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Indoor Air Quality in Tribal Communities

American Indian Air Quality Training Program (AIAQTP)

IAQTC: Indoor Air Quality in Tribal Communities

IAQTC Webinars:
Join the IAQTC staff for webinars on Indoor Air Quality in Tribal Communities.

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Indoor air quality (IAQ) is a critical issue facing many tribes throughout the country. Improving indoor air quality can result in significant improvements in health thereby decreasing medical costs and improving quality of life.

The EPA has identified and characterized significant risks to public health from indoor environmental contaminants that are commonly found in homes, schools and offices, where Americans spend up to 90 percent of their time. Indoor levels of air pollution may be two to five times higher, and occasionally 100 times higher, than outdoor levels. Common indoor air contaminants include radon, secondhand smoke, mold, irritant and allergenic asthma triggers, combustion by-products and volatile organic compounds.

With support from USEPA’s Office of Radiation & Indoor Air (ORIA) – ITEP is developing a program to assist tribes with Indoor Air Quality issues in the following focus areas:

  • Radon
  • Indoor Asthma Triggers
  • Indoor Air Quality Management Programs in Schools

To learn more or request technical assistance please contact our program staff.

  • The ITEP IAQTC Project...
Focuses on:
  • Radon
  • Indoor asthma triggers
  • Indoor air quality in schools
Involves the following:
  • National IAQ Conferences & Outreach to Tribes
  • Technical Assistance
  • IAQTC Newsletter

Will partner with other programs to provide services to tribal communities, including:
US Environmental Protection Agency Indoor Environments Division
Radiation and Indoor Environments National Laboratory (RIENL)

  • IAQTC Goal

The goal of ITEP’s Indoor Air Quality in Tribal Communities (IAQTC) project is to assist tribal communities to reduce the environmental health risks posed by contaminants in indoor environments.

Technical Assistance:
To make a request for technical assistance please click on the link below.

  • IAQTC logo

The three houses in the center of the logo are a teepee, hogan, and a pueblo styled house to represent the many houses that Native Americans have occupied or still occupy today. The two curved lines above the houses and the tail feather that starts from the left side in the middle of the logo both represent air.

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Christal Black
Assistant Manager
Christal.Black@nau.edu

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Rebecca Stevens

Chair

Coeur d’Alene Tribe – Idaho

Program Manager/Restoration Coordinator
Working with the Tribe since: 2005

Rebecca is the Program Manager for the Tribe’s Natural Resources Department-Hazardous Waste Management Program. She also serves the role as the Restoration Coordinator with the Restoration Partnership. Rebecca has been working on water quality related issues for over 19 years. She represents the Tribe in the Bunker Hill Mining and Metallurgical Complex Superfund Site working with EPA while implementing their remedy for the Basin. She is also the Tribe’s Restoration Coordinator for the Restoration Partnership for which all Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) claims have been settled and on the ground restoration work has been underway since 2019. Rebecca continues to work with other Tribes on NRDA issues while coordinating with the US DOI, USDA, and the State of Idaho.

Rebecca is a proud member of the Tribal Waste and Response Steering Committee where she also serves on the Tribal Superfund Work Group and Advisory Council. Rebecca enjoys x-country skiing in the winter, summertime water sports, Frisbee golf, and spending time with her friends, family, and blue heeler. Rebecca is very honored to work for the Coeur d’Alene Tribe and is proud to be a part of restoring natural resources in the Coeur d’Alene Basin.

Rebecca can be reached by e-mail at rstevens@cdatribe-nsn.gov.

National Tribal Forum on Air Quality

The National Tribal Forum on Air Quality (NTFAQ) aims to support tribal programs by fostering information-sharing and networking opportunities that are focused on building tribal capacity in air quality management. The event’s agenda is driven by tribal input and priorities, with a focus on increasing tribal engagement in air quality initiatives that are relevant to tribal communities across the nation.