Forums for Tribes and Environmental Justice Communities

The EPA helps to sponsor the following organizations that are dedicated to educating, discussing, and addressing environmental threats that face Tribes and other communities to ensure environmental justice.

• Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action (FOSTTA)
  The Environmental Council of the States (ECOS), in cooperation with the National Tribal Environmental Council (NTEC), and EPA's Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) are co-sponsoring the meetings of the Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action (FOSTTA). FOSTTA is a mechanism by which state and tribal officials jointly, and in cooperation with EPA, address toxics-related issues. The Forum is designed to foster and improve communication and coordination among states, tribes, and EPA.
  
  
• NEJAC Health and Research Subcommittee
  The NEJAC Health and Research Subcommittee promotes cooperative and supportive relationships aimed at ensuring environmental justice in health and research activities. It also advocates community education and training as a means to involve communities in solving environmental problems within their communities.