About the Tribal Waste & Response Program
Your Waste & Response team at ITEP focuses on the fields of Superfund, Federal Facilities, brownfields, emergency response, USTs, and solid waste. We are dedicated toward creating resources and opportunities for you that benefit your work in protecting your communities, lands, and ways of life. Our activities include:
- Conducting the Tribal Lands & Environmental Forum, which brings together hundreds of Tribal professionals as well as their colleagues in various federal and state agencies, Tribal consortia, universities, nonprofits, and private companies – both in person and virtually – every August.
- Coordinating the work of the Tribal Waste & Response Steering Committee, a group of Tribal professionals, who maintain two-way communication between senior EPA staff and their colleagues at Tribes, Nations, and Villages across the country, as well as assisting us in many other projects.
- The creation, and continual enhancement of, the Tribal Lands Assistance Center, a plain language site filled with information, resources, recorded interviews, and much more.
- Developing a variety of live, virtual, trainings as well as self-paced, online, courses.
- Developing multi-day in person trainings for Tribal professionals.
- Coordinating regular virtual presentations and discussions for the Tribal Superfund Working Group, as well as site visits and meetings.
- Making mentor matches, both virtually and in person, to help Tribal professionals help each other achieve success.
We strive to ground all of our work in the four R’s: Respect, Responsibility, Reciprocity, and Relationships. We are always considering new and innovative ways we can best assist you in your work. Please browse this site to learn more, and do not hesitate to reach out to us.
- Mentorship Program
Interested in working with a mentor? Check out our Mentor Page
Please contact Todd Barnell (Todd.Barnell@nau.edu) or
Julie Meikowski (Julie.Meikowski@nau.edu) with any questions.
Tribal Waste and Response Program (TWARP): This program is funded by US EPA’s Office of Land and Emergency Management and has a broader mandate. Although TSWEAP activities focus primarily on solid waste and solid waste reduction, TWRAP covers additional areas of concern, such as brownfields, contaminated sites, hazardous materials, Underground Storage Tanks, and emergency response programs conducted by Native American communities and Alaskan Native villages. As part of TWRAP activities, ITEP:
- coordinates a national steering committee of tribal professionals,
- conducts the annual Tribal Lands and Environment Forum,
- coordinates the Tribal Superfund Working Group
- has developed the Tribal hazardous Substance Website, and
- puts out Full Circle, a bimonthly newsletter highlighting success stories on Tribal lands, ITEP activities, and announcements
CONNECT WITH US
Todd Barnell
Program Manager
Todd.Barnell@nau.edu
Julie Meikowski
Assistant Manager
Julie.Meikowski@nau.edu
Amanda Kapp
Program Coordinator, Sr.
Amanda.Kapp@nau.edu
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