Cherokee Nation
Exchange Network
April 8, 2007
Cherokee Nation
14 county jurisdictional
boundary
Tribal enrollment over
200,000
Over 115,000 live within
jurisdictional boundary
Cherokee Nation
Historical Boundary with
tribal trust land
Cherokee Nation Environmental
Programs
Lead agency for Inter-Tribal Environmental
Council (ITEC), currently 40 member tribes
ITEC provides technical support to member
tribes in EPA Region 6
ITEC programs include: Solid Waste, GAP,
Superfund, Brownfields, Clean Air,
Underground Storage Tanks
Cherokee Nation Environmental
Programs
Lead agency for Inter-Tribal Environmental
Council (ITEC)
Cherokee Nation Environmental Programs
• 2006 Full Operational Network Node
• 2006 Facility Registry System (In Production)
• 2007 Develop Open Dump Schema
• 2008 WQX data flow (physical & chemical)
Open Dump Assessment
IHS wSTARS
Web Sanitation Tracking and Reporting System
The Web Sanitation Tracking and Reporting System
(wSTARS) is an inventory of the sanitation deficiencies
of American Indian (AI) and Alaska Native (AN)
communities, which consist of needed water, sewer and
solid waste facilities for existing homes. The sanitation
deficiencies data are identified by each of the 12 Indian
Health Service Area Offices across the nation in
consultation with the respective Tribes in those Areas.
The sanitation deficiency data is updated annually and
reported to Congress as required by the Indian Health
Care Improvement Act, Public Law 94-437, as amended
(25 U.S.C. 1601 et seq).
Inter-Tribal Environmental Council
Open Dump Assessment
wSTARS Subsystems
OMDS
– Operations and Maintenance Data Systems
SDS
– Sanitation Deficiency System
Inter-Tribal Environmental Council
Open Dump Assessment
OMDS Database
Detailed database of IHS sites Includes:
– Solid Waste Sites
– Water Projects
– Sewer Projects
Official Open Dumps in Indian Country
Database
Inter-Tribal Environmental Council
Open Dump Assessment
SDS Database
Database of sites for IHS funding Includes:
– Solid Waste
– Water
– Sewer
Prioritizes sites based on Assessment Score
– Low Priority
– Medium Priority
– High Priority
Inter-Tribal Environmental Council
Open Dump Assessment
SDS Database
Database of sites for IHS funding Includes:
– Solid Waste
– Water
– Sewer
Prioritizes sites based on Assessment Score
– Low Priority
– Medium Priority
– High Priority
Inter-Tribal Environmental Council