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Region 8 Program Highlights and Contacts
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Regional Contacts:
Region 8
Environmental Protection Agency
999 18th Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80202
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Bernadette Gonzalez (8P-TA)
Phone:303 312-6072
E-mail: gonzalez.bernadette@epa.gov
Area of Expertise: Air Grants, Workplan Development
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Monica Morales (8P-AR)
Phone:303 312-6936
E-mail: morales.monica@epa.gov
Area of Expertise: Lead for technical issues such
as permitting, TIPs, emission inventories, etc. |
Number of Tribes Located in Region 8: 27
2 in Wyoming
2 in Colorado
4 in Utah
4 in North Dakota
8 in South Dakota
7 in Montana
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Number of Tribes in Nonattainment Areas:
2 tribes in 3 different towns.
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Priority Issues for Tribes in Region 8:
- Preservation of pristine areas.
- Impact of off-reservation sources on the reservation.
- Indoor air problems from wood and coal burning stoves.
- Visibility problems due to oil and gas development.
- Air quality concerns due to hog farming
- Visibility concerns in general.
- Open burning.
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Major Sources of Pollution in Region 8 Indian Country:
The Region has issued 8 Prevention of Significant
Deterioration permits to sources on the reservations.
Potential of approximately 42 sources subject to the
Title V program. These sources include: compressor stations,
a power plant, gas processing plants, lumber mill, oil
wells, electronics manufacturing, cobalt and tungsten
recycling plant, sulfuric acid plant, and metals coating.
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Minor Sources of Pollution in Region 8 Indian Country:
Past investigations have shown hundreds of
potential minor sources. These sources include: auto
repair, boilers, rock crushers, grain elevators, paint
shops, gravel pits, asphalt batch plants, small landfills,
medical incinerators, dry cleaners, etc.
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Tribal Governments or Organizations Currently Receiving
Air Grants: 103 and 105
Wind River, Rosebud Sioux, Assiniboine & Sioux
Tribes, Blackfeet, Northern Cheyenne, Confederated Salish
& Kootenai Tribes, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Southern Ute,
Three Affiliated, Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux and Ute Indian,
Spirit Lake Nation, Yankton Sioux Tribe, NW Band of
Shoshone Nation, Fort Belknap Indian Community, and
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe.
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Programs Implemented by Tribes in Indian Country:
Currently, no Region 8 Tribes have EPA-approved
Clean Air Act programs or delegations. The Tribes in
nonattainment areas have implemented PM10 control measures
(to reduce re-entrained road dust) to reduce the impact
of particulates on their air quality. Most tribes are
investigating the feasibility or building a foundation
for implementing CAA programs by training staff, educating
the community, conducting air monitoring and emissions
inventories, drafting regulations, and applying for
TAS for the grant match reduction.
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Programs Implemented by Region 8 in Indian Country:
Prevention of Significant Deterioration,
New Source Performance Standards, National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (including Maximum
Achievable Control Technology), Part 71, Acid Rain
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Links to Region 8 Tribes:
None
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