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Office of Atmospheric Programs
Erika Wilson
OAP Tribal Coordinator
NTF
May 21, 2015
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Office of Atmospheric Programs
Office of
Atmospheric
Programs
Office Director:
Sarah Dunham
Clean Air
Markets Division
Director:
Climate Change
Division
Director:
Reid Harvey
Paul Gunning
Climate
Protection
Partnerships
Acting Division
Director:
Jean Lupinacci
Stratospheric
Protection
Division
Director:
Drusilla Hufford
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What OAP Does
OAP
1. Protects the ozone layer,
2. Addresses climate change,
3. Improves regional air quality.
OAP does this through
• Domestic Regulations
• International Protocols
• Partnership and Technical Assistance Programs
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OAP and Tribes
Mission-Driven OAP Tribal Work
• Unique focus on environmental issues at the global and regional scales
• Challenge is to engage tribal stakeholders in a way that makes sense
given the nature of our programs
– Opportunities
• Training and Capacity-Building
• Technical Support, including Monitoring
• Regulatory Outreach
• Analytical Efforts
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Clean Air Markets Division
(CAMD) and Tribes
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Tribal monitoring support
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Three tribal CASTNET sites
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Small-footprint CASTNET sites
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Cherokee, OK
Santee Sioux, NE
Alabama-Coushatta, TX
Kickapoo, KS
Red Lake, MN
Regulatory outreach and consultation
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Kickapoo, KS
Red Lake, MN
Umatilla, OR (scheduled to begin operation this
spring)
Passive ammonia monitoring sites (NADP –
AMoN)
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Cherokee, OK
Santee Sioux, NE
Alabama-Coushatta, TX
CSAPR
Transport
Clean Power Plan
Climate Change Division (CCD)
and Tribes
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Cooperative Agreement with ITEP
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national climate change adaptation planning training program and online resources
265 people from 141 tribes or tribal organizations
Tribal Feature or Case Study for Climate Change Indicators
Climate adaptation training curriculum and webcast series
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Climate Protection Partnerships
Division (CPPD) and Tribes
GHG Mitigation Information and Tools
• OAP continues to provide technical
support for climate change
• 6 tribal Climate Showcase
Community (CSC) grant recipients
• Tribal Greenhouse Gas Inventory
Tool
• Green Power Partnership (GPP)
and Combined Heat and Power
(CHP) Partnership
• Tribal Climate and Energy
Resources and Opportunities
website
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Stratospheric Ozone and
Tribes
• 2013 Motor Vehicle Air
Conditioning Technician
Training: trained about 60
tribal fleet technicians from 8
tribes
• 2010 Yakama Nation RAD
Project
• Stationary Refrigeration/AC
Technician Training at 2010
ITEP Tribal Lands and
Environment Forum, and
2011 Tribal Utility Summit
• SunWise: Wiseheart Saves
the Dawn
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OAP Tribal Program Plan
• OAP would like to work with tribes to develop
a tribal program plan outlining our priorities
and objectives for working with tribes
• Need tribal input in the creation of this
document
– Held one listening session in Alaska
– Today will be second listening session
– Hope to hold one more later this year
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Listening Session
1. Have you heard about any of these programs,
resources and tools before?
2. Which of these programs seem most useful and
relevant to you?
3. Do they align with any of your tribe’s priorities?
4. Where do you go to get information on these
issues?
5. Who do you typically partner with on these topics?
6. How can we help you build your climate adaptation,
GHG reduction, energy efficiency, renewable
energy, and air quality monitoring programs? What
information and tools do you need?
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Erika Wilson
EPA Office of Atmospheric Programs
202.343.9113
[email protected]
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