Tribal Air Quality Priorities

National Tribal Air Association Executive Committee2014 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

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

2014 NTAA National Priorities

INDOOR AIR QUALITY• Asthma• Mold• Radon• Funding and Technical support

CLIMATE CHANGE• Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation• Regulations

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.

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

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-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

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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