文档介绍：EPA POLICY AND STRATEGIES REGARDING
TRIBAL AIR MONITORING
(Draft -- format of NAAMS document)
February 2006
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research Triangle Park, NC
Table of Contents
EPA Policy and Strategies Regarding Tribal Air Monitoring
Section 1. Purpose and Audience (Rewrite of old Section I)
Section 2. Principles for EPA Support for Tribal Air Monitoring (old Section II)
Section 3. Background for Planning Tribal Air Monitoring (~50% of old Section III)
Section 4. Tribal Air Quality Issues, Relevant Ambient Air Monitoring, and Current and Recent Tribal Air Monitoring Activities Directed Towards These Issues (old Section IV)
Section 5. State of Tribal Air Programs and Data Gaps (New)
Section 6. The Role of Tribal Monitoring in the National Ambient Air Monitoring Strategy (old Section VI)
Section 7. Status of Monitoring Guidance (New -- tie to technical guidance document)
Section 8. Improving the Ability of Tribes and EPA Regional Offices to Identify, Prioritize and Manage Funds for Air Monitoring (New)
Section 9. Strategy to Improve Tribal Monitoring Through Grant Guidance for FY07 and Beyond (New)
Section 10. Tribal Perspective (old Section XII)
1. Purpose and Audience
Background on EPA’s Tribal Air Monitoring Program
EPA’s tribal air policy emphasizes that as sovereign governments, tribes set their own air program goals. Therefore, EPA’s goal for the tribal air program is appropriately to help the tribes understand their air quality problems and to establish and meet their air quality goals, rather than to set goals or timetables for the tribes.
Tribes are diverse in their air quality problems, challenges, and capabilities. In addition, tribes often also face non-air risks to the health of their members -- as well as other challenges and disadvantages -- that are different from those facing non-munities. Because of the diversity in situations and goals from tribe to tribe, EPA has taken the approach of delegating to