Air Program Resources
Links to EPA's American Indian Environmental Office (AIEO)
- AIEO Home
- EPA Tribal Policies and Initiatives - includes Executive Orders, Presidential Documents, and EPA Policy Initiatives
- AIEO Calendar - upcoming meetings
Tribes have a variety of regulatory tools and programs available to them as they work to protect their tribal air quality resources. To help tribes, EPA's Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) is working to provide technical assistance and program support to build tribal capacity. In addition, OAR is working to develop federally based programs to enable EPA to address air quality problems in Indian Country in cases where a tribe may be unable to do so themselves.
Air Toxics Programs
Ambient Monitoring Programs
Clean Diesel Campaign
Community Based Programs
Compliance & Enforcement
Criteria Pollutants
Emission Inventory Programs
Environmental Justice
EPA Region Tribal Website
Federal Air Programs
Greenhouse Gases
Indoor Air
Mobile Sources
New Source Review
Permitting Programs
Policy and Grants
Tribal Air Programs
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Air Toxics Programs
Ambient Monitoring Programs
- Guidance on use of "NON-REGULATORY" code in AQS (PDF 1 pp, 13 KB)
- Lead (Pb) Monitoring Implementation Assistance
- QA Handbook for Air Pollution Measurement Systems Volume II , Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Program has been finalized and is posted on the AMTIC website at - http://www.epa.gov/ttn/amtic/qabook.html If you have any questions regarding the new handbook, please contact Mike Papp at papp.michael@epa.gov
- Strengthened National Standards for Ground-Level Ozone (PDF) (6pp, 33k)
- Options Available for Tribes to Meet Independent Performance Evaluation Requirements for the Ambient Air Monitoring Programs Collecting Data for Comparison to the NAAQS (PDF) (31pp, 443k)
- Technical Guidance for the Development of Tribal Air Monitoring Programs (PDF) (177pp, 1.6 MB)
- Quality Assurance Handbook for Air Pollution Measurement Systems Volume IV: Meteorological Measurements Version 1.0 (Draft( (PDF) (164pp, 6.3 MB)
- Revisions to Ambient Air Monitoring Regulations Fact Sheet (PDF) (6pp, 30k)
- TAMS Center
- AMTIC - Ambient Monitoring Technical Information Center
- Ambient Air Monitoring Group
- Ozone Programs
- Tribal Boundary Maps
- Tribal Maps (PDF) (3pp, 231k)
- Tribal Maps PowerPoint (3pp, 1.5 MB)
- 2003-5 Design Value County List (PDF) (14pp, 28k)
- Tribal ozone designations
- General ozone information
- Particulate Matter Programs
- Tribal PM designations
- General PM Information
- Proposed PM 2.5 Implementation Rule (PDF) (85pp, 728k)
- Part 50 Request for Comment Summary (PDF) (2pp, 114k)
- Part 50 Proposed Comment Requests Highlighted (PDF) (90pp, 879k)
- Part 53-58 Request for Comment Summary (PDF) (7pp, 111k)
- Regional Haze – Regional Planning Organizations
Community Based Programs
Compliance & Enforcement
Criteria Pollutants
Clean Diesel Campaign
Emission Inventory Programs
- eGRIDweb application
- eGRID
- EPA's Clearinghouse for Inventories and Emission Factors (CHIEF)
- Reinventing the National Emission Inventory (NEI) (PDF) (1pg, 25k)
- Tribal Resources in the Regions (PDF) (3pp, 29k)
- Introduction to Emission Inventories for Tribes - October 2008 (PDF) (4pp, 43k)
- Emission Inventory Basics for Tribal Air Coordinators - October 2008 (PDF) (6pp, 53k)
Environmental Justice
EPA Region Tribal Website
Federal Air Programs
- Region 10 Federal Air Rules for Reservations
- Part 71 Operating Permits
- NSR
- Tribal NSR Rules Fact Sheet (PDF) (4pp, 32k)
- Minor NSR Page
- Clean Burning Woodstoves and Fireplaces
- EPA Indoor Air Program
- Regional Haze
Greenhouse Gases
- EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule Information Sheet for Tribal Governments
- EPA Greenhouse Gas Information
Indoor Air
Mobile Sources
- Rule slashses toxics from Gasoline, Vehicles & Fuel conatiners (PDF) (1pg, 9k)
- Final Rule to Reduce Source Air Toxics (PDF) (5pp, 143k)
New Source Review
- Region 9 Clean Air Act Requirements for Air Pollution Sources in Indian Country (PDF) (3pp, 455k) - Information sheet for Region 9 tribes on the New Source Review (NSR) permitting in Indian Country.
- Tribal New Source Review webcast held March 5, 2007 (PDF) (1pg, 9k)
- Review of New Sources and Modifications in Indian Country (PDF) (2pp, 57k)
- NSR Information
- NSR Basics (PPT) (32pp, 277k)
- NSR Indian Country (PPT) (45pp, 2.2 MB)
- NSR Basic Fact Sheet (PDF) (3pp, 30k)
- Tribal NSR Rules Fact Sheet (PDF) (4pp, 32k)
- NSR Program Basics and Highlights (PPT) (38pp, 158k)
- Tribal Brochure Minor Rule (PDF) (2pp, 360k)
Permitting Programs
- Part 71 Operating Permits
- Region 9 Clean Air Act Compliance Guide for Indian Country (PDF) (1pg, 141k) - Information sheet to assist Region 9 tribes in determining whether to apply for an air permit.
- Region 9 Info. on Navajo Part 71 Delegation
- Non-tribal permitting page
Policy and Grants
- Consulting with Tribal Governments (PDF) (28pp, 422k)
- OAQPS Tribal Program Plan Document (PDF) (18pp, 111k)
- OAR Grants & Funding
Tribal Air Programs
- Tribal Authority Rule (TAR)
- Final Rule - Federal Register Notice (PDF) (22pp, 155k)
- Proposed Rule - Federal Register Notice (PDF) (29pp, 3.6 MB)
- Fact Sheet
- Treatment as State Processes (TAS)
- Letter to Tribes (PDF) (2pp, 100k)
- TAS Strategy (PDF) (43pp, 138k)
- Fact Sheet on Eligibility for TAS
- Fact Sheet TAS for Title V