9-11, 2003
    Atlantis Hotel ~ Reno, Nevada
Previous Updates:
Army Environmental Center Western Region's Native American directory, a central location for regional contacts for Native American issues to include environmental management contacts from federal agencies, regional agencies, and tribal groups--March 2001 (in Word-424 KB) FY 00 Tribal Open Dump Cleanup Project and solicitation letter

Supreme Court upholds EPA position on smog, particulate rules--February 27, 2001
Federal Register notice: Environmental Program grants for Tribes and intertribal consortia--Final Rule--January 16, 2001 (.pdf file-306 KB)

ADMINISTRATOR WHITMAN REAFFIRMS 
EPA AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS' PARTNERSHIP--July 13, 2001 NEWS RELEASE

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

 
PUBLIC NOTICE: New regulation on motor vehicle maintenance facilities' impact on groundwater: EPA Region 8's implementation proposal--comments due by October 31, 2001

 

  
Reminder: Starting in February 1999, ROC teleconferences will be held the first Thursday of the month at 1:30 pm Mountain Time. ROC members will receive the agenda and call-in instructions approximately one week before the teleconference. Please contact Bill at 605-343-6054 for further information.
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