Tribal Air Quality Collaborative Efforts
Overview Ak-Chin Indian Community (ACIC) Air Quality Program Tribal Collaboration
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” Gomez Air Quality Specialist Environmental Protection Department Phone: (520)