This video
was originally recorded as a webinar in 2015 to provide an overview of
EPA-Tribal Environmental Plan (ETEP) requirements followed by EPA Region 1 and
EPA Region 9 approaches to ETEP development. Each region is following a
different process for ETEP development, therefore, it is very important for
tribes to contact their EPA project officer for the best advice and assistance.
Note that EPA Region 1 and EPA Region 9 may have modified their approach since
the recording of this webinar.
Presenters: Luke Jones,
EPA American Indian Environmental Office, provides a brief overview of ETEP
requirements under the GAP guidance (3:00-18:00) and Michael Stover from EPA
Region 1 (18:00-35:30) and Laura Ebbert from EPA Region 9 present their
approach to working with tribes in their region to develop ETEPs. Participant
questions are answered after each presentation and at the end of the webinar
(53:00-1:16:27).
The Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP) will be
offering an online Tribal Strategic Planning course in August, 2017 to assist
tribes with preparing their ETEPs. This
course provides tribal environmental
professionals with tools and resources to develop tribally specific approaches
to strategic planning with tribal leadership, elected officials, governmental
agencies, and other organizations. Registration for this online course is $300, carries 1.0 continuing
education unit (CEU), and requires approximately ten hours of total learning
time. It is available through ITEP at itep.scholarlms.com/catalog under Tribal Environmental Management.
After completing this online course,
participants will be able to:
- Define
and develop with your tribal leadership: vision, mission, goals, objectives, and
activities to implement a strategic plan.
- Define
your tribe’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
- Identify
possible impacts of other decision-making organizations and agencies that may
affect tribal planning efforts.
- Draft
an outline for a strategic plan using relevant templates, tribal examples,
existing tribal resources and documents.
- Explain
2013 GAP requirements for EPA-Tribal Environmental Plans and implementation.
- Develop
and apply performance measures to planning goals and objectives, ensuring
program progress, capacity building, and addressing tribal needs.
- Develop
a comprehensive funding strategy with EPA grants.
Instructors Include:
Ondrea Barber, Executive Director, DEQ, Gila River
Indian Community
Sharon Hausam, PhD, AICP, Planning Program
Manager, Pueblo of Laguna
Institute for Tribal
Environmental Professionals
professionals@nau.edu
