NOTE
SUBJECT:
Attendance
at
Tri­
State
Mining
District
Natural
Resource
Damage
Partnership
Meeting,
October
25,
2005,
Pittsburg,
Kansas
TO:
Docket
FROM:
Stephen
Hoffman
DATE:
11/
9/
05
At
the
invitation
of
Jim
Dwyer,
NRD
Coordinator,
I
attended
a
meeting
of
the
Tri­
State
Natural
Resource
Damage
Partnership
on
October
25,
2005
in
Pittsburg,
Kansas.
A
list
of
the
official
members
of
the
Partnership
has
been
placed
into
the
docket
under
separate
cover.
The
Partnership
is
composed
of
state
government
representatives
of
Oklahoma,
Kansas
and
Missouri,
representatives
of
Native
American
tribes,
and
staff
from
USGS,
BLM.
USFS,
DOI,
and
BIA.
The
purpose
of
attending
was
to
present
an
outline
of
the
EPA
chat
rule
and
seek
comment
from
the
tribal
members
attending
this
meeting.
My
two
hour
presentation
was
part
of
the
Agency's
compliance
with
the
Executive
Order
requiring
EPA
to
consult
with
tribes
during
rulemaking.
As
noted
in
a
separate
note,
EPA
has
already
spoken
with
the
representatives
of
the
Quapaw
tribe.
Tribes
represented
at
this
meeting
included
the
Peoria
Tribe,
Seneca­
Cayuga
tribe,
Cherokee
Nation.
Miami
tribe,
Wayandotte
Nation,
Eastern
Shawnee
of
Oklahoma,
and
the
Ottawa
Tribe.

It
was
pointed
out
to
me
that
the
main
tribe
likely
to
be
impacted
by
this
rule
would
be
the
Quapaw
Tribe.
Other
tribal
members
indicated
that
they
were
not
overly
concerned
about
this
rule
as
long
as
it
did
not
conflict
with
the
BIA
chat
sales
currently
underway
in
Oklahoma.
I
assured
the
tribes
that
the
rule
would
be
consistent
with
the
BIA
draft
chat
sales
agreements.

I
asked
attendees
if
they
were
aware
of
any
significant
use
of
chat
other
than
its
use
in
hot
mix
asphalt.
They
confirmed
that
chat
had
been
used
in
the
past
in
concrete
but
there
was
no
such
use
at
present.

I
agreed
to
submit
a
draft
of
the
rule
as
soon
as
possible
to
assure
that
the
tribes
had
adequate
time
to
review
and
comment
on
it.
