NOTE
SUBJECT:
Telephone
Conversation
between
Mr.
Matt
Hale,
Director,
Office
of
Solid
Waste,
USEPA
and
John
L.
Berrey,
Chairman,
Quapaw
Tribe
of
Oklahoma
TO:
File
FROM:
Stephen
Hoffman
OSW,
EPA
DATE:
2/
22/
06
On
February
14,
2006
Mr.
Matt
Hale,
Director,
Office
of
Solid
Waste,
USEPA
contacted
John
L.
Berrey,
Chairman,
Quapaw
Tribe
of
Oklahoma
to
discuss
tribal
concerns
regarding
a
proposed
Agency
rule
entitled,
"
Criteria
for
the
Safe
and
Environmentally
Protective
Use
of
Granular
Mine
Tailings
Known
as
Chat".
Chairman
Berrey
noted
his
concern
regarding
consultation
with
the
Tribe
as
noted
in
Executive
Order
13175.
Chairman
Berrey
also
noted
that
the
tribe
had
received
a
draft
version
of
the
rule
on
February
3,
2006
and
had
submitted
comments
on
that
draft
to
the
Agency.
Mr
Hale
indicated
that
the
Agency
would
carefully
review
all
tribal
comments.
A
copy
of
those
comments
dated
February
9,
2006
are
attached
in
the
file.
