PASSAMAQUODDY TRIBEAIR PROGRAM CAPABILITIES

AND ASPIRATIONS

Wind power site

Windpower site

AIR PROGRAM STAFF

• MARVIN CLING• MARVIN CLING• MENTAL SUPPORT FROM Steve

Crawford

Environmental Departmentfocus

• Healthy Environment– Air, water, land

Healthy Tribe– Community

Issues

• Ambient AirExhaust pipe of North America

When Ohio River Valley belches, we breathe it in.

Paper mill, Cutler Navy Base, potential new industry

• WaterPaper mill, salmon industry, sardine,mining, tanning

• Watersheds

Impacts on Tribal Health

• Life span. 3rd World level• Diabetes, asthma, CVD, Drug and

alcohol, accidents• Psychological

ADHD, Alzheimer’s and MCI, behavioral problems

DALYDisability Adjusted Life-Year

• Index to measure community health• Uses matrix of morbidity and

mortality• Accuracy and sensitivity entirely

dependent on quality of data• “Good” data yields potentially

extremely valuable tool

DALY uses

• Measure Tribal Daly• Remediate mold in houses, reduce

respiratory problems• DALY index improves• Grant money flows in• Tribal health improves

Environmental Department Emphasis

• Breaking down the silos:Environmental DepartmentHealth DepartmentHousing

• EPA• BIA• HUD• “CROSS-CUTTING”

MET.STATIONO3PM2.5 TEOMAQS

INDOOR AIR

•MOLD•RADON

MOLD

• 24 RESIDENCES WITH SERIOUS PROBLEMS- COMPLAINTS TO HOUSING AUTHORITY

• 5 SAMPLED DURING LAST MONTH• 5 MORE THIS MONTH• HUD FUNDING TO REMEDIATE• COOPERATION WITH HOUSING

AUTHORITY

FISH CONSUMPTION SURVEY

• FIRST SURVEY COMPLETED 2001PRE-QAPP DAYS

• SURVEY QUESTIONS DEVELOPED BY TRIBE

• ANALYSIS OF HEAVY METALS, DIOXINS OF 4 SPECIES – LOBSTER, CLAM, COD, SCALLOPLAB DID NOT PASS QUALITY CONTROL TESTS

MULTI-MEDIA GRANTOAQPS

AIR MODELING OF TOXICSFOOD CONSUMPTION SURVEY

FOOD TOXICS ANALYSIS

MODELING

• RTI, EPA OAR• HYSPLIT BACK TRAJECTORY

MODELINGCALCULATE MERCURY, DIOXIN,

PCB DEPOSITION FOR PASSAMAQUODDY TRIBE RESERVATION.

CONSUMPTION SURVEY

• REGION 10 SOFTWARE, FOR SEVERAL NORTHWESTERN TRIBES.

• SOFTWARE WALKS THE INTERVIEWER THROUGH THE QUESTIONNAIRE

• FOODS UNIQUE TO NW.• TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

NORTHEAST SURVEY

• MODIFIED FOR NORTHEAST FOODSREQUIRES DIGITAL PHOTOS OF PRE AND POST COOKED PORTIONS, LIVE ANIMALS

• SAMPLING PROTOCOL• IRB• ICR (OMB REQUIREMENTS FOR

SURVEY WORK

FOOD TOXINS

• MERCURY

• PCBs, DIOXINS

• A FEW OTHER HEAVY METALS

• QAPP APPROVED DEC. 2006

PROPOSED WIND FARM AT T-19

50.5 MW, 24 TOWERS$76 MILLION

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RESERVATION

TIDAL POWER

Product and Technology • The UEK®System is an enhanced energy converter

of kinetic energy contained in rivers and tidal flow.

• Patented technology: “Bi-Directional Hydroturbine Assembly For Tidal Deployment” No:- 6,139,255 - October 31, 2000 (USA)