EPA States Consultation and Coordination Webinar on Potential Reinterpretation of Clean Water Act TAS 
                   September 3, 2015 2:00  -  4:00 p.m. EDT
                                Webinar Summary


Presenters:	Tom Gardner, EPA Office of Science and Technology
	Tod Siegal, EPA Office of General Counsel
Moderator:	Luke Cole, EPA Office of Science and Technology 
Participants:	See last page  -  about 20 participants attended


Presentation Summary 

The webinar began with introductions and instructions for participants, followed by a presentation by Mr. Gardner and Mr. Siegal based on briefing slides available in the docket for the rulemaking at www.regulations.gov. Search for Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2014-0461. 

The webinar continued with an opportunity for questions and comments from state participants. Questions were submitted by participants either in writing through the chat window to the EPA moderator, Mr. Cole, or over the phone after the phone lines were opened.

The following is a list of questions received from state participants during the webinar. For each of the questions, the EPA presenters provided responses that were consistent with the presentation materials and other information available at http://www.epa.gov/wqs-tech/revised-interpretation-clean-water-act-tribal-provision. Views and comments provided were acknowledged.


Questions and Comments
 Would you explain the bullet for TAS for new clean water act programs?  
 What counts as "reservation lands"?
 What is the difference between this proposal versus the 2014 proposal?
 Will the SAFETEA-LU requirements for Oklahoma tribes trigger a case-by-case analysis as mentioned on one of the slides (maybe slide 12?), rather than the blanket assumption provided by this proposed interpretive rule?
 Will this action be affected by the ongoing litigation between Wyoming and EPA on TAS boundary irregularities related to the Wind River Indian Reservation? The current litigation is related to CAA.
 EPA had suggested that it met with both states and tribes in several meetings, can you give a breakdown?

Webinar Attendees

  First Name
  Last Name
                                    Affiliation
Julia
Anastasio
ACWA
Iona
Black
Yale
Michelle
Bushman
Western States Water Council
Nephi
Cole
Wyoming Government
Trevor
Flynn
Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment
Jason
Garber
 
Melissa
Gildersleeve
Washington State
Andrew
Hanson
US EPA
Sylvia
Heaton
MDEQ
Susan
Kirsch
ACWA
Les
Lemm
Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources
Jeromy
Pankratz
Office of the Attorney General, State of South Dakota
Michael 
Rivera
CA Assembly - District 31
Kimberly
Roth
NEIWPCC
Gina
Shirey
State of Alaska/Department of Environmental Conservation
Derek
Smthee
Oklahoma Water Resources Board
Debra
Sturdevant
Oregon DEQ
Maja
Tritt
EPA
Adriene 
Weaver
NCDENR/DWR
Kent
Woodmansey
 

