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      EPA Director

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Kim Mattson
Email: epadirector@qvir.com
EPA Building:   (530) 468-5907 Ext. 302
Fax:                       (530) 468-5908

     EPA Assistant

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Cecilli Kelley
Email: epaassistant@qvir.com
EPA Building:    (530) 468-5907 Ext. 312
Fax:                     (530) 468-5908

EPA Outreach Coordinator

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Marla Bennett
Email: marla@qvir.com
EPA Building:   (530) 468-5907 Ext. 304
Fax:                       (530) 468-5908

EPA Director Interim

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Rebekah Sluss
Email: epadirector1@qvir.com
EPA Building:   (530) 468-5907 Ext. 313
Fax:                   (530) 468-5908

Tribal     Environmental     Protection     Agency

Staff:     
Full-time Director
Part-time Environmental Consultant
Full-time Environmental Assistant
Full-time Environmental Education Outreach Coordinator
Grants:
- The General Assistance Program Grant from the US EPA
- Clean Water 106 & 319 from US EPA
- Baseline Watershed Assessment from the BIA
- Water Rights Litigation and Negotiation from the BIA
- Environmental Justice from the CAL EPA
- Hazardous Fuels Reduction
- Wildland and Urban Interface Program from the BIA
- Energy Efficiency Community Block Grant from DOE
- Drought Relief Stimulus from BOR
- Salmon Surveys from the USFWS
- USFS Fecal Indicator Bacteria Monitoring
- BIA Community Fire Protection
- USFWS Klamath Basin
   Tribal Youth Employment Program
 Purpose: To addresses environmental issues that are a threat to human health or safety, essential to the development to a sound Environmental Program, or a means to enhance the quality of life for Quartz Valley Indian Reservation and its Community.   

Goals:
•To protect the health and well-being of Tribal People
•To protect and restore the natural environment for current and future generations
•To respond to environmental emergencies
•To serve as a community resource
•To promote the cooperation and coordination between local and federal agencies and Quartz Valley Indian Reservation

Klamath Dam Removal Alternatives:

1 - No Action/No Project
2 - Full Facilities Removal of 4 Dams
3 - Patial Facilities Removal of 4 Dams
4 - Fish Passage at Four Dams
5 - Fish Passage at J.C. Boyle and Copco 2, Remove Copco 1 and Iron Gate
Click to review a powerful document on the dam removal project.