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CIEA Environmental Chronicle - Vol. 1, Issue 1, May 2019
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In this Newsletter:
* 1. Opening Remarks
* 2. Global patterns of kelp forest change over the Past half-century
* 3. How Growing Sea Plants Can Help Slow Ocean Acidification
* 4. Coastal Ecosystems Are Our First Line of Defense against Hurricanes
* 5. CFCC 2019 Funding Fairs: Upcoming dates- 05/22-Clearlake, 06/11-Santa Maria, 07/09-Chico
* 6. URGENT: Notification of Consultation and Coordination on Revisions to Clean Water Act Section 401 Regulations: Tribes have until May 24, 2019 to provide comments by email or phone. CIEA recommends requesting formal Consultation.
* 7. Workshop-Source Water Protection Planning- June 26, 2019, Nice, CA
* 8. Meeting Announcement: Proposition 1 Water Storage Investment Program: Funding the Public Benefits of Water Storage Projects- June 6, 2019, Colusa, CA
* 9. Region 9 Tribal Caucus Letter re Tribal Consultation Regarding the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program
* 10. Update: GAP Funding Changes - RTOC comments and EPA' reaffirmation of Indian Policy
* 11. Update: To Cannabis Cultivation Policy effective as of April 16, 2019
* 12. Upcoming 3 Brown Bag Seminars: Integrating the Bay & Delta: 06/25 and 07/18-online
* 13. Native American Heritage Night at the Oakland A's game 07/30/2019
* 14. Free Online Drinking Water Workshops: June 2019
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1. Opening Remarks
CIEA Staff
The CIEA staff would like to welcome back our readers to our updated! We are so happy to be able to provide folxs with monthly announcements about trainings, capacity building, Tribal Self-Advocacy and funding opportunities, as well as water related news. Folxs are more than welcome to send our Communications Coordinator, Joel Sedano at [log in to unmask], information about events, trainings, or news that you think would be beneficial for other Tribal members in other regions to know.
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2. Global patterns of kelp forest change over the Past half-century
Kira A. Krumhansla, Daniel K. Okamotoa, Andrew Rassweilerb et al.
Significance: Kelp forests support diverse and productive ecological communities throughout temperate and arctic regions worldwide, providing numerous ecosystem services to humans. Literature suggests that kelp forests are increasingly threatened by a variety of human impacts, including climate change, overfishing, and direct harvest. We provide the first globally comprehensive analysis of kelp forest change over the past 50 y, identifying a high degree of variation in the magnitude and direction of change across the geographic range of kelps. These results suggest region-specific responses to global change, with local drivers playing an important role in driving patterns of kelp abundance. Increased monitoring aimed at understanding regional kelp forest dynamics is likely to prove most effective for the adaptive management of these important ecosystems. See link below for full article.
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https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/113/48/13785.full.pdf
3. How Growing Sea Plants Can Help Slow Ocean Acidification
Nicola Jones
Researchers are finding that kelp, eelgrass, and other vegetation can effectively absorb CO2 and reduce acidity in the ocean. Growing these plants in local waters, scientists say, could help mitigate the damaging impacts of acidification on marine life. See link below for full article.
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https://e360.yale.edu/features/kelp_seagrass_slow_ocean_acidification_netarts
4. Coastal Ecosystems Are Our First Line of Defense against Hurricanes
The Ocean Foundation
Coastal ecosystems, such as wetlands, dunes, kelp forests, oyster beds, coral reefs, seagrass beds, and mangrove forests protect against increasingly powerful storms.
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https://www.oceanfdn.org/blog/coastal-ecosystems-are-our-first-line-defense-against-hurricanes
5. CFCC 2019 Funding Fairs: Upcoming dates- 05/22-Clearlake, 06/11-Santa Maria, 07/09-Chico
California Financing Coordinating Committee
For a larger view of the flyer, please hit the link in the read more section below or click on the image itself.
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6. URGENT: Notification of Consultation and Coordination on Revisions to Clean Water Act Section 401 Regulations: Tribes have until May 24, 2019 to provide comments by email or phone. CIEA recommends requesting formal Consultation.
United States Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is initiating consultation and coordination with federally recognized Indian tribes on a forthcoming proposed revision to the Clean Water Act (CWA) section 401 regulations. CWA section 401 provides an opportunity for states and authorized tribes to evaluate and address potential water quality impacts of proposed federally issued licenses and permits. On April 10, 2019, the President of the United States signed Executive Order 13868 Promoting Energy Infrastructure and Economic Growth directing the EPA to initiate a rulemaking to modernize and improve the CWA section 401 certification process to facilitate efficient permitting processes and increase regulatory certainty.
