EPA Pesticide Program Update from EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs 07/16/01

http://www.epa.gov/pesticides

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IN THIS UPDATE:

• ADMINISTRATOR WHITMAN REAFFIRMS THE EPA AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS PARTNERSHIP (Note to Correspondents 7/13/01)

EPA Administrator Christie Whitman this week reaffirmed the Agency's commitment to partnerships between EPA and Indian Tribes. Appearing at a Tribal Operations Committee Meeting at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Whitman signed two documents signaling that agreement.

The first document was the reaffirmation of commitment to the EPA "Indian Policy." The policy was issued in 1984 and entrusted EPA with the responsibility and support for the role of Tribal governments as the most appropriate party to protect the environment and public health in their areas. It also establishes a policy of consulting with tribes on a government-to-government basis.

Latane N. Donelin, Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indian and Derrith Watchman Moore, The Navajo Nation, joined the Administrator in signing the Tribal Operations Committee Charter that represents the continued support for the work of the partnership.

For further information, contact Maria Pia Tamburri, Office

of Media Relations at 202-564-7873 or email at: tamburri.maria@epa.gov.

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For general questions on pesticides and pesticide

poisoning prevention, contact the National Pesticide

Telecommunications Network (NPTN), toll-free, at:

1-800-858-7378, by E-mail at nptn@ace.orst.edu,

or by visiting their website at:

http://ace.orst.edu/info/nptn/

For information about ongoing activities in the

Office of Pesticide Programs, visit our homepage

at: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides

Or call or write us directly at:

Communication Services Branch

Office of Pesticide Programs (7506C)

US Environmental Protection Agency

Ariel Rios Building

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004-2403

703-305-5017

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