Uranium and Radiation on the Navajo Nation Resource List 2018 Topic Agency, Program, and Location Telephone Number Mines and structures Cleanup of chemical and radiological hazards at abandoned uranium mines (AUM) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 9 Superfund Program, San Francisco, California Navajo Nation EPA(NNEPA), Navajo Superfund Program, Window Rock, Arizona (505) 240-0093 Eastern region (480) 250-0990 Central region (928) 215-9402 Northern region (480) 250-0990 Western region (800) 314-1846 Contaminated structures NNEPA, Navajo Superfund Program, Window Rock, Arizona (800) 314-1846 Actions to reduce physical hazards at AUMs Navajo Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) Reclamation Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Department (928) 871-6982 Window Rock (505) 368-1220 Shiprock (928) 283-3188 Tuba City Radon in your home, radon test kits NNEPA, Radon Program, Window Rock, Arizona (928) 871-6790 Uranium mill sites Disposal sites— long-term surveillance and maintenance (LTS&M) U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management (LM), Grand Junction, Colorado (970) 248-6621 Mexican Hat manager (970) 248-6018 Shiprock manager (970) 248-6073 Tuba City manager Former processing site— LTS&M LM, Grand Junction, Colorado (970) 248-6621 Monument Valley manager Technical oversight, community outreach Navajo AML Reclamation UMTRA Department, Window Rock, Arizona (928) 871-6982 Disposal sites—general licensing and oversight U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Washington, DC (301) 415-6749 Former processing site—oversight NRC, Washington, DC (301) 415-6749 Health Preventive health information, uranium awareness posters Navajo Department of Health (NDOFI), Community Health Representative/Outreach Program, Window Rock, Arizona (928) 871-6786 Uranium medical screening and monitoring program Navajo Area Indian Health Service (NAIHS), Northern Navajo Medical Center, Community Uranium Exposure—Journey to Healing, Shiprock, New Mexico (505) 368-7391 or (505) 368-7402 Navajo Birth Cohort Study University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Division of Toxicology and Human Health Sciences, Atlanta, Georgia (877) 545-6775 (770) 488-3684 Downwinders radiation exposure compensation claim NIAHS, Northern Navajo Medical Center, Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program (RESEP), Shiprock, New Mexico NDOH, Office of Navajo Uranium Workers, Shiprock, New Mexico (505) 368-7054 (505) 368-1260 Uranium workers radiation exposure compensation claim NAIHS, Northern Navajo Medical Center, RESEP, Shiprock, New Mexico NDOH, Office of Navajo Uranium Workers, Shiprock, New Mexico (505) 368-7054 (505) 368-1260 01/2018 Page 1 of 2 ------- Topic Program and Agency Telephone Number Water Water hauling practices from safe drinking water sources NNEPA, Public Water Systems Supervision Program, Window Rock, Arizona (928) 871-7755 Locations of regulated watering points Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUA), Fort Defiance, Arizona (800) 528-5011 Water quality of NTUA piped water in your home, or from an NTUA public water system NTUA, Fort Defiance, Arizona (928) 729-6207 Ask for "consumer confidence report." Surface water and groundwater quality NNEPA, Water Quality Program (928) 871-7185 Fort Defiance, Chinle (505) 368-1037 Northern, Eastern (928) 890-7599 Western Operation and maintenance of livestock water sources Locations of unregulated sources, livestock wells, windmills, earthen dams Navajo Department of Water Resources (NDWR), Technical, Construction, and Operations Branch Contact a district office (505) 908-2740 To'hajiilee (928) 674-2210 Chinle (505) 786-2396 Crownpoint (928) 657-8094 Dilkon (928) 729-4003 Fort Defiance (928) 755-5971 Ganado (928) 686-3289 Leupp (505) 655-5402 Pueblo Pintada (505) 368-1062 Shiprock (928) 656-3674 Teec Nos Pos (928) 283-3170 Tuba City (505) 778-5337 Vanderwagon Tuba City Dumpsite Project lead BIA, Western Regional Office, Phoenix, Arizona (602) 379-3723 BIA coordination BIA, Division of Environmental and Cultural Resources, Washington, DC (703) 390-6482 BIA community outreach BIA, Navajo Regional Office, Gallup, New Mexico (505) 863-8285 Hopi Tribal water The Hopi Tribe, Water Resources Program, Kykotsmovi, Arizona (928) 734-3712 Remedial investigation and feasibility study oversight EPA, Region 9 Superfund Program, San Francisco, California (800) 231-3075 Navajo Nation Solid Waste Act NNEPA, Resource Conservation and Recovery Program, Window Rock, Arizona (928) 871-7816 Abbreviations Navajo Nation Community Outreach Network Office AML Abandoned Mine Lands ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (928) 810-2100 AUM abandoned uranium mine #2 Beacon Road BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs P.O. Box 2909 Window Rock, Arizona 86515 (across from the Navajo Arts and Crafts EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency LM U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management Enterprise building south of Highway 264) LTS&M long-term surveillance and maintenance NAIHS Navajo Area Indian Health Service Milton Bluehouse NDOH Navajo Department of Health Navajo Nation Outreach Liaison (970) 773-8347 Cellphone Milton.Bluehouse@lm.doe.gov NDWR Navajo Department of Water Resources NNEPA Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency NRC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission NTUA Navajo Tribal Utility Authority RESEP Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program UMTRA Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Program 01/2018 Page 2 of 2 ------- |