The tribal consultation letter and consultation and coordination plan are available on EPA’s Tribal Consultation Opportunities Tracking System (TCOTS) website located at: https://tcots.epa.gov.
EPA is holding two informational webinars for tribal governments on May 7, 2019, from 12:00 – 1:00 PM Eastern Time, and May 15, 2019, from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM Eastern Time. Please see the attached consultation plan for additional information.
Tribes will have until May 24, 2019, to provide comment on this action.
For any questions, please contact Lauren Kasparek, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, by email at [log in to unmask] or by phone at 202-564-3351.
Please share this information with others who may be interested.
For a view of the consultation letter, please hit the link in the read more section below.
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7. Workshop-Source Water Protection Planning- June 26, 2019, Nice, CA
RCAC
For a larger view of the flyer, please hit the link in the read more section below.
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http://www.ciea-health.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Source-Water-Protection_Nice_26June2019.pdf
8. Meeting Announcement: Proposition 1 Water Storage Investment Program: Funding the Public Benefits of Water Storage Projects- June 6, 2019, Colusa, CA
Colusa Indian Community and the California Water Commission
Dear Interested Parties,
On June 6, 2019, the Colusa Indian Community will co-host with the California Water Commission a Tribal Informational Meeting about the Water Storage Investment Program (WSIP).
Having received maximum conditional eligibility determinations from the California Water Commission in July 2018, WSIP applicants are now working to obtain the required permits, environmental documents and contracts prior to returning to the Commission for a final award hearing. Among the requirements are contracts for the administration of public benefits with the state agencies responsible for administering them. WSIP public benefits include ecosystem improvement, flood control, water quality improvement, emergency response and recreation
This meeting is designed to provide information and resources regarding the status of WSIP and its eight projects, and to educate attendees on how best to stay up-to-date as the projects progress. During this meeting there will be ample time to ask questions and exchange ideas on monitoring and management of public benefits with staff from the California Water Commission, and the agencies that will administer the public benefits ‒ Department of Water Resources, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the State Water Resources Control Board.
The meeting will take place on Thursday, June 6 at the Colusa Indian Community Council Building, located at 3740 Highway 45 in Colusa. If you need reasonable accommodation to attend due to a disability, please contact Paul Cambra at [log in to unmask] or at (916) 651-0156.
Please RSVP by Friday, May 31, 2019, to Anecita Agustinez, DWR Tribal Policy Advisor, at [log in to unmask]
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https://cwc.ca.gov/Water-Storage
9. Region 9 Tribal Caucus Letter re Tribal Consultation Regarding the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program
Region 9 Tribal Caucus
R9 Tribal Caucus wrote a letter to Assistant Administrator Chad McIntosh re providing adequate Tribal Consultation for the GAP Evaluation, which they state in their letter " I’m writing to you now to request your assistance with ensuring that there is appropriate government-to-government consultation process implemented by OITA with respect to the evaluation of and potential revisions to US Environmental Protection Agency’s (“USEPA”) Guidance for the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (“GAP”)."
Please click the read more button to see the full letter sent from the Region 9 Tribal Caucus.
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http://www.ciea-health.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019.03.06-Tribal-Consultation-Comments-to-Chad-McIntosh.pdf
10. Update: GAP Funding Changes - RTOC comments and EPA' reaffirmation of Indian Policy
RTOC / USEPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1984 became the first federal agency to adopt a formal Indian policy. Today, I am proud to formally reaffirm the EPA Policy for the Administration of Environmental Programs on Indian Reservations. By my action, the EPA reiterates its recognition of the United States’ unique legal relationship with tribal governments based on the Constitution, treaties, statutes, executive orders and court decisions. The EPA recognizes the right of tribes as sovereign governments to self-determination and acknowledges the federal government's trust responsibility to tribes. The EPA works with tribes on a government-to-government basis to protect their land, air and water.
The reaffirmation of the 1984 Indian Policy articulates the importance of the EPA’s tribal programs and our relationship with tribal governments. Our work with tribes is crosscutting and affects all aspects of the EPA’s day-to-day functions. As noted in the 1984 Indian Policy, the fundamental objective of the EPA is to protect human health and the environment. However, the key emphasis of this effort is to give special consideration to tribal interests in making agency policy and to ensure the close involvement of tribal governments in making decisions and managing environmental programs affecting reservation lands. To meet this objective, the EPA will continue to pursue the following principles as memorialized in the policy document:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency stands ready to work directly with Indian tribal governments on a one-to-one basis (the “government-to-government” relationship) rather than as subdivisions of other governments.
The EPA will recognize tribal governments as the primary parties for setting standards, making environmental policy decisions and managing programs for reservations, consistent with EPA standards and regulations.
The EPA will take affirmative steps to encourage and assist tribes in assuming regulatory and program management responsibilities for reservation lands.
