Uranium and Radiation on the Navajo Nation
Resource List 2016
Agencies to Contact with Questions
Topic	Program and Agency	Telephone Number
Mines and Structures
Cleanup of chemical and radiological hazards at
abandoned uranium mines
Region 9 Superfund Program, USEPA,
San Francisco, CA
Eastern Region
Central Region
Northern Region
Western Region
(800) 231-3075 (toll free)
(505) 240-0093
(480) 250-0990
(928) 215-9402
(415) 972-3068

Navajo Superfund Program, NNEPA, Window Rock
(800) 314-1846
Contaminated structures
Navajo Superfund Program, NNEPA, Window Rock
(800) 314-1846
Actions to reduce physical hazards at abandoned
mines
NNAML/Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action
(UMTRA)
Window Rock Office
Shiprock Office
Tuba City Office
(928) 871-6982
(505) 368-1220
(928) 283-3188
Radon in your home, Radon test kits
Radon Program, NNEPA, Window Rock
(928) 871-6790
Uranium Mill Sites
Disposal sites -
Long term care and maintenance
Office of Legacy Management, USDOE,
Grand Junction, CO
Manager for Mexican Hat
Manager for Shiprock
Manager forTuba City
(970) 248-6621
(970) 248-6018
(970) 248-6073
Former processing site -
Long term care and maintenance
Office of Legacy Management, USDOE,
Grand Junction, CO
Manager for Monument Valley
(970) 248-6621
Technical oversight, community outreach
NNAML/Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action
Program (UMTRA), Window Rock
(505) 860-7279
Disposal sites - General licensing and oversight
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington DC
(301)415-6749
Former processing site - Oversight
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington DC
(301)415-6749
Health
Preventive health information, uranium awareness
posters
Community Health Representative / Outreach
Program, NDOH, Window Rock
(928) 871-6786
Uranium medical screening and monitoring
program
Community Uranium Exposure - Journey to (r»n 36q_73qi nr
Healing, NAIHS, Northern Navajo Medical Center, '
Shiprock (505» 368-7402
Navajo Birth Cohort Study
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
ATSDR Division of Toxicology and Human Health
Effects, Atlanta, GA
(877) 545-6775
(770) 488-1347
Downwinders radiation exposure compensation
claim
Radiation Exposure Screening and Education
Program (RESEP), NAIHS, Northern Navajo Medical
Center, Shiprock
(505) 368-7054
Office of Navajo Uranium Workers, NDOH,
Shiprock
(505) 368-1260
Uranium workers radiation exposure
compensation claim
Radiation Exposure Screening and Education
Program (RESEP), NAIHS, Northern Navajo Medical
Center, Shiprock
(505) 368-7054
Office of Navajo Uranium Workers, NDOH,
Shiprock
(505) 368-1260
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Topic
Program and Agency
Telephone Number
Water
Water hauling practices from safe drinking water
sources
PublicWater Systems Supervision Program,
NNEPA, Window Rock
(928) 871-7755
http://www.navajopublicwater.org/
Locations of regulated watering points
NavajoTribal Utility Authority, Fort Defiance
(800) 528-5011
Water quality of NTUA piped water in your home,
or from an NTUA public water system
NavajoTribal Utility Authority, Fort Defiance
(928) 729-6207
Askfor"consumer confidence report".
Also available online at:
http://www.ntua.com/ccr14.html
Surface water and groundwater quality
Water Quality Program, NNEPA
Fort Defiance, Chinle
Northern, Eastern
Western
(928) 871-7185
(505) 368-1037
(928) 890-7599
Operation and maintenance of livestock water
sources
Locations of unregulated sources, livestock wells,
windmills, earthen dams
Technical, Construction, and Operations Branch, ND
Contact a district office: To'hajiilee:
Chinle:
Crownpoint:
Dilkon:
Fort Defiance:
Ganado:
Leupp:
Pueblo Pintada:
Shiprock:
Teec Nos Pos:
Tuba City:
Vanderwagon:
WR, Fort Defiance
(505) 908-2740
(928) 674-2210
(505) 786-2396
(928) 657-8094
(928) 729-4003
(928) 755-5971
(928) 686-3289
(505) 655-5402
(505) 368-1146,1062
(928) 656-3674
(928) 283-3170
(505) 778-5337
Tuba City Dumpsite
Project lead
Western Regional Office, BIA, Phoenix, AZ
(602) 379-3723
BIA coordination
Division of Environmental and Cultural Resources,
BIA, Central Office
(703) 390-6482
BIA community outreach
Navajo Regional Office, BIA, Gallup, NM
(505) 863-8285
Hopi Tribal water
Water Resources Program, Kykotsmovi, AZ
(928) 734-3712
Remedial investigation and feasibility study
oversight
Region 9 Superfund Program, USEPA,
San Francisco, CA
(800) 231-3075 (toll free)
Navajo Nation Solid Waste Act
Resource Conservation and Recovery Program,
NNEPA, Window Rock
(928) 871-7816
Abbreviations
ATSDR - United States Agency forToxic Substances and Disease Registry
BIA - Bureau of Indian Affairs
NAIHS - Navajo Area Indian Health Service
NDOH - Navajo Department of Health
NDWR - Navajo Department of Water Resources
NNAML - Navajo Nation Abandoned Mine Lands
NNEPA - Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency
NTUA- Navajo Tribal Utility Authority
UMTRA - Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Program
USDOE-United States Department of Energy
USEPA- United States Environmental Protection Agency
USNRC - United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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