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2012 Tribal Air Quality Priorities

2012 Tribal Air Quality Priorities. National Tribal Air Association Executive Committee NTF May 2012. Introduction. NTAA founded in 2002. 73 Principal Member Tribes. Mission:

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2012 Tribal Air Quality Priorities

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  1. 2012 Tribal Air QualityPriorities National Tribal Air Association Executive Committee NTF May 2012

  2. Introduction • NTAA founded in 2002. • 73Principal Member Tribes. • Mission: ‘to advance air quality management, policies and programs, consistent with the needs, interests and unique legal status of American Indian Tribes and Alaskan Natives’. www.ntaatribalair.org

  3. Principles • Sovereignty • Self-Determination • Tribes have the right to know the quality of their air • Tribes are leaders and strong partners and co-regulators

  4. Principles • Tribes have the legal authority to regulate under the Tribal Authority Rule • Tribal Population Exposure to Air Pollution • Especially from off reservation sources

  5. 2012 National Priorities • Tribal NSR Requirements and Compliance • Funding for new and existing Tribal Air Programs and for Indoor Air Quality Programs • NTAA has developed a Budget subcommittee in an effort to assist with communication and coordination of funding information for Tribes nationally • Oil and Gas Development

  6. 2012 National Priorities • Indoor Air Quality • Mining Issues • Consultation • Improvements enhancements to communication and coordination with Tribes • Designation processes and the implementation of new and revised rules • Climate Change

  7. Region 1 • East-West highway to split Maine, through tribal lands. • Canadian fracking • Unmet need in program personnel

  8. Region 2 • Climate Change Adaptation and Planning • Wind, Solar and Geothermal Technologies • Hydro-fracking of Marcellus Shale • General Motors, Alcoa and other industries with effects on Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe at Akwesasne • Mobile Sources • Emissions from the international shipping industry; on-road/non-road

  9. Region 4 • Air Program Development • Indoor Air Quality • Climate Change research/adaptation planning incorporating Tribal Knowledge (TEK) • Mercury

  10. Region 5 • Mining Impacts • Iron Ore, Sulfide • Monitoring • Air Toxics, PM, O3, Mercury • Mercury • Production, Deposition, Impacts and Regulation • Education/Outreach to Tribal Community Members • Tribal NSR

  11. Region 5 • Air Modeling and Risk Assessment • Alternative Energy and Energy Efficiency • Lack of resources for new Tribal Air Programs • RPO to MJO Transition • Impacts of non-attainment in ceded territories

  12. Region 6 • Strengthening the relationship between Tribes and EPA Region 6 • Improved and consistent communication from EPA Region on all aspects of Tribal Air Programs • Funding, Program Issues • Jurisdictional Issues • Tribal NSR requirements and compliance • Education and outreach for sources in Indian Country

  13. Region 6 • NESHAP and RICE Rule compliance training • Integration of the Tribal Science Priorities into OAR Policy -Climate change, TEK • Indoor Air Quality

  14. Region 7 • Hydrogen Sulfide Gas (H2S) Regulation • Passive Ammonia Monitoring Network • Proposed Hyperion Energy Center and Keystone XL Pipeline • Impacts of coal-fired EGUs • NSR – Minor Sources • CAFOs, gravel pits, mobile sources

  15. Region 8 • Oil and Gas • Host another Energy Conference • Certification funding being held at Headquarters • QAPP turnarounds • Increased technical assistance

  16. Region 9 • Tribal air programs for all Tribes who want them • Streamline designation process • -Include Tribes from the start and always assume Tribes will affected by EPA standard revisions • Timely notification and appropriate consultation • Consistent relationships between Tribes, EPA Region 9 Air Division, and Headquarters • Recognition of the Tribal Authority Rule

  17. Region 9 • EPA staff should be well-versed in TAR, TAS, exceptional events, consultation etc. • Realization that the majority of bad air is from off-reservation sources • Funding for Regional Planning Organizations, radon analysis, and indoor air (Tribal populations have the highest per capita rate of asthma) • Training, tools, and resources for Tribes • Advocate for Climate Change as its own media

  18. Region 10 • Indoor Air Quality • Major problem particularly for the costal Tribes • Climate change adaptation resources • Smoke management program • Increase Cooperation and Coordination • Toxic and Criteria Pollutants • Diverse geography and populations creates may different issues • Regional Haze Implementation

  19. Alaska • Capacity building and funding for Tribes to conduct indoor/outdoor air quality assessments (as opposed to emission inventories) • Needs continued support from EPA • Fugitive dust from large scale mining activities • Dust • Road system in rural Alaska is all gravel and the majority of vehicles are ATVs

  20. Alaska • Funding • Alaska Villages continue to face the term “reservations” in RFPs • Climate change effects that the Villages are facing • Open dump burning occurs in rural Alaska. Education and outreach to Tribal leaders on the effects of this type of burning is needed. • Lead monitoring in rural Alaska at airport locations

  21. For more information www.ntaatribalair.com Ondrea Barber Program Director 505-263-1074 Ondrea.Barber@ntec.org

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