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Effective Tribal Participation in the EPA Budget Process and Beyond

Effective Tribal Participation in the EPA Budget Process and Beyond. Ken Cronin National Tribal Environmental Council 2008 NTF. Big Picture: Tribal Share. About 3% of overall EPA budget Percentage has stayed roughly the same since FY04 Roughly $250M. EPA Tribal Budget Breakdown.

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Effective Tribal Participation in the EPA Budget Process and Beyond

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  1. Effective Tribal Participation in the EPA Budget Process and Beyond Ken Cronin National Tribal Environmental Council 2008 NTF

  2. Big Picture: Tribal Share • About 3% of overall EPA budget • Percentage has stayed roughly the same since FY04 • Roughly $250M

  3. EPA Tribal Budget Breakdown Approx. 80% is for water programs

  4. Interesting trend: STAG v EPM • STAG funds have decreased while EPM has increased STAG EPM

  5. Tribal Air Funding • Has stayed relatively steady $10.7 - $11.05M • FY09 Presidential Request shows $2.5M increase over FY08 (for R8 Tribes with Energy production increases))

  6. EPA’s 2010 internal Budget Process • Budget and Planning Meetings • March, 2008Goal Meetings. EPA’s Deputy Administrator and Chief Financial Officer meet with each Assistant Administrator to discuss progress toward the Agency’s strategic goals. Regions provide input through their Deputy Regional Administrators. Issues are identified for discussion at the upcoming Planning Meeting. • May, 2008EPA’s Annual Planning Meeting. All Regional Administrators and Assistant Administrators meet to discuss FY 2010 planning and budget issues. The NTOC usually makes a presentation at this meeting. • July, 2008The Budget Forum. All Regional Administrators and Assistant Administrators attend the Agency Budget Forum to discuss budget initiatives. The TOC usually makes a presentation on tribal budget needs. • August, 2008EPA works with OMB on our budget proposal.The TOC usually meets with OMB at this time. • After EPA’s work is done: • January, 2009The President announces his FY 2010 budget proposal, usually a week or so after the State of the Union Address. • October, 2009Congress passes the Agency’s FY 2010 budget. Congress often passes one or more Continuing Resolutions, or temporary budgets, before passing the final.

  7. Opportunities for Participation in the EPA budget process • Government-to-Government • RTOCs / Regional Tribal Programs • Each region sets own priorities • National Tribal Operations Committee • Has direct access to EPA leaders • Media Committees - NTAA, NTWC, TPPC, etc • Has the expertise in each media • Recently included in NTOC process

  8. Opportunities Beyond EPA • Direct Tribal participation in Appropriations process • “Impact Weeks” • NCAI • Meets in November/December to prepare State of Indian Country Address • NTEC as “Environmental Arm” of NCAI helps to prepare NCAI • Requires researched and quantified data for proposed numbers

  9. Election year – Transition Papers • 2008 Elections mean that 2010 Budget request is largely irrelevant • New Administration will review all budget requests • Will have to be done quickly • Tribes need to be prepared with Transition Documents highlighting tribal needs and priorities • NTAA is currently working towards this for air

  10. Baseline Assessments • Tribes have been barred from effective participation in the annual budget planning (and strategic planning process) through the lack of reliable national tribal baseline assessment data • AIEO has spent over 10 years and $10M on Tribal Baseline assessment project, but has not released results • EPA also started but did not follow up on Tribal Environmental Indicators (TREIS) • NTEC is looking towards doing and independent baseline environmental and environmental health assessments

  11. Examples of possible research avenues for successful air budget increase • Correlations of tribal air quality to tribal health issues • Asthma, Diabetes • Connection between tribal lifeways and exposure pathways for air pollution deposition • Representative Analysis of national air monitoring programs

  12. Effective Participation - Summary • Early and Frequent participation by tribes • Baseline Data • To measure progress • *Consistent numbers for use within and without EPA process • Coordination with Tribes, NTOC, RTOC’s, NTEC, NCAI, and intertribal consortia • Transisiton papers for new administration

  13. Ken Cronin Budget Analyst National Tribal Environmental Council kcronin@ntec.org 505-507-9376 For more information

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