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TRIBAL DATA DEVELOPMENT WORKING GROUP
WORK PLAN
(Revised 3/4/99)
Missions Statement
The mission of the TDD-WG is to assist and advise WRAP
on gathering tribal air quality data and other data collection
issues related to the WRAP mission from Tribes in the WRAP area.
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Task 1. Form TDD-WG and recruit membership. (Completed
8/98) (Deliverable-task report including-membership list with address,
phone numbers, and e-mail addresses)
Task 2. Develop mission statement. (Completed 10/98) (Deliverable-task
report including mission statement)
Task 3. Develop work plan and budget. (Completed 11/98
) (Deliverable-task report including work plan with tasks, schedule,
budget and deliverables)
Task 4. Devise and implement strategy for liaison with
other WRAP forums and working groups; and establish communication
with WRAP area Native American community including all WRAP area
Tribes and appropriate intertribal organizations, forums, committees
and organizations. (12/98) (Deliverable-task report) (2/99) (Deliverable
- task report)
Task 5. Identify sources of funding to support TDD-WG activities.
(2/99) (Deliverable-task report)
Task 6. Gather and review WRAP Tribal data and information
for thoroughness, accuracy, and being up-to-date. (3/99) (Deliverable-task
report)
- Dis-aggregate data representing tribal land area form county/state
data in the Radian report, which served as input to the Integrated
Assessment System (IAS). (3/99)
- Review contractor's documentation of data related and policy
assumptions inherent in the IAS. (Report due 2/99)
- Review BBC report "Impact Projections of Emission Management
Scenarios on Western Tribal Lands." (3/99)
- Review trued-up emission inventory from EIWG to identify
source categories likely to occur on tribal lands. (3/99)
Task 7. Quantify Tribal data gap (4/99) (Deliverable-task
report)
- Review and integrate elements of Institute of Tribal Environmental
Professional's (ITEP) pilot study on tribal environmental data
base development.
- Reservation demographic data for WRAP area. (3/99)
- Review responses from tribes to data posted on ITEP's web
site with links to WRAP, NTEC and other home pages. (12/99)
- Review and provide comments on contractor's report of data
deficiencies related to calculating sulfur dioxide emission
credit allocations under various options proposed by Market
Trading Forum participants. (Report 2/99)
Task 8. Assess, estimate and report time and resources
needed to fill tribal data gap.
(6/99) (Deliverable-task report as needed)
Task 9. Develop and distribute a blueprint for working
with tribes to fill data gap. (4/99) (Deliverable-task report including
stand alone blue print document)
- Incorporate database design, findings and methodologies developed
by ITEP in their pilot project. (3/99)
- Develop a strategy for collecting data from tribes based
on using a regional state scale network or consortia of lead
tribal personnel. (3/99)
- See that the data collection consortia and tribal data collectors
are provided with the necessary support and resources to complete
task, i.e., training, software, technical support, protocols,
AQ/QC and other resources to perform collection. (4/99)
Task 10. Provide oversight to tribal data collection to
assure uniform data format, quality and thoroughness. (Ongoing)
(Deliverable-task report as needed)
Task 11. Review and advise other forums and working groups
on tribal issues and impacts pertaining to their missions and reports
on as needed basis. (Ongoing) (Deliverable-task report as needed)
Task 12. Review and update TDD-WG information on WRAP website.
(Ongoing) (Deliverable-task report as needed)
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