In this quarterly meeting of the Tribal Superfund Working Group, we were joined by staff from four groups currently working on several fronts to address PFAS on or near Tribal lands. We heard from Page Hingst with the Santee Sioux Nation, Kaylene Ritter with Abt Associates, Amanda Van Epps with the EPA Superfund Office, and Nick Spalt with the EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.
- Starting at 4:45, Kaylene gave a brief introduction to PFAS and then discussed PFAS within the context of tribal lands.
- Starting at 14:30, Page gave an update on the work the Tribal PFAS Working Group is doing.
- Starting at 25:00, Amanda described how the EPA Superfund Office defines sites with Native American Interest and how many of those sites have PFAS detections.
- Starting at 29:30, Nick provided a brief introduction and demonstration of EPA's PFAS Analytical Tool an interactive map that combines multiple data sets. Presentations attached.
