Transcript Mni Sose

Mni Sose Intertribal Water Rights
Coalition, Inc.
Exchange
network Project
Presented by
Rhonda Azure
Mni Sose Treasurer
Mni Sose Intertribal Water Rights
Coalition, Inc.
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Mni Sose (pronounced “mini so-shay”) is a consortia of
delegates representing tribes in the Missouri River Basin.
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The Basin falls within two separate U.S. EPA Regions—Region 7
and Region 8.
Region 7 has nine sovereign tribal nations, seven of which are
active members of our organization.
Member tribes include: Kickapoo Tribe in KS, Omaha Tribe of
NE & IA, Ponca Tribe of NE, Prairie Band of Potawatomi
Nation, Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in KS and NE, Santee
Sioux Nation and the Winnebago Tribe of NE.
Mni Sose received the Exchange Network grant from the EPA
to provide services to the Region 7 nations via tribal
Environmental Protection offices.
Exchange Network Project Goals
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Improve individual and collective information
capacity of member Tribes
Establish base infrastructure (technical and
management) which can be expanded to new flows,
services and Tribes
Improve Tribes’ access to external information
sources and services
Refine and expand the business case for Tribal
use/participation in the EN
Project Components
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Multi-partner node
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Shared application and services
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Available to all Region 7 Tribes
Identify and adapt applications that provide improved
capability to member Tribes and Mni Sose
member Tribes have secured access to individual and
shared space/applications.
Integrate and provide value-added access to member data
Management Support
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Mni Sose Information Plan
Member Tribe training, support and tech transfer
Project Approach – Three Phases
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Phase 1 – Assess and Plan
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User Data, Software, Needs and Opportunities Inventory
Scan of existing applicable applications
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in use by other Partners (Tribes and States)
Perform buy/build/adapt analysis
Install proof of concept Node and Client
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Test conversion of historical facility and water data
– Conduct test flows
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Develop Proposed Architecture and Plan
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Flows to be implemented
– Core shared applications/services
Project Approach – Three Phases
(cont’d)
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Phase 2- Implementation
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Shared Applications
 Revised
Node/Client software
 Flow Implementation
 Application Development and Deployment
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Phase 3 –Support and Future Planning
 Training
 Share
findings with EN community
 Plan next steps
Establishing a Multi-Partner Node (AKA “SuperNode”)
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Many partners want to use EN but not administer a Node
PNWWQX and STORET Tribal Warehouse in Region 8
demonstrated proof of concept of a “super node”
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Provide EN client and web interface to data providers/users
Works with users who have local/mixed data stores
What Mni Sose will do:
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Tribal member users maintain control of their data
Host a multi partner Node on behalf of member tribes
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Do authorized transactions and publishing of Mni Sose member data
Provide value-added client and web applications to members (e.g.
Analysis, Visualization and Reporting)
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Mni Sose handles Allow tribal members with local data stores and
easy way to publish
Will host a secured web-based application to provide both data
hosting, and useful functionality for members who want it
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Users will be able to add, remove and download their specific data.
Tribal Data Management Issues
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Very different levels of information management
capacity at member Tribes
Data format/consistency diversity
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Individual Tribal Environmental Protection office data are
currently in a variety of raw forms.
will be a challenge to catalog the data and format it for
storage in the shared management system.
In collaboration with member tribes, we will
adapt/create a standard template to be utilized
among the Region 7 tribes.
Support will be needed to ensure project supports
both direct individual needs of members and
collective needs
Candidate Flow List
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Short List:
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Facility
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Water Quality
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Historical data…get that entered first…then establish process
Use WQX flow
Air
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Tribe to EPA (FRS flow)
EPA to Tribe (What facilities EPA thinks)
Scope the AQS flow, both directions
Others being considered:
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Meth Lab Location and Cleanup Status/Issues
Open Dumps
Underground Tanks
Exploring Full Range of Data Flow Options -- Then
picking a few to implement
Flow
Examples
To: Tribe
From Tribe
Tribes
Upstream/
Downstream
or in shared
airshed
A consortia
hosting of
applications/ser
vices for
members
To: State
States
interested in
Tribal data—
qui pro quo for
access to Tribal
Data
To: EPA
EPA Program
Reporting, and
newer flows
like FRS and
WQX
From State
From EPA
From Other
Non/Fed
Partners
From:BIA/DOI
EN
FRS
NatureServe
Could/would
could provide
species data
(e.g. from
bordering states)
they ever put up
data or services?
May be a
New data source
to Tribe
outflow
Air Quality to
Tribe, to do
publishing on
website
TRI data from
boarding states
Other
data
services?
Use
EN to
encourage for
more
coordination?
Tribal Member
Mni Sose
Multi-User
Node
Tribe A
Spreadsheet
Only
State Agencies
Shared Applications and Services
Tribal Web Application
» DOH Data
Node Client
Tribe A
Tribal Member
Tribe B
» State
Specific
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Local Data Server
Node Client
Data and Services
Spreadsheet
WQX
Tribe B
Data Analysis Tools
» NCM
» MD
» KM
» Tools
» Links
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QUESTIONS?
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First, our questions for you:
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Do you have good (web-based) Air, Water or
Waste applications we should look at?
How have you successfully supported lessresourced partners in USING data?
Who else is doing what we are?!
Your questions