International Institute for
Indigenous Resource Management

The workshop will provide practical instruction and assistance to tribal decision-makers and professional staffs and federal facility managers and regulators in the following areas: first, it will help tribal professional staff and decision-makers understand basic principles of risk assessment, risk management and risk communication and the different ways they are applied in federal facilities cleanup; second, it will provide tribal professional staff and decision makers the tools they need to knowingly participate in risk-based environmental cleanup decisions; third, it will help federal facility managers, regulators and technology developers appreciate the wide range of tribal interests that are affected by risk-based decisions.fourth, it will help federal facility managers and regulators understand the legal drivers that require their consideration of tribal interests in their risk-based decisions; and fifth, the workshop will identify the barriers to and opportunities for knowing and informed tribal participation in risk-based environmental cleanup decisions

Who Should Attend: Decision-makers and Staff of Community-Based, Grassroots Organizations and Indian Tribes, Attorneys, Natural and Cultural Resource Specialists and Environmental Protection Professionals and Federal Agency Personnel and Contractors Working on Environmental Health and Safety Issues in Indian Country