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Tribal Portal turtle logo Members of the EPA National Tribal Operations Committee

In order to improve communication and build stronger partnerships with the tribes, EPA established a National Tribal Operations Committee (NTOC) in February 1994. NTOC is comprised of 19 Tribal leaders (Tribal Caucus) and EPA's Senior Leadership Team, including the Administrator, the Deputy Administrator and the Agency's Assistant Administrators and Regional Administrators.

NTOC meets on a regular basis to discuss implementation of the environmental protection programs for which EPA and the tribes share responsibility as co-regulators. All tribes are encouraged to communicate with the members of NTOC.

Updated January 27, 2009
(Parenthesis denote alternate)

REGION 1
Sharri Venno, R1
Environmental Planner
Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
88 Bell Road
Littleton, ME 04730
Phone: (207) 532-4273 x215
Fax: (207) 532-6883
Email: envplanner@maliseets.com
(John Banks), R1 - Alt 1
Penobscot Indian Nation
12 Wabanaki Way
Indian Island, ME 04468
Phone: (207) 827-7776
Fax: (207) 827-1137
Email: jbanks@penobscotnation.org
(Steve Crawford) R1- Alt 2
Passamaquoddy Tribe
(Pleasant Point)
P.O. Box 343
Perry, ME 04667
Phone: (207) 853-2600 x238
Fax: (207) 853-6039
Email: stevecrawford@wabanaki.com
REGION 2
Dan Hill, R2
Environmental Technician
Cayuga Nation
Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force
P.O.  Box 116
Akron, NY 14001
Phone: (315) 889-5120 or (716) 870-0537
Fax: (315) 889-5186 or (716) 542-1066
Email: ugieflute@netscape.net
(Ms. Mardell Sundown), R2
Environmental Program
Tonawanda Seneca
7027 Meadville Road
Basom, NY 14013
Phone:(716) 542-2684 or (716) 481-4384 (cell)
Fax: (716) 609-3810 (call before faxing)
Email:mfsun@buffnet.net
REGION 4
James Long, R4
Secretary – Tribal Caucus
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Qualla Boundary
P.O. Box 547
US Highway 19 North
Tribal Utilities Building
Cherokee, NC 28719
Phone: 828-497-1859
Fax: 828-497-1815
Email: jamilong@nc-cherokee.com
(Steve Terry), R4
Director, Land Resources Dept.
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida
Post Office Box 440021-Tamiami Station
Miami, FL 33144
US 41 Mile Marker 70
Miami, FL 33194
Phone: (305) 223-8380 x2243
Fax: (305) 553-3644
Email: stevet@miccosukeetribe.com
REGION 5
Kenneth McBride,  R5
Director, Environmental Program
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
Dept. Natural Resources
P.O. Box 279
Red Lake, MN 56671
Phone: (218) 679-3959
Fax: (218) 679-2830
Email: kenmcbride@alumni.indiana.edu
(Stanley Ellison), R5
Land & Natural Resources
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
2330 Sioux Trail
Prior Lake, MN 55372
Phone: (952) 496-6158
Fax: (952) 496-6180
Email: land@shakopeedakota.org
Laura W. Spurr, R5
Tribal Chairperson
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi
2221 - One & One Half Mile Road
Fulton, MI 49052
Phone: (269) 729-5151
Fax: (269) 729-5920
(313) 331-0244 (H)
Email: lspurr@nhbpi.com
REGION 6
Honorable Governor Frank Piaz, R6
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas
P.O. Box 17579
El Paso, TX 79917
Phone: (915) 859-8053
Fax: (915) 859-4252
Email:no
(Evaristo Cruz, R6)
(Designee)

Phone: (915) 859-7913 X-155
Fax: (915) 859-2988
Email: ecruz@ydsp-nsn.gov
(Hon. Leon T. Roybal, R6)
Governor (ALTERNATE)
Pueblo of San IIdefonso
Route 5, Box 315-A
Santa Fe, NM 87506
Phone: (505) 455-2273
Fax: (505) 455-7351
Email: no
(Neil Weber, R6)
(Designee)
Pueblo of San IIdefonso
Phone: (505) 455-2273
Fax: (505) 455-1120
Email: nweber@sanipueblo.org
Honorable Chad Smith, R6 DELEGATE
Chief, Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
P.O. Box 948
Tahlequah, OK 74465
Phone:(918) 456-0671
Fax:(918) 458-5580
Email: csmith@cherokee.org
(Nancy John, R6)
Designee

Director Cherokee Nation
Environmental Director
P.O. Box 948
Tahlequah, OK 74465
Phone: (918) 453-5102
Fax: (918) 458-5499
Email: njohn@cherokee.org
(Hon. President Kerry Holton, R6)
(ALTERNATE)
Delaware Nation
P.O. Box 825
Anadarko, OK 73005
Phone:(405) 247-2448
Fax:(405) 247-9393
Email: no
(Danieala Nieto, R6) Designee
Delaware Nation
P.O. Box 825M
Anadarko, OK 73005
Phone:(405) 247-2448 X-141
Fax:(405) 247-9393
Email:dnieto@delawarenation.com
REGION 7
Felix Kitto, R7
Chairman – Tribal Caucus
Santee Sioux Nation
Director Environmental Office 
52948 Highway 12
Niobrara, Nebraska 68760
Phone:(402) 857-3347
Fax: (402) 857-3339
Email: santeeenvirodept@yahoo.com
(Julia Sage), R7
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska
Director, Environmental Office
P.O. Box 288
Niobrara, Nebraska 68760
GOAL 4 Lead : Healthy Communities & GOAL Lead: Cross Cutting
Phone: (402) 857-3391
Fax: (402) 857-3736
Email: julias@poncatribe-ne.org
REGION 8
Don Aragon, R8
Executive Director for Environmental Quality
Shoshone & Northern Arapaho Tribes
Building Ten - Washakie Street
PO Box 217
Ft. Washakie, WY 82514
Phone: (307) 332-3164
Fax: (307) 332-7579
Email: daragon@wyoming.com
(Kenneth Timbana), R8
Northwestern Band of ShoShone Nation
707 N. Maine Street
Brigham City, UT 84502
Phone: (208) 478-5712
Fax: (208) 478-5713
Email: ktimbana@ida.net
Rhonda Azure, R8
Director of Tribal Environmental Program
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewas
Turtle Mountain Tribal Office
Highway #5
Belcourt, ND 58316
Phone: (701) 477-2668
Fax: (701) 477-9398
Email: r_azuretmepa@yahoo.com
(Myrna Thompson), R8
Office Administrator Sisseton
Wahpeton Oyate
Office of Environmental Protection
P.O.  Box 509
Phone: (605) 698-4998
Fax: (605) 698-4999
Email: mcgerman@sbtc.net
Gerald Wagner, R8
Director,

