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What the National Tribal Air Association (NTAA) Can do fo r you. NTAA Members’ Meeting June 14, 2011 Spokane, WA (NTF). What is the ntaa ?. An EPA Tribal Partnership Group founded in 2002
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What the National Tribal Air Association (NTAA) Can do for you NTAA Members’ Meeting June 14, 2011 Spokane, WA (NTF)
What is the ntaa? • An EPA Tribal Partnership Group founded in 2002 • Funded by the USEPA through a cooperative agreement with the National Tribal Environmental Council (NTEC) • 72 Principal Member Tribes nationally • 10-Member Executive Committee • Regions 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and Alaska
Current Executive Committee • Kevin • Katie • Syndi • Rose • Angela • Bill • Randy • James • Brandy • Sam
What does the NTAA Do? • Policy Analysis • Weekly Updates, Comment Letters, Template letters for Tribes to use • Connect Tribes to EPA on Air Quality Issues • Monthly Calls • Listservs, Alerts • A Resource for Past and Current Air Quality Information • Website • Technical and Policy Assistance by our helpful and knowledgeable staff
Policy Analysis NTAA Weekly Updates • Detailed Analysis of Policies • News Headlines of interest to Tribes • Over 135 Subscribers • Sign up now at www.ntaatribalair.org
Policy Analysis Policy Comment Letters • NTAA has submitted over 30 Comment Letters to EPA and other agencies on various polices • Model Comment Letters prepared for use by Tribes as well
Connections • Monthly Calls • Every 4thThursdhay • NTAA/EPA Monthly Calls • Latest Updates, Previews of upcoming policies • Listservs/Working Groups • Tribal NSR, Ozone Designations • Alerts • Late-breaking News, and items needing immediate attention Sign Up at www.ntaatribalair.org
Air Quality Resources www.ntaatribalair.org • Latest News • Topic Pages • Events Calendar • Forums • Links
More Information www.ntaatribalair.org • Ondrea Barber, Program Coordinator, ondrea.barber@ntec.org • Jen Youngblood, Policy Analysis, jen@ntaatribalair.org • Ken Cronin, Web guy, Budget Analyst, kcronin@ntec.org