Alaska Forum

Alaska Landfill Operator Training
2024-04-25 09:00 - 13:00, 2024-04-23 09:00 - 13:00 (America/Anchorage) | Alaska Forums Virtual Attendee Hub
Alaska Landfill Operator Training (ALOT) is for the designated landfill operator in a village with a Class III landfill or open dump. The course focuses on the duties of the landfill operator, their personal safety, and the safety of the village. Emphasis is placed on the importance of the landfill operator’s role to keep the village clean and the landfill free from harmful substances.
Alaska Landfill Operator Training (ALOT) is a newly developed training that expands the content of our previous landfill training offerings (RALO, RALA, HHW) to allow more encompassing content including covering all the responsibilities associated with landfill operations.
This is a three day course Tuesday, April 23-Thursday April 25, with 4 hours of training a day and a few scheduled breaks. To receive the certification, you must fully attend and participate in all three days of training.

Alaska Landfill Operator Training Day 2
2024-04-24 09:00 - 13:00 | Alaska Forums Virtual Attendee Hub

Alaska Forum Virtual Technical Session: Advances in Phytoremediation for Sustainable Nature-Based Treatment on Hydrocarbons and Mixed Waste Sites
2024-04-17 11:00 - 12:00 | Alaska Forum Virtual Attendee Hub
This presentation will discuss design methodologies and data from full-scale phytoremediation installations on several hydrocarbon and mixed waste sites utilizing Endophyte-Assisted Phytoremediation System (EAPS) technology, as well as how they have been successful in meeting sustainability goals. These synergistic bioremediation tools and innovative techniques have been deployed to address several classes of pollutants, including chlorinated VOCs, petroleum hydrocarbons, and 1,4-dioxane alone and in mixed waste situations.
Speaker: Renee Murphy, Intrinsyx Environmental

Alaska Forum Virtual Technical Session: Disaster Resilience: Tribal Coalitions & Other Solutions
2024-04-10 11:00 - 12:00 | Alaska Forum’s Virtual Attendee Hub
This presentation is a follow-up to the November 2020 Alaska Forum presentation (Adapting to Climate Change: Lessons Learned from Rural Alaska Disaster Resilience Projects). In the three years since the 2020 Alaska Forum presentation I have worked on building tribal coalitions to respond to environmental threats (i.e. a regional response), among other initiatives to improve disaster resilience efforts at a community level. What is noteworthy is that the federal government has long used tribal organizations to carry out programs, projects and activities in tribal settings including housing (HUD), health care (IHS), and social service, education, and many other tribal programming (BIA). However the Stafford Act only recognizes States and Tribes as entities that can work directly with the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA). In other words, tribal organizations are not recognized by FEMA as an agent of tribes to work directly with the agency on disaster resilience. Consequently, regional solutions to environmental threats are not readily envisioned and advanced with an obvious loss of economy of scale solutions. Therefore, it falls on a tribe or a municipality to take lead in coordinating agencies and stakeholders in a multi-jurisdictional setting to develop effective disaster resilience solutions. Local capacity is tested. This presentation will include how a disaster resilience coalition can simulate a federally recognized tribal organization. The presentation will include discussion of the only multi-tribal FEMA approved Hazard Mitigation Plan in the country (to date) – the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians (a coalition of five tribes in central California) in addressing wildfires; the Unit 4 Disaster Resilience efforts (Akiak, Akiachak, Kwethluk, and Tuluksak) in addressing riverine erosion and flooding; and preliminary discussions a number of the Olympic Peninsula tribes are having for a collective response to the Cascadia fault earthquake/tsunami.
Presenter: Joel Neimeyer

Alaska Forum Virtual Technical Session: SM-1A Decommissioning and Dismantlement – Project Update
2024-04-03 11:00 - 12:00 | Alaska Forum Virtual Attendee Hub
The US Army Corps of Engineers has actively begun to implement the decommissioning and dismantlement of the SM-1A deactivated nuclear power plant located at Fort Greely, AK. The team is in the initial planning phases at this point with a planned mobilization date in May 2024. The update will include details on the history of the project, our regulatory framework, where the project is headed in the next 12-18 months, discusses our planned waste transportation route and tribal consultation, plus will allow for questions and answers.

Alaska Forum Virtual Technical Session: How To Keep Your Community Healthy During The Winter and Holiday Travel Season
2023-11-08 11:00 - 12:00 | Alaska Forum Virtual Attendee Hub
In this session, the State of Alaska Epidemiologist will discuss the current status of various emerging health concerns for Alaskans and actions we can all take to minimize the risk of spreading illness within our families and communities during the winter season.
Presenters: Joe McLaughlin, State of Alaska Epidemiologist and Chief

Alaska Forum Virtual Technical Session: Preparing Your Landfill For Winter
2023-10-31 11:00 - 12:00 | Alaska Forum’s Virtual Attendee Hub
Session Details To Be Announced.

FEMA Region 10: Alaska Local and Tribal Hazard Mitigation Planning Workshop
2023-08-01 - 2023-08-03 | Registration is required through Eventbrite*:bit.ly/AKHMPWorkshop23
ANTHC and FEMA Region 10 are hosting a hybrid Local and Tribal Hazard Mitigation Planning Workshop. This workshop is available both in-person and virtually. It will cover the basics of mitigation planning for local and tribal governments. You will learn about the planning process, assessing risks and developing and implementing effective mitigation strategies. This workshop reflects guidance, resources and materials related to FEMA’s 2017 Tribal Mitigation Plan Review Guide and 2022 Local Mitigation Planning Policy Guide. There may be opportunity for one-on-one technical assistance.
This workshop is for local and tribal governments, emergency managers, planners, environmental managers, and other partners. You may be interested if you are updating or will be updating a local, tribal or multi-jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan within the next year. You may also be interested if you live or work in an area approved for FEMA Public Assistance in a Federally declared disaster such as: Alaska Severe Storm, Flooding, and Landslides (Typhoon Merbok, fema.gov/disaster/4672).
In-person and Zoom attendance opportunities.
Registration is required: bit.ly/AKHMPWorkshop23
OPPORTUNITIES FOR CREDIT: You may be eligible to earn Continuing Education Credits from the Association of State Floodplain Managers and Certification Maintenance Credits from the American Institute of Certified Planners if you attend all days. More information will be provided.
QUESTIONS:
Jennifer N. Adleman
FEMA Region 10 Anchorage
Mobile: 202-664-0665
jennifer.adleman@fema.dhs.gov
