Public comments were due into EPA by August 4, 2017. EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) was seeking public comment on the FY 2018-2019 National Program Manager Guidance. The Draft NPM’s Guidance document is a guide that creates the framework for EPA’s key national programmatic activities for the fiscal years of 2018-2019, based on the President’s Proposed Budget and the “back to basics” agenda set forth by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. The first consultations to create this document were conducted prior to the 2016 presidential election, and this document has been developed prior to finalization of EPA’s budget. Once the budget is finalized, there may be changes to the document, based on the actual budget. You can read the entire document here:
https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2017-06/documents/fy18-19-oar-draft-npm-guidance.pdf.
NTAA’s PRK includes a fact sheet, a comment letter submitted to EPA by NTAA’s Executive Committee and the Tribal Air Monitoring Support Center’s Steering Committee as well as a template letter for your Tribe to use in crafting a comment letter for you to submit by August 4th to EPA.
DRAFT FY 2018-2019 Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) National Program Manager Guidance
NPM Guidance Fact Sheet
Tribal Template NPM Comment letter
7.28.17 NTAA & TAMS Comment on NPM Guidance FY18-19