Regional Workgroup Information Sheet Border 2012: US- Mexico Environmental Program

ADEQ
Arizona Department^1 „
of Environmental Quality
SECRETARfA DE
MfDIO AMBIENTt Y
' RECURSOS NATURALES
BORDER 2012: U.S.- MEXICO ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM -
REGIONAL WORKGROUP INFORMATION SHEET -
ARIZONA - SONORA
Winter/Spring 2004
Border 2012:
U.S. - Mexico Environmental Program
EPAandSEMAIAT
created the ten year Border 2012
Program in partnership with other
federal agencies including the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services and the Mexican Secretariat of Health, the ten border-state
governments, and U.S. tribal governments. Border 2012 emphasizes a
bottom-up approach, anticipating that local decision-making, priority-
setting, and project implementation will best address environmental
issues in the border region. Border 2012 has evolved from previous
binational programs: the Integrated Border Environmental Plan and
Border XXI.

Regional Workgroups are the foundation of Border 2012. They are
geographically focused and emphasize regional public health and
environmental issues. The Workgroups coordinate activities at the
regional level and support the efforts of local Task Forces. Each
Regional Workgroup has one state and one federal co-chair from
each country. Four binational workgroups have been established in
the following regions: California-Baja California, Arizona-Sonora, New
Mexico-Texas-Chihuahua, and Texas-Coahuila-Nuevo Leon-Tamaulipas.

This publication focuses on the Arizona-Sonora Regional Workgroup
and the Task Forces created under this Workgroup. To learn
more about the Border 2012 Program, visit the website at http://www.
epa.gov/usmexicoborder or http://www.semarnat.gob.mx/frontera2012. •
Regional Task Forces Identified

Under Border 2012, regional workgroups have the ability to
create task forces to address specific regionally- and community
-identified concerns, to implement site-specific projects, or to
address issue-specific concerns. The Co-chairs of the Arizona/
Sonora workgroup have identified five task forces for this region.
These are:

1. Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Response
2. Water
3. Children's Environmental Health
4. Waste and Enforcement
5. Ambos Nogales Air Quality

The Task Forces are as representational as possible, including
interested local communities, relevant, local, state, federal, and
tribal governments; binational organizations; non-governmental
and community based organizations; academic institutions; and
the private sector as appropriate. In very limited cases regional
task forces may restrict access to meetings when sensitive or
enforcement confidential discussions are taking place.

For more information on the Task Forces of this region, please
contact Lorena Lopez-Powers at 619-235-4768 or lopez-
powers.lorena@epa.gov, or Edna Mendoza at 520-628-6710 or
mendoza.edna@ev.state.az.us. •
"To protect the environment and public health in the U.S.-Mexico border region,
consistent with the principles of sustainable development."

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2  ARIZONA  SONORA: Regional Workgroup Information Sheet
   Arizona/Sonora  Regional  Workgroup  Co-Chairs
    Laura Yoshii
    Deputy Regional Administrator
    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    Region IX
Stephen A. Owens
Director
Arizona Department of Environmental
Quality
Ing. Florencio Dfaz Armenta
Delegate
Sonora Secretariat for Environment and
Natural Resources
Faustino Felix Escalante
Secretary
Sonora Secretariat of Urban
Infrastructure and Ecology
   Task  Force  Co-Chairs
    U. S. Co-Chair and Organization      I Phone Numbers & E-mail
                              Mexico Co-Chair and Organization    I Phone Numbers & E-mail
    Chemical Emergency Preparedness and  Response
    Diane Carper
    Cochise County Health Dept.
520-432-9472
dcarper@co.cochise.az. us
Wilebaldo Alatriste
Proteccion Civil del Estado de Sonora
662-217-5410 or 30
locatelsonora@prodigy.net.mx
    Water

    James "Jim" Holway
    Arizona Dept. of Water Resources
602-417-2440
jmholway@adwr.state.az.us
Roberto Fernando Salmon Castelo
National Water Commission
52-662-213-0361
rsalmon@grno.can.gob.mx
    Children's  Environmental Health
    Alice S. Wallwork
    ADEQ
602-771-2231
Wallwork.alice@ev.stete.az.us
Elicla Edith Frfas Bustos
SEMARNAT
52-662-259-2721 or 18
impacto@sonora.semarnat.gob.mx
    Waste and Enforcement

    Emily Pimentel
    US EPA

    John Rothman
    US EPA

    Placido Dos Santos
    ADEQ
    Edna Mendoza
    ADEQ
415-972-3326
pimentel.emily@epa.gov

415-972-3923
Rothman.john@epa.gov

520-628-6744
dossantos.placido@ev.state.az.us

520-628-6710
mendoza .ed na@ev.state.az. us
Ernesto Munro Palacio
PROFEPA
52-662-217-5459
     do_son@correo.profepa.gob.mx
    Ambos Nogales Air Quality

    Placido Dos Santos (Ambos Nogales)
    ADEQ
    Michele  Kimpel Guzman
    ADEQ
520-628-6744
dossantos.placido@ev.state.az.us

520-628-6717
Kimpelguzman.michele@ev.state.az.us
Angel Lopez Guzman
Sonora Secretariat of Urban
Infrastructure and Ecology
52-662-213-1966
arkilopez@yahoo.com.mx
    Other  Contacts
    Tomas Torres
    EPA Border Program Coordinator
    torres.tomas@epa.gov
    619-235-4775
Lorena Lopez-Powers
Arizona-Sonora Regional Workgroup
Coordinator
lopez-powers.lorena@epa.gov
619-235-4768
Placido dos Santos
Environmental Program Manager
dossantos.placido@ev.state.az.us
520-628-6744
Tibaldo "Ty" Canez
Arizona Border Tribal Coordinator
tycanez@msn.com
480-820-1426
602-565-2752 (eel.)

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