Regional Contact:
Region 2
Environmental Protection Agency
290 Broadway, 25th Flr
NY, NY 10007
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Mazeeda Khan
Phone: 212-637-3715
E-mail: khan.mazeeda@epa.gov
Area of Expertise: Title V Review |
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Number of Tribes Located in Region 2: 7(all in
NY)
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Number of Tribes in Nonattainment Areas:
All 7 are in the Ozone Transport Region.
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Priority Issues for Tribes in Region 2:
Continue to assist the Tribes in increasing their
capacity to address air quality concerns, including ambient
air monitoring technical assistance, source assessments, and
training. Impacts of off-reservation sources.
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Major Sources of Pollution in Region 2 Indian Country:
The Region has 1 source that meets the Title V threshold.
The source is a wood manufacturing facility (Philadelphia
Furniture in the City of Salamanca).
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Minor Sources of Pollution in Region 2 Indian Country:
35 -40 point sources. The types of businesses include:
gas stations; fuel storage facilities; small industrial boilers;
space heating (gas, wood, propane); silk screening factory
(textile) with drying oven; lumber; luminite; printcutters
operations; medical waste incinerator; painting; dry cleaning;
and sandblasting shop.
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Tribal Governments or Organizations Currently Receiving Air
Grants:2
(St. Regis Mohawk Tribe and Seneca Nation of Indians).
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Programs Implemented by Tribes in Indian Country:
Currently, no Region 2 Tribes have EPA-approved
CAA programs or delegations. One Tribe, St. Regis Mohawk Tribe,
has a tribal air program that is in the process of developing
an open burning and fluoride regulation and issuing minor
source permits. Most are building the foundations for air
quality through staff training, community education, emission
inventory development, and source investigations.
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Programs Implemented by Region 2 in Indian Country:
Headquarters Acid Rain Division will be including
the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe in the National Acid Deposition
Monitoring Network by providing an Acid Deposition monitor.
The Tribe will receive full funding for maintenance and analysis
for several years from the Acid Rain Division. The Region
is supporting Headquarters activities with funding for personnel
for the monitoring. The Region is also implementing Part 71
on the one major source.
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Links to Region 2 Tribes:
Cayuga Nation 
Oneida Indian Nation
Onondaga Nation
Seneca Nation of Indians
Tonowanda Band of Nations
Tuscarora Nation
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