What Does a Tribal Air What Does a Tribal Air Program Look Like?Program Look Like?

James PayneJames Payne

Morongo Band of Mission Indians Morongo Band of Mission Indians Environmental DepartmentEnvironmental Department

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ComponentsComponents• Depends on issues, needs, goals for their air

quality management objectives

• Some or all components utilized; some go hand-in-hand– Source evaluation– Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP)– Emissions Inventory (EI)– Monitoring– Data management– Data analysis

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Components (cont.)Components (cont.)

– Air Quality Plan– Tribal Implementation Plan (TIP)– Permitting– Tribal ordinances– Public education program– Training

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Source EvaluationSource Evaluation

• Look at greatest issues of concern and how they affect– Health of population– Aesthetics– Future growth

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Source EvaluationSource Evaluation

• Basis for additional air quality work

• Tools for evaluation– Federal/state air quality reports/databases

– Environmental assessments or impact statements/reports

– Windshield surveys, maps

– Community

– Neighboring tribes and/or local entities

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Source EvaluationSource Evaluation

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Source EvaluationSource Evaluation

• Not labor-intensive

• Funding sources are variable– General Assistance Program (GAP)– 103

• Some staff training may be required

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Quality Assurance Project PlanQuality Assurance Project Plan

• QAPP

• Detailed description: what, where, when, who, how, why of activities

• Establishes course of action

• Standardizes procedures

• When approved and followed, creates legally defensible data

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QAPP (cont.)QAPP (cont.)

• QAPPs ensure that– Data collected is measured according to

specified protocols– Analysis is performed at certified lab

• QAPPs can be difficult to complete– Turbo QAPP

• Required approval from EPA (Region)

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Emissions InventoryEmissions Inventory

• Two-part process

– Identifying potential emission sources

– Calculating estimated quantities of pollutants

emitted by those sources

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What should be inventoried?What should be inventoried?• Point sources

– Process vents

– Boilers

– Incinerator stacks

• Mobile sources– Cars & trucks

– Trains, boats, aircrafts

– Heavy equipment

– Recreational vehicles

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What should be inventoried?What should be inventoried? (cont.)(cont.)

• Fugitive, area & non-point sources– Open burning

– Wild/controlled forest fires

– Biogenic emissions (vegetation, soils)

– Woodstoves & other fuel combustion

– Agricultural practices

– Paved & unpaved roads

– Small sources (drycleaners, paint shops, gas

stations, other)

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Sample Emission SitesSample Emission Sites

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Emissions Inventory–UsesEmissions Inventory–Uses

• Results can be used for– Developing monitoring program– Developing air quality plan– Public outreach and education

• One or any combination

• TEISS

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MonitoringMonitoring

• Develops baseline data

• Includes meteorological (rain, temp, humidity, etc.)

• Include ambient air (ozone, particulate matter, carbon monoxide, etc.)

• Includes Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP’s) also known as Air Toxics

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Monitoring ProgramMonitoring Program

• Funded by EPA through CAA Sections 103 & 105

– Section 103 – Capacity Building

– Section 105 – Programmatic (Includes cost share & TAS)

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MonitoringMonitoring

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MonitoringMonitoring

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MonitoringMonitoring

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Data ManagementData Management

• Key component! Without proper data management, “valid” becomes invalid for certain purposes

• Tribal Data Toolbox

• AQS

• Software specific

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Data ManagementData Management

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Data AnalysisData Analysis

• What are the data telling you?

• Provides insight, forecasting (trends)

• Used for decision making and setting future goals

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Data AnalysisData Analysis

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Air Quality PlanAir Quality Plan

• Long-term tribal program needs and options

• Goals and objectives

• Strategies for program development

• Grant funding

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Tribal Implementation Plan (TIP)Tribal Implementation Plan (TIP)

• Treatment as a State (TAS), under Tribal Authority Rule (TAR)

• Tribal Implementation Plan (TIP) is tribe’s individually created plan

• TIP consists of narrative, rules, technical documentation, agreements tribe will use to clean up pollution

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PermittingPermitting

• Tribes can utilize their plans to– Issue permits – Conduct inspections – Set regulations congruent with permits

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Tribal OrdinancesTribal Ordinances

• Discretion of – Tribal council – General membership – Other tribal government body

• Utilize Tribal Air Program data and expertise to create and decide on beneficial practices

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Tribal OrdinancesTribal Ordinances

• With “inherent sovereignty and jurisdiction over the Morongo Indian Reservation, finds that persons living on or doing business, within the Reservation at times engage in acts that threaten the health and safety of tribal members and other persons within the Reservation, degrade or pollute the air…”

• “The Tribe finds that it necessary to adopt standards and procedures by which the Tribe can take action to prevent such threats, pollution, and deterioration.”

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Public EducationPublic Education

• Health and safety, for the People and Land, for this and future Generations, depends on education

• Part of grant requirements• "Tell me, and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not

remember. Involve me, and I'll understand." (unknown)

• "Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, Wisdom is of the future." (Lumbee)