The Tribal Waste and Response Steering Committee (TWAR SC) is a Federal US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) Tribal Partnership Group comprised of subject matter experts from federally recognized Tribes and Alaska Native Villages from various US EPA regions. The TWAR SC strives to provide two-way communication between Tribal professionals and US EPA staff to ensure the concerns and perspectives of Tribal professionals engaged in the fields of Superfund, solid waste, emergency response, underground storage tanks, brownfields, and other contaminated sites are considered by US EPA’s Office of Land and Emergency Management personnel. The views expressed by the TWAR SC are those of the SC members and not of individual Tribes and/or Alaskan Native Villages. Furthermore, interaction with the TWAR SC is not a substitute for, or constitutes government-to-government consultation, which can only be achieved through direct, early and meaningful consultation between the Federal government and individual Indian Tribes and Alaskan Native Villages. The TWAR SC members work collaboratively with the national Tribal Superfund Working Group and their Advisory Committee, as well as cooperating with other national Tribal Partnership Groups where appropriate.