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
SITE 1
SITE 2
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)