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Tribal Air Quality Collaborative Efforts
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Tribal Air Quality Collaborative Efforts
Overview
Ak-Chin Indian Community (ACIC)
Air Quality Program
Tribal Collaboration
Ak-Chin Indian Community
Ak-Chin Indian Community Ak-Chin is an O’Odham word translated to
mean “place where the wash loses itself into the sand or ground”
Located approximately 40 miles south of Phoenix in Pinal County
Comprised of 22,140 acres 15,000 acres are dedicated to agriculture Extremely arid Sonoran Desert Climate
Ak-Chin Air Quality Program
Installed the monitoring station in February 2007
U.S. EPA funded since October 2007 Original Emissions Inventory was conducted
2004, revised in 2007 and currently under revision
Monitor for PM10 and Ozone
Reasons for Collaboration Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) is the
closest neighboring tribe, approx. 26 miles Both GRIC and ACIC face the same air
issues and impacts (agriculture, desert, encroachment, etc.)
Both GRIC and ACIC have similar air monitoring equipment
GRIC is a mature air quality program and ACIC can learn from their accomplishments
Both GRIC and ACIC have similar impacted populations (children, adults and elderly)
Collaborative Efforts
Reviewing Data Logger
Cleaning PM-10 Inlet
Assembling and Collaborating Dust Trak
Servicing ACIC Air Monitoring Station
Questions
Contact Information:Ralph “Manny” GomezAir Quality Specialist
Environmental Protection DepartmentPhone: (520) 568-1162
E-mail: [email protected]