1. Tribal Air Quality Collaborative Efforts

2. Overview  Ak-Chin Indian Community (ACIC)  Air Quality Program  Tribal Collaboration

3. Ak-Chin Indian Community

4.  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

5. 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

6. 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)

7. Collaborative Efforts

8. Reviewing Data Logger

9. Cleaning PM-10 Inlet

10. Assembling and Collaborating Dust Trak

11. Servicing ACIC Air Monitoring Station

12. Questions

13. Contact Information: Ralph “Manny” Gomez Air Quality Specialist Environmental Protection Department Phone: (520) 568-1162 E-mail: rgomez@ak-chin.nsn.us