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CHEROKEE NATION / INTER-TRIBAL ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL OPEN DUMP DATA EXCHANGE

CHEROKEE NATION / INTER-TRIBAL ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL OPEN DUMP DATA EXCHANGE. By Randy Gee Cherokee Nation Environmental Programs April 25, 2007. Goal-Use Exchange Network for Data Exchange. Cherokee Nation Facility Data. Cherokee Nation CWA 106 Data. Baseline Assessments

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CHEROKEE NATION / INTER-TRIBAL ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL OPEN DUMP DATA EXCHANGE

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  1. CHEROKEE NATION / INTER-TRIBAL ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL OPEN DUMP DATA EXCHANGE By Randy Gee Cherokee Nation Environmental Programs April 25, 2007

  2. Goal-Use Exchange Network for Data Exchange

  3. Cherokee Nation Facility Data

  4. Cherokee Nation CWA 106 Data • Baseline Assessments • Continued Monitoring

  5. Cherokee Nation AirQuality Monitoring Data Cherokee Nation enters data in EPA’s Air Quality System (AQS) database

  6. ITEC CWA 106 Data • Cherokee Nation • Osage Nation • Eastern Shawnee Tribe • Otoe-Missouria Tribe • Kaw Nation • Quapaw Tribe • Pueblo of Taos

  7. ITEC CWA 106 Data

  8. ITEC AirQuality Monitoring Data Mobile air quality monitoring at the Pueblo of Taos

  9. ITEC AirQuality Monitoring Data ITEC staff provides assistance in entering data into AQS

  10. Cherokee Nation OpenDump Data Cherokee Nation provides open dump data to EPA Region 6

  11. ITEC OpenDump Data ITEC staff provides assistance in open dump assessment

  12. Tribal Open Dumps Background • Public Law 103-399, Indian Lands Open Dump Cleanup Act of 1994 • Enacted October 22, 1994 • Congressional concerns on solid waste open dump sites located on Indian lands

  13. Tribal Open Dumps Background • Purposes of Act • Locate open dumps on Indian lands • Assess the relative health and environmental hazards • Provide financial and technical assistance to close open dumps to comply with Federal and/or Tribal standards

  14. Tribal Open Dumps Background • Indian Health Service (IHS) assigned to conduct inventory of all open dumps on Indian lands • Submit annual report to Congress • IHS to also identify level of funding needed to bring dumps into compliance and develop solid waste management plans

  15. Tribal Open Dumps Background • Act requires IHS to consult with EPA, tribes, state and other federal entities

  16. Tribal Open Dumps Status Today • 2006-2011 EPA Strategic Plan • By 2011, close 138 open dumps on Indian land compared to FY 2006 • By 2011, increase by 118 the number of tribes covered by ISWMP compared to FY 2006

  17. Tribal Open Dumps Status Today • Official List • 1998 Report

  18. Tribal Open Dumps Status Today • EPA and IHS to use OMDS database as new “official” open dump inventory • Currently meeting to fully develop system

  19. Exchange Network Can PlayImportant Role • EPA and IHS staff resources lacking • Tribal staff closer to sites on land • EPA has provided funding to develop capacity to assess environmental concerns

  20. Exchange Network Can PlayImportant Role • In the past, paper assessment reports submitted to IHS

  21. Exchange Network Can PlayImportant Role • Initiative to develop data flow to use EN to exchange data • Pilot flow could be done between IHS OMDS, EPA’s Tribal Information Management System and Cherokee Nation Node

  22. Exchange Network Can PlayImportant Role • Currently gathering data elements • Looking to re-use schema as much as possible • enfoTech-contractor

  23. Exchange Network Can PlayImportant Role • Initial XML schema and Flow Configuration Document by the end of FY 2007

  24. Questions?

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