PRESENTATION ON WASTE MANAGEMENT AND THE GAP PROGRAM Tribal EPA Conference Viejas, CA

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1 PRESENTATION ON WASTE MANAGEMENT AND THE GAP PROGRAM 2017 Tribal EPA Conference Viejas, CA

2 WASTE MANAGEMENT AND THE GAP PROGRAM Deirdre Nurre, Tribal Materials Management Section, US EPA Zero Waste Section Nicholas Anderson, GAP Project Officer, Land Division, Tribal Section

3 OUTLINE 1 Building your waste management program: where do you want to go? 2 Integrated Solid Waste Management Plans (ISWMPs): Your program roadmap, key components 3 What is fundable under GAP 4 Education and Outreach 5 Ordinances & Enforcement 6 Thinking Big: cleaning up dumps, building transfer stations, and beyond

4 INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS 2015 Tribal EPA Conference Viejas, CA

5 INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS (ISWMP) ISWMP is the road map for your tribal solid waste program Comprehensive description of current practices, programs, resources, legal authorities Comprehensive description of future program Updates to ISWMP are recommended every 5 years

6 INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS (ISWMP) Preparing for your IWMP requires effort, research, data, because: It s Important It s Big It s Lasting It s Hard.. But There s Hope!

7 DEVELOPING OR UPDATING YOUR ISWMP OVERCOMING BASIC ROADBLOCKS Templates are available for ISWMPs upon request Step back and think about what you want to achieve what would a successful solid waste program look like for your tribe? Based on what it looks like, sketch out goals for your program. Updating ISWMP? start your goals from scratch. Get help from the beginning: Contact Region 9 s Tribal Materials Management Team and have a conversation Ask Region 9 for examples of successful ISWMPs and look at what components might work for your tribe every tribe is different so all ISWMPs are different Start the writing process by breaking things down into smaller parts take one at a time

8 GAP MODEL LANGUAGE FOR PREPARING TO DEVELOP AN ISWMP Based on GAP Program Guidance on the Award and Management of General Assistance Agreements for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia, May 2013 (See especially Appendix I, Guidebook for Building Tribal Environmental Program Capacity) R9 developed model language for preparing an ISWMP to assist tribes in identifying what s fundable and easily approvable by EPA Tribal Program Office Why reinvent the wheel for every work plan? Model Draft Language text is available from EPA

9 EXAMPLE OF LANGUAGE FOR PREPARING ISWMP Initiate Environmental Team activities - Environmental Program Staff (EPS) will recruit a team of representatives from all Tribal departments and other government organizations, businesses, and other representatives to form a team that will help assess waste management practices, enact improvements to those practices, etc. Specific efforts: By [date], develop outreach to prospective Environmental Team By [date], convene an Environmental Team and agree on purpose By [date], EPA will draft Environmental Team Operating Plan, then review and finalize Plan with public input Outputs/Deliverables: a. flyer used to recruit members-at-large b. list of Environmental team members c. Environmental team operating plan

10 EXAMPLE OF LANGUAGE FOR PREPARING ISWMP Characterize Waste Management Practices- Team will characterize waste management practices and measure waste streams generated by key facilities. Can include: By [date], EPS will conference to determine how to conduct a waste assessment of Tribal and other key operations on the Reservation and document it in writing. By [date], the ED and EA will convene team to explain how waste characterizations work, and to schedule and plan upcoming characterizations. By [date], EPS will coordinate waste characterizations at key facilities/operations (~ 5 total), enter information into appropriate databases, share the data, create a waste management summary. Deliverables: a. general approach to waste characterization b. waste characterization schedule c. waste management summary; the summary will document (for each facility) waste policies or practices utilized, waste stream data, and waste disposal costs

11 HELP FOR TRIBES IN DEVELOPING ISWMPS: Contact Tribal Materials Management staff in Region 9 s Zero Waste Team: Deirdre Nurre nurre.deirdre@epa.gov (415) Sebastian Beshk beshk.sebastian@epa.gov (415) Jenny Stephenson Stephenson.jenny@epa.gov (415)

