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9th Annual Tribal/EPA Training Conference DRAFT AGENDA
(Revised October 15, 2007)

Hosted by the Narragansett Indian Tribe

Theme: "Mother Earth, Respect Her, Protect Her"

Sunday, October 28, 2007 - Travel Day

Monday, October 29, 2007

       8:00 am Registration/Continental breakfast

       9:30 am Welcoming/Opening Remarks
       * Invocation/Cleansing Ceremony - Ella Sekatau, Medicine Women; Hiawatha Brown, Tribal Government
       * Tribal Government Representative - Welcome
       * Ira Leighton, Deputy Regional Administrator
       * Key Note Speaker – Imelda Perley (Wolastoqiyik/Maliseet)

       10:30 am Tribal Elders Panel: "Theme: Mother Earth: Respect Her, Protect Her"

       12:30 pm Lunch – Ella Sekatau – Ethno-Historian

       1:30 pm Panel Discussion of National Issues:
       National issues and NTOC update
       * Chris Hoff, Deputy Director, AEIO
       * Steve Etsitty (Chair of Tribal Caucus)

       3:00 pm Break

       3:30 pm ATSDR - Update

       4:00 pm National Tribal Water Council – Dan Kusnierz
       * Dan Kusnierz, Penobscot Nation

       7:00 pm Traditional Feast - hosted by Narragansett Indian Tribe

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

       7:30 am Continental Breakfast/Registration/Logistics

       8:00 am Grant Topics

       * Proposal for Competitive Funding (Panel Discussion)
       * Possible Tribal Set-Aside

       9:45 am Break

       10:00 am Grant Topics Continued

       * Gap Guidance - Rodges Ankrah, AIEO (by teleconference)
       * Competing for scarce dollars

       10:30 am Climate Change - Dr. Norm Willard
       * Dr. Norm Willard, EPA R1 climate and Energy Team        * Kim Lundgren, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability Cities for Climate Protection Program

       12:00 Lunch/Presentation - Jean McInnis, Fuel Cells
              Dr. Herster Barres, Reforest the Tropics

       1:00 pm Inter-Agency Roundtable

       * Discussion on the development of a Federal Agency Workgroup

       3:00 pm Break

       3:15 pm Inter-Agency Roundtable Continued

       5:00 pm Dinner on your own

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

       7:30 am Continental Breakfast/Logistics

       8 am - 12 pm WATER QUALITY STANDARDS (WQS) WORKSHOP-
        WQX Training– Dwayne Young, EPA HQ

Web-Sym Penobscot Data Management Node Approach

Thursday, November 1, 2007 - Travel Day

Narragansett Indian Tribe
Post Office Box 268
Charlestown, Rhode Island
401-364-1100 (Telephone) • 401-364-1104 (Fax)