Tribal Air
Air Program Resources
Links to EPA's American Indian Environmental Office (AIEO)
- AIEO Home
- EPA Tribal Policies and Initiatives - includes Executive Orders, Presidential Documents, and EPA Policy Initiatives
- AIEO Calendar - upcoming meetings
Tribes have a variety of regulatory tools and programs available to them as they work to protect their tribal air quality resources. To help tribes, EPA's Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) is working to provide technical assistance and program support to build tribal capacity. In addition, OAR is working to develop federally based programs to enable EPA to address air quality problems in Indian Country in cases where a tribe may be unable to do so themselves.
Air Toxics Programs
Alaska Tribal Air Toolkit (Region 10)
Ambient Monitoring Programs
Burnwise
Clean Diesel Campaign
Climate Change
Community Based Programs
Compliance & Enforcement
Criteria Pollutants
Emission Inventory Programs
EnviroFlash
Environmental Justice
EPA Region Tribal Website
EPA Strategic Plan
Federal Air Programs
Greenhouse Gases
Indoor Air
Mobile Sources
New Source Review
Office of Radiation & Indoor Air
Permitting Programs
Policy and Grants
Tribal Air Programs
R5-Clean & Healthy Tribal Casinos Workshop
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Air Toxics Programs
- School Air Toxics Monitoring
- 2002 National-Scale Air Toxics Assessment has been released. The press announcement is at: http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/85F4205112EAC937852575DF0001C83B
The purpose of the national-scale assessment is to identify and prioritize air toxics, emission source types and locations which are of greatest potential concern in terms of contributing to population risk. The 2002 NATA website is at: http://epa.gov/ttn/atw/nata2002/ - Toxic Air Pollutants
- 1999 National-Scale Air Toxics Assessment
- Mercury - Clean Air Mercury Rule
Alaska Tribal Air Toolkit (Region 10)
- The Alaska Tribal Air Toolkit is a multimedia resource for Alaska tribal communities. The toolkit includes videos, fact sheets, and other resources for addressing five major sources of air pollution in rural Alaska: Indoor Air; Road Dust, Diesel Emissions; Wood Smoke; and Solid Waste Burning. It is available on the web at http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/TRIBAL.NSF/programs/tribalairalaska or as a DVD by contacting the EPA Region 10 Tribal Air Program.
Ambient Monitoring Programs
- Internal Tribal Monitoring and Policy Guidance (PDF) (41 pp, 166 KB)
- Guidance on use of "NON-REGULATORY" code in AQS (PDF) (1 pg, 13 KB)
- Lead (Pb) Monitoring Implementation Assistance
- QA Handbook for Air Pollution Measurement Systems Volume II , Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Program has been finalized and is posted on the AMTIC website at - http://www.epa.gov/ttn/amtic/qalist.html If you have any questions regarding the new handbook, please contact Mike Papp at papp.michael@epa.gov
- Options Available for Tribes to Meet Independent Performance Evaluation Requirements for the Ambient Air Monitoring Programs Collecting Data for Comparison to the NAAQS (PDF) (31pp, 443k)
- Technical Guidance for the Development of Tribal Air Monitoring Programs (PDF) (177pp, 1.6 MB)
- Quality Assurance Handbook for Air Pollution Measurement Systems Volume IV: Meteorological Measurements Version 1.0 (Draft( (PDF) (164pp, 6.3 MB)
- Revisions to Ambient Air Monitoring Regulations Fact Sheet (PDF) (6pp, 30k)
- TAMS Center
- AMTIC - Ambient Monitoring Technical Information Center
- Ambient Air Monitoring Group
- Ozone Programs
- Particulate Matter Programs
- Tribal PM designations
- Proposed PM 2.5 Implementation Rule (PDF) (85pp, 728k)
- Part 50 Request for Comment Summary (PDF) (2pp, 114k)
- Part 50 Proposed Comment Requests Highlighted (PDF) (90pp, 879k)
- Part 53-58 Request for Comment Summary (PDF) (7pp, 111k)
- Regional Haze – Regional Planning Organizations
Burnwise
- Burnwise - Burn Wise is a partnership program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that emphasizes the importance of burning the right wood, the right way, in the right wood-burning appliance to protect your home, health, and the air we breathe.
