Transcript 2012 Tribal Air Quality Priorities

Tribal Air Quality Priorities
National Tribal Air Association Executive Committee
2014 National Tribal Forum on Air Quality
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’
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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
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
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
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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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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INDOOR AIR QUALITY
• Asthma
• Mold
• Radon
• Funding and Technical support
CLIMATE CHANGE
• Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
• Regulations
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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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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
NTAA
Regional Tribal Priorities
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
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
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
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
Region 9
•Funding
•Air programs for all Tribes who
request them
•Streamline designation process
•Consistent relationships between
Tribes, EPA R9 Air Division, and
Headquarters
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
Region 8
• EPA post schedule Through-TheProbe 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
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)
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
Region 6
• AQS Support for Data Certification
• Request consistently trained support
staff
• Two Year QAPP Approval
• Radon
• Indoor Air
• NSR Training Support
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
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
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
Region 4
• Pollution from Hydraulic Fracturing
• Mercury
• Increase Tribal Participation with
Region 4 EPA
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
Region 2
• Mobile Sources
• Emissions from the international
shipping industry; on-road/non-road
• IAQ
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
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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