Navajo Nation EPA Participation in Exchange Network Grant

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Navajo Nation EPA Participation in Exchange
Network Grant

• Presented by S. Deb Misra, P.E., Director
• Surface and Ground Water Protection Department
• Navajo Nation population - 182,000 area 27.3
  million acres
• 4 Departments Air Toxic, Waste Regulatory,
  Surface and Ground Water Protection, and Criminal
  Enforcement
• 15 Navajo Nation Environmental Laws and
  regulations
• 75 staff
• Treatment As A State status, several primacy
  delegations, several permitting programs

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Navajo Nation EPA

• One Stop Project
• Readiness Project
• Implementation Project

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One Stop Project Accomplishments

• With stake holder input, developed and
  established environmental information exchange
  master plan
• Procured computer/networking hardware/software to
  establish network node infrastructure in the
  Navajo Nation IT Department
• Adopted data standard and Quality Assurance plan
• 4. Developed Exchange Network website

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Readiness Project Accomplishment

• Developed technical requirements and established
  network node
• Developed format for Trading Partnership
  Agreement with U.S. EPA
• Selected two official data flow for the
  Implementation Project
• Conducted pilot data exchange with U.S. EPAs CDX
  with limited FRS data

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Implementation Project Accomplishments

• Developed data format for Facility Registration
  System (FRS) using XML schema and populated
  database with facility data for all major air
  emission facilities (Title V sources under Clean
  Air Act) on the Navajo Nation
• Successfully submitted FRS data exchange with
  U.S. EPAs CDX
• FRS data for public water systems and hopefully
  underground injection wells (UIC) will be
  submitted to U.S. EPAs CDX through the node in
  May 2007

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Continued

• Developed data format for National Emission
  Inventory (NEI) and is currently populating
  database with NEI data
• NEI Data exchange is scheduled for May 2007

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Current Status

• Third Tribe in the Nation to achieve data
  exchange status with USEPA
• Trying to become the first tribe in the Nation to
  submit NEI data

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Future Plans

• Within next 2 years, Navajo Nation intends to
• implement 4 additional official data flows
  depending on
• the availability of a grant
• E-DMR
• SDWIS
• WQX
• UIC
• ICIS-NPDES

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Other Uses of the Node

• Navajo Nation is already investing general funds
  to develop and implement the following
  e-government initiatives
• Navajo Nation EPA Intranet
• E-government application to streamline the
  approval processes for grant acceptance, contract
  and other procurement, and various other
  documents requiring Navajo Nation Presidents
  signature
• SWP and wetlands data flow
• RCRAInfo, AQS and TRI data flows by other
  departments under Navajo Nation EPA, if they can
  be convinced of the benefits

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USEPA Recognition
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Time for Questions