Invitation to Participate in NPDES PGP Tribal Webcast

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EPA is hosting a NPDES Pesticide General Permit webcast for the Tribal Pesticide Program Council (TPPC) and other interested tribes
and is scheduled for April 18, 2012. Instructions for participating are below.

Please share the information with tribal water contacts, too.

Nina and Corn - Would you mind notifying the RTOC folks?

Thanks!
Marcy


Marcy Katzin
Tribal and Pacific Island Project Officer
EPA Region 9
Pesticides Section (CED-5)
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: (415) 947-4215
Fax: (415) 947-3583
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From: Mary Powell/DC/USEPA/US
To: Juliann Barta/R10/USEPA/US@EPA, BGruenig@ntec.org
Cc: chumble.prasad@epa.gov, Caren Robinson/DC/USEPA/US@EPA
Date: 04/03/2012 01:36 PM
Subject: Fw: 4-18-12 NPDES PGP Tribal Webcast Invitation
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Juliann and Bob,

We have the details now for the NPDES webcast I mentioned at the TPPC meeting. Please distribute this widely to your tribal contacts. Thanks.

Questions should be directed to Prasad Chumble in EPA's Office of Water, Water Permits Division . He can be reached at chumble.prasad@epa.gov .

Thanks Prasad!

- Mary


Audience: This webcast is open to the public, but is intended for those who manage pests on Indian Country lands. Tribes are urged to send this invitation to those who are responsible for applying pesticides that result in discharges to waters of the United States on Indian Country lands or that are otherwise involved in the decision-making process of such.

Topic: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hosting a webcast on April 18, 2012 for Tribal audiences to discuss the implications of a recent court decision on Clean Water Act (CWA) permitting requirements for pesticide discharges to waters of the United States. The EPA is the agency responsible for issuing these permits for discharges on all Indian Country lands in the U.S. except for those lands located within the State of Maine.

When: Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Eastern

How to participate; additional background: See the attached.