Air and Climate Resources for Tribes in Region 10
This page highlights some EPA resources available for improving and maintaining healthy air quality in Tribal communities in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. For additional information, visit EPA's Tribal Air and Climate Resources website.
On this page:
- Grants
- Resources for Idaho, Oregon, Washington
- Resources for Alaska
- Quality Assurance Resources
- Tribal Air Contacts
Grants
- Clean Air Act Tribal Grants: Funding available under Sections 103 and 105 of the Clean Air Act.
- Clean Diesel Tribal Grants: Funding for Tribal projects that achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions and diesel emissions exposure.
- Multipurpose Grants to States and Tribes: Funding for Tribes that have been delegated federal regulatory authority through the treatment in a similar manner to a state (TAS).
- Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (GAP): Funding for federally recognized Tribes and inter-Tribal consortia seeking to address environmental issues.
- Sample GAP work plan components for air quality and climate change available at Region 10 GAP Administrative Resources.
- State and Tribal Indoor Radon Grants (SIRG): Funding available to help Tribes and states finance their radon risk reduction programs. Recipients must provide a minimum of 40% in matching funds.
- Pollution Prevention Grants: Grant programs available for both Pollution Prevention and Source Reduction Assistance (SRA).
- Tribal Healthy Homes Network Funding Opportunities: THHN is receives funding from EPA to help promote healthy Tribal homes, families and communities.
To learn about other EPA grants, visit Air Grants and Funding.
Resources for Tribes in Idaho, Oregon and Washington
- Portable Air Monitoring Device Loan Program: EPA has portable air monitors available for use by Tribal air quality staff.
- Federal Air Rules for Reservations (FARR): Federal air rules that apply to 39 Indian reservations in Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
- EPA Burn Bans on Reservations (Idaho, Oregon, and Washington only)
- Air Permits Issued by Region 10
- Interactive Map of Northwest Tribal Air Programs: Includes air monitoring information, access to data, and permitted facilities by reservation.
- AirNow Air Quality Flag Program: Alerts organizations to the local air quality forecast and helps them to take actions to protect people’s health, including those with asthma.
- Video: Working Together to Address Asthma in Tribal Communities in the Northwest (YouTube)
Resources for Tribes in Alaska
- Alaska Tribal Air Toolkit: Information on rural diesel emissions, indoor air quality, road dust, solid waste burning, and wood smoke.
- Rural Alaska Dust Toolkit: Developed collaboratively with the Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conservation.
Quality Assurance Resources
- Quality Assurance Project Plans for Tribes in Region 10 - Learn about developing a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) if your Tribe's air project involves collecting or using environmental data.
- PurpleAir Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) Template (docx) - This template can be used to develop a QAPP for projects using a PurpleAir sensor. Please note that the template is saved as a read-only version. To edit it, download the document, copy and paste the text into a new document, and then tailor the template to your program.
Tribal Air Contacts
EPA Region 10 staff with expertise on various air-related issues on Tribal lands.
| Staff | Focus Area/Expertise | Grants Assigned (CAA 103/105, DITCA, DERA, SIRG) |
|---|---|---|
| Sandra Brozusky (brozusky.sandra@epa.gov) 206-553-5317 |
Tribal Air Team Lead; Federal Air Rules for Reservations (FARR). | |
| Carl Brown (brown.carl@epa.gov) 208-378-5747 |
Senior Tribal air quality planner; Tribal air grants. | Colville; Nez Perce; Shoshone-Bannock. |
| Althea Godfrey (godfrey.althea@epa.gov) 206-553-1604 |
FARR registration; emission inventories; burn bans; air forecasting requests; air monitor loan program. | |
| Destiny Hollowed (hollowed.destiny@epa.gov) 206-553-2917 |
Air monitoring; Tribal air grants; air monitoring loan program. | Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw; Swinomish; Umatilla. |
|
Vanessa Marshall |
Tribal air grants; Tribal radon grants. | Burns Paiute; Makah; Puyallup; Spokane; State Indoor Radon Grants (SIRG); Tulalip; Warm Springs. |
| Erin McTigue (mctigue.erin@epa.gov) 206-553-1254 |
Tribal indoor air, regional smoke coordinator. | |
| Joey Richardson (richardson.joey@epa.gov) 206-553-2928 |
Air monitoring; Tribal air QAPPs. | |
| Debra Suzuki (suzuki.debra@epa.gov) 206-553-0985 |
Air Planning and State/Tribal Coordination Branch Manager. | |
| Lucita Valiere (valiere.lucita@epa.gov) 206-553-8087 |
Tribal DERA Lead; VW Settlement; Tribal diesel grants. | DERA grants. |
| Sarah Waldo (waldo.sarah@epa.gov) 206-553-1504 |
Air monitoring; Tribal air QAPPs.; Air Quality System (AQS). | |
| India Young (young.india@epa.gov) 206-553-1219 |
Alaska Tribal air; Tribal air grants; air monitor loan program. | Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium; Coeur d’Alene; Kalispel; Kootenai; Tanana Chiefs Conference; Quinault; Yakama. |
| Staff | Focus Area/Expertise |
|---|---|
| Sara Conley (conley.sara@epa.gov) 206-553-6914 |
Clean Air Act Enforcement Officer. |
| Rebecca Derr (derr.rebecca@epa.gov) 206-553-1599 |
Tribal Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG). |
| Jay McAlpine (mcalpine.jay@epa.gov) 206-553-0094 |
Atmospheric scientist; air modeling. |
| Jim McAuley (mcauley.jim@epa.gov) 206-553-1987 |
Radiation Safety Officer; radon; State Indoor Radon Grants (SIRG). |
| Gretchen Stewart (stewart.gretchen@epa.gov) 206-553-0527 |
Children's health; schools; indoor air. |
| Claudia Vaupel (vaupel.claudia@epa.gov) 206-553-6121 |
Tribal Implementation Plans. |