Blackfeet Tribe
2029 Government Square
Old BIA Building
Browning, MT 59417
GOAL 3 Lead: Land Preservation
Phone: (406) 338-7421
Fax: (406) 338-7451
Email: gwagner@3rivers.net
(Ina Nez Perce), R8
Environmental Protection Manager
Gros Ventre & Assiniboine Tribes
Fort Belknap Indian Community
RR1, Box 66
Harlem, Montana 59526
Phone: (406) 353-8429
(406) 353-2205 x429
Fax: (406) 353-4358
Email: nezperceina@yahoo.com
REGION 9
Clay Bravo, R9
Natural Resources Asst. Director
Hualapai Tribe
947 Rodeo Way
PO Box 300
Peach Spring, AZ 86434
Phone: (928) 769-2255
Fax: (928) 769-2309
Email: naturalresources1@citlink.net
(Alex Cabillo), R9
Manager, Water Resources
Hualapai Tribe
949 Rodeo Way
P.O. Box 300
Peach Springs, AZ 86434
Phone: (928) 769-2255
Fax: (928) 769-2309
Email: acabillo@hotmail.com
Ken Norton, R9
Vice Chair - Tribal Caucus
Environmental Director
Hoopa Valley Tribe
PO Box 1036
Site1, Cannery Road
Hoopa, CA 95546
GOAL 2 Lead: Water
Phone: (530) 625-1004
Fax: (530) 625-5446
Email: knorton@hoopa-nsn.gov
(Wilfred Nabahe), R9
Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Reservation
Environmental Coordinator
PO Box 747
Lone Pine, CA  93545
Phone: (760) 876-4690
Fax: (760) 876-4682
Email: wjnabahe@lppsr.org
Stephen B. Etsitty, R9
Navajo Nation EPA
P.O. Box 339
Window Rock Boulevard
Window Rock, AZ 86515
GOAL 1 Lead: Air
Phone: (928) 871-7692
Fax: (928) 871-7599
Email: stephenbetsitty@navajo.org
No Alternate  
Marie Barry, R9
Environmental Director
Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California
919 Highway 395 South
Gardnerville, NV 89410
Phone: (775) 265-8682
Fax: (775) 265-3211
Email: marie.barry@washoetribe.us
(Annette George-Harris), R9
Duckwater Shoshone Tribe
Environmental Director
P.O. Box 140068
Duckwater, NV 89314
Phone: (775) 863-0286
Fax: none
Email: nette_george.harris@yahoo.com
REGION 10
Virginia Washington, R10
St. Michael IRA Council
Native Village of St. Michael
P.O. Box 59037
St. Michael, AK 99659
Phone: (907) 923-3772
Fax: (907) 923-2284
Email: VrWshngtn@aol.com
(Gregory Hoffman), R10
Orutsaramiut Native Council
P.O. Box 927
Bethel, AK 99559
Phone: (907) 543-3364
Fax: no
Email: no
Ronald Wassillie, R10
Newhalen Tribal Council Environmental Coordinator
P.O. Box 207
Newhalen, AK, 99606
Phone: (907) 571-1720
Fax: (907) 571-1778
Email: ronwassillie@aol.com
(William “Billy”Maines,) R10 Curyung Tribe
Environmental Coordinator
P.O. Box 216
Dillingham, AK 99576
Phone: (907) 842-1751
Fax: (907) 842-4510
Email: billy@curyungtribe.com
(Lee Juan Tyler, R10)
Tribal Council Member
Shoshone Bannock Tribes
P.O. Box 306
Fort Hall, ID 83202
Phone: (208) 478-3814
(208) 221-1127 (C)
Fax: no
Email: ltyler@shoshonebannocktribes.com
Brian Cladoosby, R10
Tribal Senate Chairman
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
PO Box 817
LaConner, WA 98257
Phone: (360) 466-3163
Fax: (360) 466-5309
Email: bcladoosby@swinomish.nsn.us
(Debra Lekanoff), R10 - Alt 1
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
P.O. Box 817
LaConner, WA 98257
Phone: (360) 391-5296
Fax: (360) 466-1615
Email: dlekanoff@swinomish.nsn.us
(Pearl Capoeman-Baller) R10 - Alt 2
Quinault Indian Nation
P.O. Box 189
Taholah, WA 98587
Phone: (360) 276-8211 x206
Fax: (360) 276-4191
Email: pballer@quinault.org

GOAL LEAD ASSISTANTS

Goal 1: Clay Bravo
Goal 2: Ken Norton
Goal 3: Gerald Wagner
Goal 4: Julia Sage
Goal 5:

 


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