Sessions
The day of the opening plenary this year
What is Tuesday or What is August 18th?
The location of last year's TLEF
What is Minneapolis, MN?
TLEF
What is the Tribal Lands and Environment Forum?
This process removes contaminants from soil, groundwater, or sediment at cleanup sites
What is remediation?
The session held twice at this year's TLEF
What is ACRES Training/Office Hours?
The first year the conference offered a virtual option
What is 2020?
OLEM (hint: the EPA co-host of this conference)
What is the Office of Land and Emergency Management?
This EPA program helps communities assess, safely clean up, and redevelop properties where environmental contamination complicates reuse.
What is the Brownfield/Tribal Response Program/CERCLA 128(a)?
The number of this year's sessions focused on AI
What is 3 sessions?
The cofounder of the TLEF and resident bird nerd
Who is Todd Barnell?
TWAR SC
What is the Tribal Waste & Response Steering Committee?
Policy that establishes a national framework for managing both hazardous and non-hazardous solid waste.
What is RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act)?
The number of sessions offering a certificate this year
What is 7 sessions?
The first year the TLEF was held
What is 2010?
OMDP
What is the EPA Office of Mountains, Deserts, and Plains?
In 2024, EPA designated PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under this federal law, which governs the cleanup of contaminated sites
What is CERCLA?
The total number of sessions held at this year's TLEF
What is 83 sessions?
The only year since its origin that there was no TLEF
What is 2014 (due to government shutdown)?
ISWMP
What is a Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan?
An official group appointed by a tribal leader to plan, prepare for, and manage emergencies and chemical safety on tribal lands.
What is a Tribal Emergency Response Commission (TERC)?