The EPA will take appropriate steps to remove existing legal and procedural impediments to working directly and effectively with tribal governments on reservation programs.
The EPA, in keeping with the federal trust responsibility, will assure that tribal concerns and interests are considered whenever the EPA' s actions and/or decisions may affect reservation environments.
The EPA will encourage cooperations between tribal, state and local governments to resolve environmental problems of mutual concern.
The EPA will work with other federal agencies that have related responsibilities on Indian reservations to enlist their interest and support in cooperative efforts to help tribes assume environmental program responsibilities for reservations.
The EPA will strive to assure compliance with environmental statutes and regulations on Indian reservations.
The EPA will incorporate these Indian policy goals into its planning and management activities, including its budget, operating guidance, legislative initiatives, management accountability system and ongoing policy and regulation development processes.
It is an important time in our partnership with tribes as the EPA builds on past successes and strives to meet current and future environmental challenges together with tribes. Please join me in advancing our strong partnership with tribal governments to protect human health and to
safeguard the environment in Indian Country.
Andrew Wheeler
Administrator
For more information, please click on the read more link to our website, which will show you the documents.
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http://www.ciea-health.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019.03.06R-2019.04.03-Tribal-Consultation-Comments-to-Chad-McIntosh.pdf
11. Update: To Cannabis Cultivation Policy effective as of April 16, 2019
State Water Board
To all interested parties,
On April 16, 2019, the Office of Administrative Law approved the updates to the Cannabis Policy, and the new provisions went into effect. The focus of the updates to the Cannabis Policy involve: (a) allowing some existing onstream reservoirs to obtain water rights for cannabis cultivation; (b) updating the Water Boards tribal notification process for cannabis cultivation sites that are on or within 600 feet of Tribal lands; (c) updates to tribal buffers conditionally exempt for indoor cultivation sites; and (d) updates to the winterization requirements to allow for cultivation on flat lands.
The State Water Board is now accepting applications for onstream reservoir Cannabis Small Irrigation Use Registration through the Cannabis Cultivation Program Application Portal (Portal). If you have any questions regarding submitting an application for an onstream reservoir, please contact Division of Water Rights Cannabis Registrations staff by phone at (916) 319-9427 or by email at [log in to unmask]
Please visit the Water Boards’ Cannabis Cultivation webpage to view the updated Cannabis Policy and other related documents and to apply for your State Water Board permits today.
READ MORE:
https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/cannabis/docs/policy/final_cannabis_policy_with_attach_a.pdf
12. Upcoming 3 Brown Bag Seminars: Integrating the Bay & Delta: 06/25 and 07/18-online
The Delta Science Program, CDFW Watershed Restoration Grants Branch, and the Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program
The Delta Science Program, CDFW Watershed Restoration Grants Branch, and the Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program will jointly host a 3-talk series of Brown Bag Seminars about Integrating the Bay and Delta, with a focus on water quality. The first talk is Wednesday, May 22nd, at noon.
The seminars are free and open to the public, with no RSVP required. All talks will be held at Park Tower Building - 980 9th street, Sacramento, CA – 2nd floor conference room and are also webcasted and recorded.
Managing Water Quality Across Boundaries
Tuesday, June 25, 2019, 12:00 – 1:00 PM WEBCAST (Password: Fong)
Stephanie Fong, Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) Coordinator Chair; CDFW
This seminar will examine perspectives on technical, geographical, and political boundaries Drawing from her experiences with IEP and beyond, she will highlight insights from the Delta system.
The Place of Estuaries along the Continuum from Mountains to Oceans
Thursday, July 18, 2019, 12:00 – 1:00 PM WEBCAST (Password: Cloern)
Jim Cloern, Senior Research Scientist Emeritus; USGS
This seminar will examine why we need to think about the Bay and the Delta in their unique setting between the Sierra and the Pacific, building on an extensive career with the USGS
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http://deltacouncil.ca.gov/docs/brown-bag-delta-science-program/delta-science-program-brown-bag-seminar-series-flyer
13. Native American Heritage Night at the Oakland A's game 07/30/2019
CIEA has tickets available for Native American Heritage Night. We are also raffling a pair of tickets for a full completion of IRWM Needs Assessment, which will automatically place you into the drawing on June 3, 2019. Contact Jo-Joe and Alex. Info below flyer.
For information on purchasing tickets, please contact SFBA Community Coordinator Alexander Tavizon at alexandert.ciea@gmailcom or SRFA Community Coordinator Jo-Joe Lee at [log in to unmask]
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14. Free Online Drinking Water Workshops: June 2019
RCAC
Click on hyperlinks to register or use the read more link to search for the course on RCAC's website.
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https://www.events.rcac.org/assnfe/SearchCourses.asp
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