U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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What Makes Region 9 Unique? OUR SIZE

• Spans the largest geographic distance
• Outer Islands near Japan to Arizona border
• Oregon border to Mexico
• Second largest land mass next to Region 10
• 61 of lands are federally owned
• Pacific Rim influence

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What Makes Region 9 Unique? OUR POPULATION AND
GROWTH

• 15 of the US population
• 12 is in California
• Three of the five fastest growing States
• California, Arizona and Nevada
• Population
• 46.5 million in 2006
• 73 million in 2040

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What Makes Region 9 Unique?OUR DIVERSE CULTURE

• 148 unique tribes
• Distinct cultures in Hawaii and Pacific Islands
• Mexican Border
• California

• Worlds fifth largest economy
• Ethnic minorities comprise more than 50 of
  population
• - 1in 4 residents born outside of United States

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Overview of Arizona

• Land mass of 113,909 square miles -- sixth
  largest state in the nation
• Population is 6.1 million
• Expected to double by 2040
• Major economic sectors
• Services including wholesale and retail trade and
  tourism.
• Trade and manufacturing
• Mining
• Agriculture

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Environmental Regulators

• Two departments and one Commission
• Department of Environmental Quality
• Waste, Water, Air and Superfund
• Department of Agriculture
• Structural Pest Control Commission
• Local/Regional
• Maricopa and Pima County Air Quality Management
  Districts
• 21 Sovereign Tribal Nations

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Status of Arizona Data Exchanges

• Node operational with exchanges of FRS data.
  Working on
• AQS, AFS and NEI data
• RCRA Info for Hazardous Waste data
• eDMR and PCS/IDEF data
• eDWR data
• notification of asthma conditions to protect
  Childrens Health

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Overview of California

• One fifth of United States growth
• Current population is 36.5 million
• 12 of United States population
• 70 increase by 2040
• Gross state product exceeds 1.7 trillion, sixth
  in the world
• Nations largest producer of
• Electronic equipment
• Agricultural products
• Other major industries
• Aerospace, entertainment, tourism, finance,
  foreign trade and forestry.

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Environmental Regulators

• Many counties are larger than some States in the
  nation
• Environmental protection is complex with 100s of
  independent regulatory agencies, 72 Certified
  Unified Program Agencies, 478 cities 58 counties

35 air districts, and
9 water boards
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Cal/EPA

• Cal/EPA includes
• Air Resources Board
• State Water Resources Control Board
• Department of Toxic Substances Control
• Integrated Waste Management Board
• Department of Pesticide Regulation

• Created in 1991 to coordinate Statewide
  environmental programs

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Status of California Data Exchanges

• Node operational with exchanges of FRS data for
  solid waste facilities and used oil collection
  sites and, RCRAInfo for Large/Small Quantity
  Generators. Working on
• SDWIS data -- drinking water data from
  laboratories
• Surface Water Ambient Monitoring data exchange
  with National Assessment and TMDL Tracking system
  (NATTS), STORET, and National Data Warehouse
• WQX data -- Surface Water Ambient Monitoring
  Program working with distributed
  sources coordinating with Oregon

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Status of California Data Exchanges

• RCRAInfo -- Hazardous Waste Inspection,
  Compliance, and Enforcement (ICE) data exchange
  from DTSC
• Certified Unified Program Agencies (CUPA) data
  over 76 local agencies
• Institutional Controls Tracking System Phase I
  Exchange of land-use and deed restrictions data
  held by DTSC with US EPA Phase II (unfunded)
• Hazardous Materials On-line Inventory -- chemical
  inventory and business plan repository data

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Status of California Data Exchanges

• Pesticide Illness Reporting through a web-based
  data exchange
• Demonstration of a web-based exchange of
  Pesticide Use Reporting data
• AQS data -- Realtime air quality and
  meteorological data exchange (Bay Area AQMD and
  San Diego APCD)

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Overview of Nevada

• Seventh largest State by land mass
• 85 of land is federally controlled
• Population is 2.5 million
• 65 in Las Vegas area
• One of top five growth regions in nation
• Major economic sectors
• Tourism and gaming
• Revenues are flattening
• Mining
• Retail trade
• Construction
• Federal Government

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Environmental Regulators

• State
• Department of Environmental Protection
• Waste, Superfund, Air and Water
• Health Division
• Safe Drinking Water
• Division of Agriculture
• Pesticides

• Local/Regional
• Washoe and Clark Counties
• 17 Sovereign Tribal Nations

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Status of Nevada Data Exchanges

• Node operational with exchanges of FRS, NEI and
  SDWIS data. Working on
• eDWR data
• eDMR data
• AQS

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Overview of Hawaii

• Population is 1.3 million
• 42nd among States
• Major economic sectors
• Tourism
• Federal defense
• Agribusiness
• crops (sugar and pineapple) and livestock
• Economy depressed since 1990s

• Composed of 137 islands stretching over 1500
  miles of ocean

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Environmental Regulators

• Department of Health
• Offices on Oahu, Maui, Kauai and Hawaii
• Department of Agriculture

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Status of Hawaii Data Exchanges

• Node operational with exchanges of FRS data.
  Working on
• TRI data
• AQS and NEI data
• SDWIS data
• WQX data

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Pacific Islands

• American Samoa
• Guam
• Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Republics of Palau and Marshall Islands
• US Army Kwajalein Atoll, RMI
• Wake Island
• Palmyra

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Status of CNMI and Guam Data Exchanges

• CNMI has a fully functioning node exchanging
  SDWIS data
• GUAM working on a node client

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148 Tribal Governments

• 3 Tribal Governments have operating node clients
• Working with
• Big Valley
• Bishop
• Cahto
• Cortina
• Coyote Valley
• Hualapai
• Jamul
• LaJolla
• Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Indians
• Walker River

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Status of Navajo NationData Exchanges

• Node client operational with transfers of FRS,
  NEI and testing SDWIS data. Working on
• WQX
• UIC
• eDMR data

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Status of Yurok NationData Exchanges

• Node client operational with transfers of WQX
  data. Working on
• AQS data

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Status of Salt River Pima-Maricopa Data Exchanges

• Node client operational with transfers of FRS and
  NEI. Working on
• AQS data

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