MEMORANDUM   

DATE:		December 18, 2014

TO:		Clean Power Plan for Existing Power Plants; Docket Id: OAR - 2013-0602

FROM:	EPA Region 1

SUBJECT:	December 16, 2014, Overview of Clean Power Plan for Existing Power Plants Supplemental Proposal at a New England Tribal Leaders Summit 
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SUMMARY

      A New England Tribal Leaders Summit was held on December 16, 2014.  During the Summit, Regina Lyons provided a brief overview of the proposed Clean Power Plan for Existing Power Plants in Indian Country and U.S. Territories.  

ATTENDEES

Tribal Leaders and Environmental Directors: 
Chairman Rodney Butler, Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
Chief Brenda Commander, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
Vice Chief Leslie Nicholas, Passamaquoddy Tribe: Indian Township
Chief Fred Moore, Passamaquoddy Tribe: Pleasant Point
Chief Kirk Francis, Penobscot Indian Nation
Chairman Cedric Cromwell, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
Vice Chairwoman Jessie Baird, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
Chairman Tobias Vanderhoop, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Councilman Hiawatha Brown, Narragansett Indian Tribe
Councilman Normand Bernard, Aroostook Band of Micmacs
Fred Corey, Aroostook Band of Micmacs
Sharri Venno, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
Trevor White and Martin Dana, Passamaquoddy Tribe: Indian Township
Marvin Cling, Passamaquoddy Tribe: Pleasant Point
John Banks, Penobscot Indian Nation
Quan Tobey and Chuckie Green, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
Bret Stearns, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Dinalyn Spears, Narragansett Indian Tribe
Jean McInnis, Mohegan Tribe
Michael Boland, Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation

EPA:
Jane Nishida
Curt Spalding
Deb Szaro
Ken Moraff
Rob Maxfield
Sharon Wells
Mike Kenyon
Susan Studlien
Carl Dierker
Tim Williamson
Nancy Barmakian
Lois Adams
Andrew Byrne 
Mike Stover
Danny Rodriguez
Regina Lyons  
Matt Liebman  
Deb Brown

Others: 
JoAnn Dunn, NAICOB Executive Director (Micmac)
Crystal Rizzo, NAICOB Youth Ed. Coordinator (S. Ute)
Tory Govan, NAICOB (Mashpee)
Jesse Scott, USDA-Forest Service
Phil Quint, Aroostook Band of Micmacs
Craig Sandborn, Housing Authority Director, Aroostook Band of Micmacs
Kathy Vandiver, MIT
Cedric Woods, UMass


