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Mission and EPA Contacts

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An Overview
The American Indian Environmental Office (AIEO) coordinates the Agency-wide effort to strengthen public health and environmental protection in Indian Country, with a special emphasis on building Tribal capacity to administer their own environmental programs. AIEO oversees development and implementation of the Agency's Indian Policy and strives to ensure that all EPA Headquarters and Regional Offices implement their parts of the Agency's Indian Program in a manner consistent with Administration policy to work with Tribes on a government-to-government basis and EPA's trust responsibility to protect Tribal health and environments. AIEO's responsibilities also include:
  • providing multi-media program development grants to Tribes;
  • negotiating Tribal/EPA Environmental Agreements that identify Tribal priorities for building environmental programs and also for direct, EPA program implementation assistance;
  • developing tools to assist Tribal environmental managers in their decisions on environmental priorities;
  • developing training curricula for EPA staff on how to work effectively with Tribes; and
  • working to improve communication between the Agency and its Tribal stakeholders in a number of ways, including assistance to Agency Offices as they consult more closely with Tribes on actions that affect Tribes and their environments, and support for regular meetings of the Agency's Tribal Operations Committee.

American Indian Environmental Office, USEPA
Mail Code: 4104M
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20460

Tel:  202/564-0303
FAX:  202/564-0298

Actual Address for Visiting & Delivery:
1201 Constitution Ave. NW
EPA East Building, Room 3334
Washington, DC 20004

 

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