Regional Contacts:
Region 6
Environmental Protection Agency
Mail Code: 6PD-S
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200
Dallas, TX 75202
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Richard M. (Dick) Thomas
Phone: 214-665-8528
E-mail: thomas.richardm@epa.gov
Area of Expertise: OK/LA Tribes |
Anthony (Tony) Talton
Phone: 214-665-7205
E-mail: talton.anthony@epa.gov
Area of Expertise: NM/TX Tribes |
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Number of Tribes Located in Region 6: 65
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Number of Tribes in Nonattainment Areas: 1
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas - El Paso area
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Priority Issues for Tribes in Region 6:
Determining Air sources on Tribal lands or impacting
Tribal lands, and addressing them.
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Major Sources of Pollution in Region 6 Indian Country:
The only known major sources in Indian Country are
natural gas compressor stations.
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Minor Sources of Pollution in Region 6 Indian Country:
Sandia National Labs - particulate matter and radio-nuclides;
Wall Colmonoy Industrial facility - air toxics, particulate
matter; Inhalation and Toxicology Research Institute - air
toxics; incinerator (burns tribal wastes) - particulate matter;
open trench and several open dumps - methane gas; open dump
(open burning) - particulate matter; wood and coal burning
- carbon monoxide (CO), particulate matter and sulfur dioxide
(SO2); and dirt roads - particulate matter; medical incinerator
- particulate matter, carbon monoxide, and dioxin; seasonal
agricultural burning - particulate matter; strip mining (on
and off tribal lands) - particulate matter; scrap and salvage
yard (on and off tribal lands) - methane gas, hydrocarbons,
and lead; industrial storage and disposal areas (on and off
tribal lands) - methane gas, hydrocarbons, and lead.
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Tribal Governments or Organizations Currently Receiving Air
Grants:
| Inter-Tribal Environmental Council (ITEC) |
5 CAA §103 grants |
| Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma |
1 CAA §103 grant |
| Osage Nation |
1 CAA §103 grant |
| Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma |
1 CAA §103 grant |
| Pawnee Indian Tribe of Oklahoma |
1 CAA §103 grant |
| Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma |
1 CAA §103 grant |
| Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma |
1 CAA §103 grant |
| Sac & Fox Nation |
1 CAA §103 grant |
| All Indian Pueblo Council (AIPC), Pueblo
Office of Environmental Protection (POEP) |
4 CAA §103 grants |
| Pueblo of Jemez |
1 CAA §103 grant |
| Jicarilla Apache Tribe |
1 CAA §103 grant |
| Pueblo of Pojoaque |
1 CAA §103 grant |
| Pueblo of Sandia |
1 CAA §103 grant |
| Pueblo of San Ildefonso |
1 CAA §103 grant |
| Pueblo of Santa Ana |
1 CAA §103 grant |
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Programs Implemented/to be Implemented by Tribes in Indian
Country:
| AIPC |
PM10 monitoring, PM2.5 monitoring |
| ITEC |
PM10 monitoring; PM2.5 monitoring; ambient air monitoring |
| Jicarilla Apache Tribe |
PM10 monitoring |
| Pueblo of Isleta |
PM2.5 monitoring |
| Pueblo of Jemez |
PM2.5 monitoring |
| Pueblo of Sandia |
PM2.5 monitoring |
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Programs Implemented by Region 6 in Indian Country:
No Tribes in Region 6 have received approval to
run Air programs. Therefore, the Region is directly implementing
all Federal Air programs at the present time.
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