Solid Waste Management on Tribal Lands

California Tribal Interagency Solid Waste Workgroup

Previous Meetings

June 19th, 2007 meeting in Oakland, CA

• Action Items and Follow Up (PDF) (17 pp, 36K)
• California Meetings
• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Participants
• Topics Discussed
• Meeting Notes (PDF) (13 pp, 51K)

Attendees

• Bureau of Indian Affairs: Lisa Northrop
• Table Mountain Rancheria: Judith RedTomahawk, Amber Lichtenwalner
• Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC): Jay Mashburn, Dave Harvey
• Robinson Rancheria: Irenia Quitiquit
• Rincon Band: Kristie Orosco
• Pit River Tribe: Rita Moore, Keith Moore
• Pinoleville Pomo Nation: David Edmunds
• Pala Band of Mission Indians: Jimmy Dimas
• Native American Environmental Protection Coalition (NAEPC): Nina Hapner
• Middletown: Chris Simon, Ray Simon, Jose Simon
• La Jolla Band: John Beresford
• Indian Health Service: Paul Young, David Robbins
• Environmental Protection Agency: Nancy Sockabasin, Morena Villanueva, Elizabeth Forsyth, Jean Gamache, Erica Yelensky, Veronica Swann, Larry Danos, Tina Williams, Clancy Tenley, David Jones, Caleb Shaffer
• California Integrated Waste Management Board: Wes Mindermann
• Bishop Paiute Tribe: Brian Adkins
• 29 Palms of Mission Indians: Paul Gross

Meeting Agenda

Time	Agenda Item	Who	Time	Outcome
9:45-10 am	Registration
10:00-10:15	Opening Prayer			Top of page
10:15-11:15	Roundtable of solid waste needs, issues and barriers	Tribes	1 hour	Information sharing
11:15-12:00	Solid waste funding and technical assistance availability	Agencies	45 minutes	Information sharing
12:00-1:00	Lunch		1 hour
1:00-2:00pm	Discuss: ways to coordinate better, leverage funding and form new partnerships action items next meeting(s) and follow up leads	All	1 hour	Action items

