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Tribal Air Quality Priorities
National Tribal Air Association Executive Committee2014 National Tribal Forum on Air Quality
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Introduction• NTAA founded in 2002• 80 Principal 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
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NTAA Principles
• Sovereignty/ Self-Determination of Tribes
• Tribes have the right to know the quality of their air
• Tribes are leaders, strong partners and co-regulators
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NTAA Principles
• Tribes have the legal authority to regulate under the Tribal Authority Rule (TAR)
• Tribal Population Exposure to Air Pollution from off Reservation sources
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Process to Determine Priorities
• Regional calls/emails by NTAA Executive Committee Regional Representatives
• Face-to-face discussions and/or meetings with Tribes and NTAA Executive Committee Regional Representatives
• Documents identifying regional Tribal priorities utilized
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2014 NTAA National Priorities
AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION WITHIN TRIBAL AIRSHEDS • Oil and Gas development issues
• Air Pollution from Hydraulic Fracturing
• Transport 126 and 110 (a)2(d) Guidance
• Tribal NSR issues including: • Registration, Permits, Implementation, Delegation,
Enforcement and Permit Review• NSR Training, Guidance and Support
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2014 NTAA National Priorities
AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION WITHIN TRIBAL AIRSHEDS • Regional Haze Implementation Plans• Ozone Concerns• Mining and Exploration • Carbon based fuels: Oil, gas, tar sands, coal, frac gas• Hard Rock minerals
ENFORCEMENT ISSUES• Federal and State enforcement on TVs in ceded territories
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2014 NTAA National Priorities
INDOOR AIR QUALITY• Asthma• Mold• Radon• Funding and Technical support
CLIMATE CHANGE• Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation• Regulations
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2014 NTAA National Priorities
TRIBAL CONSULTATION• Consultation – Early and Often• Communication and coordination with Tribes early
in process and well before public comment periods.
• NTAA involved at the policy development level• Examples: Ozone and Tribal NSR workgroups
• Early involvement in the designation processes and the implementation of new and revised rules.
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2014 NTAA National Priorities
TRIBAL AIR PROGRAM SUPPORT• EPA Support for Tribal- Specific:• Technical Assistance• Training• Guidance and Policies
• Increase and stabilize funding for new and existing Tribal Air Programs• Both Indoor and Ambient Air Programs
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NTAA Regional Tribal Priorities
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Alaska• Capacity building and funding• To conduct indoor/outdoor air quality
assessments vs. emission inventories• Need support from EPA
• Fugitive dust from large scale mining
• Road dust (PM)• Rural road system is gravel• majority of vehicles are ATVs
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Alaska• Climate change impacts on Villages
• Open burning in rural Alaska• Outreach to Tribal leaders on health
effects
• Funding language• Alaskan Villages vs. “Reservations”
• Japan radiation pollution concerns
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Region 10• Ambient Air Quality • NAAQS & Toxics – Atm. Deposition• Coal, Oil & Gas Train/Barge Transport
• Regulatory• FARR Revision Process• Regional Haze Rule Implementation• Tribal NSR Implementation• Support for Title V permit reviews
• Smoke Management Coordination
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Region 10• Increase Overall Funding• Grants.gov• Separate IAQ and Climate Change, do not take
away from existing funds• Tribal Capability & Capacity Increasing, Success
Limited by Funding• Enforcement – No OECA Funds for Inspectors• Radon Funding Cut
• IAQ(Mold, Woodstoves, Radon, Pests)– Need resources identified for mitigation – Training on building/sanitation codes– Building inspectors
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Region 9
• Funding
• Air programs for all Tribes who request them
• Streamline designation process
• Consistent relationships between Tribes, EPA R9 Air Division, and Headquarters
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Region 9
• Realization that the majority of bad air is from off-reservation sources
• Emphasis Tribal indoor air within a broader scope
• Training, tools, and resources for Tribes
• Recognition of the Tribal Authority Rule
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Region 8• EPA post schedule Through-The-
Probe Audit and Performance Evaluation Audits (PEP)?
• Las Vegas Lab Radon Survey Service
• IMPROVE and Mercury Data
• Oil and Gas Development and Regulation
• QAPP concerns • Thank you for addressing this
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Region 7• Radon Implementation and
Mitigation
• Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)
• New Air Monitoring Technology
• Fiscal Year 2014 Region 7 Notification of Funding Availability for Clean Air Act Section 103/105 Funding (NOFA)
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Region 6• Funding
• Hydraulic Fracturing
• Climate Change as it’s own media
• Treatment As State-more EPA support for Oklahoma Tribes
• NCORE Sites-Better support with Filter based requirements and data certification issues
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Region 6• AQS Support for Data Certification• Request consistently trained support
staff
• Two Year QAPP Approval
• Radon
• Indoor Air
• NSR Training Support
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Region 5• Monitoring and Data Analysis• Air Toxics, PM, O3, Mercury
• Tribal mNSR • 1,000 letters sent ~ 56 registered ~
1 Tribal mNSR permit ~ 7 pending
• Mercury• Production, Deposition, Impacts & Regulation
• Alt Energy and Energy Efficiency
• Air Modeling and Risk Assessment
• Education & Outreach
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Region 5• Unique Mining Impacts to R5• Ferrous and non-ferrous• Sulfide side effects on environment• Aggregates – frac sands and transport
• Lack of resources for new Programs• TARJ ~ 28 Tribal entries, 14 EPA funded
• LADCO Involvement – O3, training
• Non-attainment impacts in ceded territories
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Region 4• Air Program Development and TAS
• Indoor Air Quality
• Climate Change research/ adaptation planning incorporating Tribal Knowledge (TEK)
• Increased dust pollution from drought caused by climate change
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Region 4
• Pollution from Hydraulic Fracturing
• Mercury
• Increase Tribal Participation with Region 4 EPA
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Region 2
• Climate Change Adaptation and Planning
• Hydraulic Fracturing of Marcellus Shale
• Alcoa and other industries with effects on Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe at Akwesasne
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Region 2
• Mobile Sources• Emissions from the international
shipping industry; on-road/non-road
• IAQ
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Region 1• Lack of Federal Trust Responsibly:
Carcieri legal decision, Tribe is not eligible for air program funding
• Additional Air Program Funding
• Support stack testing every 5 vs 3 yrs due to limited resources
• PCB contamination
• Building capacity and requests for MDN component
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Region 1
• Landfill gas/ energy production
• East-west highway to cross Maine and traverse Tribal lands
• International Refinery Emissions
• Unmet needs in Air Program personnel
• TIP compliance issues
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