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

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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



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