                       EPA Meeting with Region 5 Tribes
                               February 21, 2012

EPA Region 5 staff participated in the Region 5 Tribal Environmental Program Management Conference.  EPA staff led the break out session titled "Proposed New Federal Requirements for Underground Storage Tanks."  The main focus of this session was on the proposed underground storage tank rules.  The discussion also included a quick review of the current rules and a brief summary of tank and compliance data on tribal lands.  EPA distributed the document "Comparison Of 1988 UST Regulations And Proposed UST Regulations" dated October 2011 which is on EPA OUST's website.  


Attendees:
EPA
Mark Restaino, EPA Region 5
Gary Westefer, EPA Region 5
Laura Lodisio, EPA Region 5
Ed Fairbanks, EPA Region 5

BIA
Scott Doig, BIA, MRO
Fred Vandeventer, BIA

Tribes
Victoria Flowers, Oneida Tribes
Thurlow McClellan, Grand Traverse Band
Tara Geshick, Bois Forte Band
Kristen Hanson, Lac du Flambeau Band
Kevin Gunderson, Ho-Chunk Nation
Tina VanZile, Sokaogon Chippewa Community
Dee Ann Allen Mayo, Lac du Flambeau Band
Brad Frazier, Prairie Island Indian Community
Katherine Krusi, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
Char Spruce, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
L. Scott Wieting, Hannahville Indian Community
Michael Whitt, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
David Smith, Fond Du Lac
Lauren Harmen, Oneida Tribes
Scott Hansen, Mille Lacs Band
John Le Balnc Red Lake Band
Bruce Haapala, Lac Vieux Desert Chippewa 
Melissa Porter, Grand Traverse Band 
Rebecca Harbison, Little Traverse Bay Band
Stan Ellison, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community