12 SOLID WASTE CAPACITY BUILDING AND IMPLEMENTATION UNDER GAP Nov Viejas, CA

13 WHAT S FUNDABLE: A REVIEW OF THE GAP GUIDANCE

14 REVIEW: GENERAL ALLOWABILITY UNDER GAP

15 GENERAL ALLOWABILITY CONTINUED

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17 SOLID WASTE CAPACITY BUILDING UNDER GAP Development of ISWMP Development of staffing plan RCRA and other SW trainings for environmental staff Waste characterization assessment Development of Solid waste facility/feasibility plan Development of waste management/ UST laws, codes & regulations Development of enforcement plan

18 BUILDING EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS Outreach is a key aspect of all tribal solid waste programs Presentations to council Curriculum development Fliers and newsletters Annual Community clean-ups: Only in communal areas; can t haul waste for individuals Must be focused on outreach Data should be collected and used for a current waste stream assessment *Many benefits of outreach: Increased awareness, identifying and preventing environmentally harmful behaviors, and source reduction

19 MORE OUTREACH CONCEPTS Doing recycling demonstrations at schools (especially with youngsters like at Head Start) OR at community events Going door-to-door, as a public service, to let people know what is recyclable, and have examples of materials (cans, paper etc.) This can be really effective for folks who are not as mobile. Contributing to local newsletter by doing short write-ups about a solid waste topic, or flyer, or comic

20 SOLID WASTE IMPLEMENTATION UNDER GAP "Once a tribe has established a waste management program consistent with the capacity indicators from E.3, GAP funds may be used for the following implementation activities in order of priority": A) Tribal Waste Management Program Administration B) Tribal Compliance and Enforcement Program C) Activities to Support Solid Waste Management/RCRA D) Cleanup and Closure Activities

21 EXTENDED FLEXIBILITY FOR SW IMPLEMENTATION However, the FY2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act (Omnibus) made the above restrictions allowable until Specifically, the Act states that GAP funds appropriated in Fiscal Years 2016 through 2020 shall be available to tribes for "solid waste and recovered materials collection, transportation, backhaul, and disposal services"

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23 ENFORCEMENT

24 BUILDING ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS Many options for enforcement Police force is not the only option Large tribes have courts, tribal police Tribes with per capita have had success by withholding payments to violators Community service in lieu of fines for violators Warning letters

25 BUILDING ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS, CONT D For off-reservation dumpers, build partnerships with counties, neighboring cities Post signs Barricade dumping sites Engage youth, create art Success stories

26 BUILDING BEYOND BASE PROGRAM DUMP CLEANUPS, TRANSFER STATIONS AND MORE 2017 Tribal EPA Conference Viejas, CA

27 IMPLEMENTATION: CLEANING UP DUMPS To fund cleanup of dumps, 6 prerequisites must be met: Outreach ongoing Waste Characterization performed IWMP approved by Tribe Recycling program underway Waste minimization program Compliance monitoring and enforcement program

28 EXAMPLE: PRE-REQUISITES FOR DUMP CLOSURE FUNDS

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30 EXAMPLE: PRE-REQUISITES FOR DUMP CLOSURE FUNDS, CONTINUED

31 EXAMPLE: PRE-REQUISITES FOR DUMP CLOSURE FUNDS, CONTINUED

32 TRANSFER STATIONS How GAP funds them? How they assist tribes? Prerequisites: Current waste characterization study Transfer station feasibility assessment

33 Resources/ Google: Developing an Abandoned Vehicle Cleanup Program for Tribal Governments How to Design and Conduct a Successful Waste Characterization Assessment "Allowable Solid Waste and Recovered Resource Program Implementation, Collection, Transportation, Backhaul and Disposal Costs under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016" QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION 2017 Tribal EPA Conference Viejas, CA