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Navajo Nation EPA Participation in Exchange Network Grant

Presented by : S. Deb Misra, P.E., Director Surface and Ground Water Protection Department Navajo Nation population - 182,000; area – 27.3 million acres 4 Departments: Air & Toxic, Waste Regulatory, Surface and Ground Water Protection, and Criminal Enforcement

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Navajo Nation EPA Participation in Exchange Network Grant

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  1. Presented by : S. Deb Misra, P.E., Director Surface and Ground Water Protection Department Navajo Nation population - 182,000; area – 27.3 million acres 4 Departments: Air & Toxic, Waste Regulatory, Surface and Ground Water Protection, and Criminal Enforcement 15 Navajo Nation Environmental Laws and regulations 75 staff Treatment As A State status, several primacy delegations, several permitting programs Navajo Nation EPAParticipation in Exchange Network Grant

  2. One Stop Project Readiness Project Implementation Project Navajo Nation EPA

  3. One Stop Project Accomplishments • With stake holder input, developed and established environmental information exchange master plan • Procured computer/networking hardware/software to establish network node infrastructure in the Navajo Nation IT Department • Adopted data standard and Quality Assurance plan • 4. Developed Exchange Network website

  4. Readiness Project Accomplishment • Developed technical requirements and established network node • Developed format for Trading Partnership Agreement with U.S. EPA • Selected two official data flow for the Implementation Project • Conducted pilot data exchange with U.S. EPA’s CDX with limited FRS data

  5. Developed data format for Facility Registration System (FRS) using XML schema and populated database with facility data for all major air emission facilities (Title V sources under Clean Air Act) on the Navajo Nation Successfully submitted FRS data exchange with U.S. EPA’s CDX FRS data for public water systems and hopefully underground injection wells (UIC) will be submitted to U.S. EPA’s CDX through the node in May 2007 Implementation Project Accomplishments

  6. Developed data format for National Emission Inventory (NEI) and is currently populating database with NEI data NEI Data exchange is scheduled for May 2007 Continued

  7. Third Tribe in the Nation to achieve data exchange status with USEPA Trying to become the first tribe in the Nation to submit NEI data Current Status

  8. Within next 2 years, Navajo Nation intends to implement 4 additional official data flows depending on the availability of a grant E-DMR SDWIS WQX UIC ICIS-NPDES Future Plans

  9. Navajo Nation is already investing general funds to develop and implement the following e-government initiatives: Navajo Nation EPA Intranet E-government application to streamline the approval processes for grant acceptance, contract and other procurement, and various other documents requiring Navajo Nation President’s signature SWP and wetlands data flow RCRAInfo, AQS and TRI data flows by other departments under Navajo Nation EPA, if they can be convinced of the benefits Other Uses of the Node

  10. USEPA Recognition

  11. Time for Questions…

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