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ENVIRONMENTAL CONTACT?:
EPA's American Indian
Environmental Office
http://www.epa.gov/indian/
Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona
http://www.itcaonline.com/
National Tribal Environmental Council
http://www.ntec.org/
Institute for Tribal Environmental
Professionals
http://www4.nau.edu/itep/
CONTACT
For more information or to provide
comments please contact:
Laura McKeivey
919-541-5497
mckelvey.laura@epa.gov
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The Office of Air and Radiation (OAR)
hosts the TribalAIR website. '
The website has many resources avail-
able to help tribal air quality professionals
create and manage their own air quality
programs. Information on the website is
briefly outlined in each section of this bro-
chure.
MISSION
The TribalAIR website is designed to
strengthen EPA and tribal air quality pro-
grams in Indian Country by:
Providing timely and user friendly ac-
cess to key information
Promoting the exchange of ideas
Making available relevant documents to
all environmental professionals who
live and work in Indian Country
The history of the Clean Air Act (CAA)
and how it relates to tribes as well as some
cultural education can be found in this
section.
»-»• TribalAIR Mail can e-mail you
announcements about air
program news (i.e. train-
ing, regulatory policies) in ^
Indian Country so you are
updated automatically.
»+ You may also post your own tribal ai
program announcements.
The website offers links to:
• . EPA Regions
• Tribes with current air programs
• Federal Offices:
Indian Health Service, American
Indian Environmental Office,
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Non-government Organizations:
American Indian Science and
Engineering Society, National
Tribal Environmental Council
Partnerships:
Tribal Air Monitoring Support
Center
You can download the most recent and
past tribal air newsletter.
The newsletter:
»-*• Is distributed quarterly
>->• Provides information on upcoming
activities (e.g. workshops and training) anc
also serves as a place to report progress
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On the air programs page you will find
critical information to help you develop and
support tribal air quality programs. For
example...
»+ General information related to:
• Air Toxics
Indoor Air
Permitting
Emissions Inventory
Criteria Pollutants
»-»• As well as air quality programming
information specifically for tribes.
Operating Permit Programs
Tribal Implementation Programs
The Tribal Authority Rule (TAR):
*+ Identifies provisions of the CAA in which
tribes are treated as states
«->• Lays out the eligibility requirements to
apply for any one of a number of CAA
programs
*-»• Describes financial assistance available
to tribes interested in pursuing an air
quality program
The TAR is can be read on-line or down-
loaded, as well as two TAR fact sheets:
1. Indian Tribes:
Air Quality Planning & Management
2. Eligibility for Administering CAA Programs
»-» This link to EPA's American Indian
Environmental Office provides a brief look at
the last 30 years of the tribal and federal
'relationship including presidential proclama-
tions, executive orders and EPA policy
initiatives.
»->• This link to EPA and other training
resources helps you take advantage of
upcoming opportunities like air quality
courses. For example:
Air Pollution Training Institute (APT!)
Institute for Tribal Environmental
Professionals (STEP)
Tribal Air Monitoring Support
Center (TAMS)
EPA has a partnership with ITEP to" \
provide technical support at the TAMS; .
Center in Las Vegas, NV. The Center1 ...',
provides training and assists tribes in es- r^lf
tablishing and running ambient monitors.'ffp
The goal of this page is to help tribes
work together on similar air quality program
issues. Please watch this page for future
project updates.
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