Clean Diesel Campaign
Climate Change
- Impacts of Climate Change on Tribes (PDF) (18 pp, 286 kb)
- Impacts of Climate Change on Tribes - Attachments (PDF) (151 pp, 5,547 kb)
Community Based Programs
Compliance & Enforcement
Criteria Pollutants
Emission Inventory Programs
- eGRIDweb application
- eGRID
- Emissions Inventory System (EIS)
- EPA's Clearinghouse for Inventories and Emission Factors (CHIEF)
- National Emission Inventory (NEI) 2011
- Reinventing the National Emission Inventory (NEI) (PDF) (1pg, 25k)
- Tribal Resources in the Regions (PDF) (3pp, 29k)
- Introduction to Emission Inventories for Tribes - October 2008 (PDF) (4pp, 43k)
- Emission Inventory Basics for Tribal Air Coordinators - October 2008 (PDF) (6pp, 53k)
EnviroFlash
EPA Region Tribal Website
EPA Strategic Plan
Federal Air Programs
- Region 10 Federal Air Rules for Reservations
- Part 71 Operating Permits
- NSR
- Tribal NSR Rules Fact Sheet (PDF) (4pp, 32k)
- Minor NSR Page
- Clean Burning Woodstoves and Fireplaces
- EPA Indoor Air Program
- Regional Haze
Greenhouse Gases
- EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson's letter on Green House Gas Permitting (PDF) (6 pp, 1,874 k)
- Guide for Tribal Governments: Proposed Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule (PDF) (2 pp, 36 k)
- EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule Information Sheet for Tribal Governments
- EPA Greenhouse Gas Information
Indoor Air
Mobile Sources
- Rule slashes toxics from Gasoline, Vehicles & Fuel Containers (PDF) (1pg, 9k)
- Final Rule to Reduce Source Air Toxics (PDF) (5pp, 143k)
New Source Review
- Tribal New Source Review Implementation Manual (May 2012)
- Region 9 Clean Air Act Requirements for Air Pollution Sources in Indian Country (PDF) (3pp, 455k) - Information sheet for Region 9 tribes on the New Source Review (NSR) permitting in Indian Country.
- Tribal New Source Review webcast held March 5, 2007 (PDF) (1pg, 9k)
- Review of New Sources and Modifications in Indian Country - Final Rule - (Federal Register, July 1, 2011)
- NSR Information (redirects to OAR Tribal Minor NSR page)
Office of Radiation and Indoor Air (ORIA)
- EPA's Indoor Air Quality Tribal Partners Program Website
- Powerpoint Presentation on the Strategy and Plan (PDF) (18 pgs, 125k) - Presented at NTF in May, 2012
- The Straw ORIA Tribal Strategy and Plan (PDF) (11 pgs, 213k) - Presented at NTF in May, 2012
Permitting Programs
- Part 71 Operating Permits
- Region 9 Clean Air Act Compliance Guide for Indian Country (PDF) (1pg, 141k) - Information sheet to assist Region 9 tribes in determining whether to apply for an air permit.
- Region 9 Info. on Navajo Part 71 Delegation
- Non-tribal permitting page
Policy and Grants
- Consulting with Tribal Governments (PDF) (28pp, 422k)
- Guidance to Regions for Working with Tribes During the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) Designations Process (PDF) (10pp, 71k)
- OAQPS Tribal Program Plan Document (PDF) (18pp, 111k)
- OAR Grants & Funding
- Policy for Establishing Separate Air Quality Designations for Areas of Indian Country (PDF) (16pp, 111k)
- Developing Designation Recommendations for Areas of Indian Country (PDF) (67pp, 3.5 MB)
- Guidance for Indian Tribes Seeking Class I Redesignation of Indian Country Pursuant to Section 164(c) of the Clean Air Act (11pg, 84k)
Region 5-Clean & Healthy Tribal Casinos Workshop
- Final Agenda for Clean and Healthy Tribal Casinos Workshop (PDF) (3pp, 24k)
- Workshop Participants List (PDF) (6pp, 794k)
- Speaker Bios (PDF) (5pp, 24k)
- Burdell Chapman Presentation (PDF) (1pp, 16k)
- Coco Villaluz Presentation (PDF) (20pp, 6k)
- Jeff Mears Presentation (PDF) (33pp, 13k)
- Kathy Norlien (PDF) (30pp, 7k)
- Kevin Koski Presentation (PDF) (70pp, 10k)
- Pat Huelman Presentation (PDF) (19pp, 6k)
- McGregor Pearce Presentation (PDF) (44pp, 15k)
- Pat McKone Dear Dad Letter (PDF) (1pp, 2k)
- Schoen Bois Forte SHS (PDF) (34pp, 5k)
- Sharon Day Creating Policies in Indian Country (PDF) (11pp, 8k)
- Sharon Day Poll Results (PDF) (25pp, 2k)
- Sneegas Tribal SF Casino Presentation (PDF) (41pp, 24k)
- Pat McKone Presentation (PDF) (24pp, 6k)
- Mary Bauer Presentation (PDF) (39pp, 5k)
Tribal Air Programs
- Tribal Authority Rule (TAR)
- Final Rule - Federal Register Notice (PDF) (22pp, 155k)
- Proposed Rule - Federal Register Notice (PDF) (29pp, 3.6 MB)
- Fact Sheet
- Treatment as State Processes (TAS)
- Letter to Tribes (PDF) (2pp, 100k)
- TAS Strategy (PDF) (43pp, 138k)
- Fact Sheet on Eligibility for TAS
- Fact Sheet TAS for Title V