Action Items

Who	Item	Status
Agencies (Lisa – BIA, Paul – IHS, Wes –CIWMB, USDA - ?) Jay Mashburn	Identify contact to provide funding info and coordination on solicitations to Elizabeth to share. Jay Mashburn to share USDA funding/contact info w/Elizabeth to share.	Complete BIA – Lisa Northrop IHS – Paul Young CIWMB – Wes Mindermann USDA – Mirna Reyes-Bible is the person who the Tribes can contact for information for the Native American Set Aside Grant ($16 million) or the Solid Waste Management Grant ($50,000 each) or other solid waste related funding. (530-792-5819 or (mirna.reyesbible@ca.usda.gov)
Brian Adkins	Organize regional Solid Waste Workgroup Meeting, provide Elizabeth with dates to share	Information will be posted when available Top of page
Clancy Tenley	Ask Andy Lincoff about sharing list of certified labs	Information will be posted when available
Elizabeth Forsyth	Invite green business to next meeting	Planned – For those interested in green building, check out West Coast Green , a residential green building conference and expo, this September in San Francisco.
Elizabeth Forsyth	Organize yearly California Solid Waste Workgroup Meeting	Planned – Next meeting will be in June of next year.
Elizabeth Forsyth	Develop web site for information sharing and for grant project ideas solicitation.	Planned – Updates to the web site, including the posting of this action item list, should be available within the next month or so.
Erica Yelensky	Provide information on listservs (HHW info exchange and DTSC group) to Elizabeth to share	Complete HHW topic hub:  The California Integrated Waste Management Board’s (CIWMB) web site has helpful information on how to deal with HHW: California Hazardous Materials Information Exchange:  This is CIWMB’s HHW conference web site  which contains presentations on HHW collection programs as well as contact information: Example request for proposal   for a contractor to run a HHW collection event: HHWCP case study Ideas for an alternative   to a large scale HHW collection program: Household Hazardous Waste Resources for Local Governments  HHW Resource Exchange Listserv  has an online searchable archives and calendar of events The North American Hazardous Materials Management Association (NAHMMA)   is an organization for HHW professionals which holds an annual conference: “Hazardous Waste Survival Guide: Who Regulates What?” contains emergency contact information: Pollution Prevention Hub  The MSDS National Repository web site  provides a free search engine for finding material safety data sheets:
Irenia Quitiquit	Provide contact of DA who provided enforcement training to Robinson to Elizabeth to share	Complete John R. Vacek, Environmental Circuit Prosecutor California district Attorneys Association 731 K Street, Third Floor Sacramento, California 95814 (916) 600-6573 or (530) 249-7394 (916) 443-2017 Office (916) 443-2886 Fax
Irenia Quitiquit	Organize regional Solid Waste Workgroup Meeting, provide Elizabeth with dates to share	Information will be posted when available
Jay Mashburn	Provide R8 sustainability assessment tool to Elizabeth to share	Complete EPA Region 8 has a draft version of the sustainability tool and is currently soliciting for tribes to pilot test it. The tool is focused on tribal waste systems that will allow tribal managers to self-evaluate, or agree to a third-party evaluation of the sustainability of their waste management programs in these areas. Results of the evaluation can be used to diagnose and target areas to strengthen, assess improvements over time, and aid in funding decisions. If you are interested in pilot testing the tool, please contact (Elizabeth Forsyth or 415-972-3380) for more information.
Judith Red Tomahawk	Tribal Meth Toolkit	Complete Tribal Meth Toolkit web site
Kristie Orosco	Organize regional Solid Waste Workgroup Meeting with NAPEC, provide Elizabeth with dates to share	Information will be posted when available Top of page
Lisa Northrop	Provide 25 CFR info to Elizabeth for distribution to the group and for the web site	Information will be posted when available
Lisa Northrop	Provide more information about BIA discretionary funds and how to obtain them to Elizabeth to share	Information will be posted when available
Nina Hapner	Provide e-cyclers contact info with Elizabeth to share	Complete ECyclers, Inc. Recycling electronics for good www.e-cyclers.com   info@e-cyclers.com 909.484.2328 888.693.2925 Contacts: Exodus Phyr and Neil Mittie
Nina Hapner	Organize regional Solid Waste Workgroup Meeting with Rincon, provide Elizabeth with dates to share	Information will be posted when available
Paul Gross	Provide cardboard bailer info and payback times w/Elizabeth	Information will be posted when available
Paul Young	Provide soil sampling protocol and dump cleanup costs to Elizabeth to put on web	BLM has a good guide for how to set up sampling. The guide (PDF) (46 pg, 426K) is for hazardous waste sites, but could apply to dumpsites.
Paul Young	Provide a list of IHS project officers to Elizabeth to share	Complete IHS project officer list for California (PDF) (1 pp, 14.8K)
Paul Young	Provide California SDS list to Elizabeth to share	Complete SDS list for California (PDF) (2 pp, 23K)
Ray Simon	Provide info on facility in Hayward to Elizabeth to share	Complete http://www.aercrecycling.com/contact/california.php
Rita Moore	Provide Elizabeth w/ info on bottle bill grant (form Cal. Department of Conservation) to share	Complete California Department of Conservation – Recycling Division Bottle Bill Grant
Rita Moore	Provide web site for buy-back centers for Elizabeth to share	Complete Top of page California Integrated Waste Management board   Software for Buy Backs
Rita Moore	Provide contact of person at Earthships to Elizabeth to share	Complete Earthship web site   Earthship biotecture
Rita Moore	Organize regional Solid Waste Workgroup Meeting, provide Elizabeth with dates to share	Information will be posted when available
Wes Mindermann	Provide contact staff person for circuit prosecutor for environmental crimes to Elizabeth to share	Information will be posted when available
Wes Mindermann	Provide 1-page CIWMB funding processes information to Elizabeth to share	Information will be posted when available

Topics Discussed

From June 19 th, 2007 California Tribal Interagency Solid Waste Workgroup

These were areas frequently addressed in the meeting.

• Sustainability – O&M and supporting a solid waste program financially
• Outreach to off-reservation areas for illegal dumping
• Meth lab information
• Developing solid waste collaborative/networks
• Dump cleanup standards
• Sharing of resources
• CIWMB programs overview: oil, tires, HHW, cleanup
• State and federal funding needed to assist with household hazardous waste, pesticides, and used oil
• C&D debris
• Green waste
• E-waste, universal waste
• Waste audits
• CRV-program info and funding

  Top of page

• Recycling outreach & education funding and equipment funding
• Jurisdictional issues with enforcement
• Illegal dumping – behavioral changes
• Waste from migrants crossing boarder
• Reuse of tires