2009-01-15 Work SessionKodiak Island Borough
Assembly Work Session
Thursday, January 15, 2009, 7:30 p.m., Borough Conference Room
Work Sessions are informal meetings of the Assembly where Assembly members review the upcoming regular meeting agenda
packet and seek or receive information from staff. Although additional items not listed on the work session agenda are discussed
when introduced by the Mayor, Assembly, or staff, no formal action is taken at work sessions and items that require formal
Assembly action are placed on regular Assembly meeting agenda. Citizen's comments at work sessions are NOT considered part of
the official record. Citizen's comments intended for the "official record" should be made at a regular Assembly meeting.
CITIZENS' COMMENTS (Limited to Three Minutes per Speaker)
AGENDA ITEMS:
1. Review Engineering and Facilities' Six -Year Facility Renewal and Replacement Plan
2. Discuss Alaska Forum on Energy Conference
3. Schedule Code Review Sessions
PACKET REVIEW
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None
NEW BUSINESS
CONTRACTS
Contract No. FY2009 -11 Collective Bargaining Agreement With the International Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers Local 1547.
Contract No. FY2009 -12 Upgrade of KIB Public Safety Radio Systems with Aksala Electronics,
Inc.
RESOLUTIONS
Resolution No. FY2009 -17 Adopting a Federal Capital Improvement Projects Priority List for
the Fiscal Years 2009 -2013.
Resolution No. FY2009 -18 Adopting the Kodiak Island Borough Strategic Plan for the Years
2009 -2013.
ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION
Ordinance No. FY2009 -14 Amending Kodiak Island Borough Code of Ordinances, Title 3
Revenue and Finance Chapter 3.10 Public Finance — Management and Accounting by
Repealing Section 3.10.130 Education Fund.
OTHER ITEMS
Mayoral Appointment to Parks and Recreation Committee.
*Declaring a Seat on the Service Area No. 1 Board Vacant.
Mayoral Appointment to the Service Area No. 1 Board.
*Resignation of Planning and Zoning Commission Members.
*Resignation of Board of Equalization Member.
Mayoral Appointment to Architectural Review Board.
State of Alaska Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Request for Renewal of Liquor License
Applications.
Mayoral Appointment to the Solid Waste Advisory Board.
MANAGER'S COMMENTS
CLERK'S COMMENTS
MAYOR'S COMMENTS
ASSEMBLY MEMBERS COMMENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS:
1/28 -1/30 SWAMC Annual Conference
1/28 -1/30 Kodiak Archipelago Rural Regional Leadership Forum
02/03 Assembly /City Joint Work Session
02/06 Boards, Committees, Commission Reception
02/17 Juneau Legislative Reception
Marylynn McFarland
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FYI -- Denali Commission's Alaska Forum on Energy
The Alaska Forum is
pleased to announce
that the Alaska
Forum on the
Environment, 2009
will be held
February 2 -6, 2009
using both the
Anchorage Egan
Convention Center and the new Dena'ina Center for the
event!
This year we will offer over 90 technical breakout sessions
and 8 sensational Keynote Events. For 2009, we have
expanded our content and our partnerships. We will
continue to offer the a full week of sessions on climate
change, energy, environmental regulations, cleanup and
remediation, fish & wildlife, solid waste, and of course
much more.
In addition, we will be hosting a full series of technical
sessions in recognition of the 20th year after the Exxon
Valdez Oil Spill.
Awards
The Alaska Forum now invites
nominations for the 2009
Outstanding Achievement
Award and the 2009
Environmental Excellence Award.
The Outstanding Achievement Award
recognizes a project, program, group,
publication, or similar concrete
accomplishment that occurred during the three
years prior to nomination for the award. An
individual is not eligible to receive this award.
The Environmental Excellence Award
recognizes a long -term contribution and
commitment by an individual.
For more information, please download our
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Posters
We also will be recognizing the 10th year of the Denali
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Monday, February 2, 2009
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Registration
Details:
The Egan Center will be open for Registration beginning at
7:30 AM.
Don't wait in line...Register Online!
http://www.akforum.com/register.html
GAP Training Opening Plenary
Session
Details:
Invocation and Welcome. This session will help Tribal
Environmental Professionals to get informed on the week's
events and the Indian General Assistance Program (IGAP)
agenda layout.
Moderator: Santina Gay, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency
Film Festival: Opening Film
Keynote Event - POLAR
PALOOZA
Details:
Please join us for an enthusiastic Opening Keynote Event
with POLAR - PALOOZA, as we kick off the Alaska Forum on
the Environment, 2009!
POLAR - PALOOZA is a multimedia initiative, supported by
both the National Science Foundation and National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, involving
researchers, Alaska natives, in- person presentations at
science centers and natural history museums, video and
audio podcasts, and more. Why "PALOOZA ?" Like the rock
tour, a little out of the box, and always on the edge.
The people who know the poles best, ice researchers,
geologists, oceanographers, climate scientists, biologists
and Arctic residents, who will bring "Stories from a
Changing Planet" to the Alaska Forum on the Environment.
The "High Definition Video Science Story Capture Corps" is
a team of intrepid videographers who have been
accompanying the researchers on expeditions to both the
Arctic and Antarctic. In 2007, they were taping in Alaska,
out on the sea -ice off Prudhoe Bay, en route to the North
Pole (they never made it - the runway broke up. Climate
change ?), and in Greenland, bringing you stories about the
science, the people and their extreme adventures. In
austral summer 2007 -2008 they went South, out into the
deep field at the Pine Island Glacier, Western Antarctic Ice
Sheet, South Pole, and other amazing locations.
Rural Issues: Dump Site Erosion
Impacts and Case Studies -
Nightmute and Kwigillingok
Details:
Erosion is threating many old and current solid waste
dump sites near villages throughout rural Alaska with
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potential to impact subsistence resources and drinking
water sources. State and federal efforts to address dump
sites associated with federal sites will be discussed as well
as lessons learned that may be applied to village dump
sites. Case studies from Nightmute and Kwigillingok will
highlight extraordinary local efforts to tackle this problem.
Presenters: John Halverson, Alaska Department of
Environmental Conservation
John George, Native Village of Nightmute
Darryl John, Native Village of Kwigillingok
Moderator: Joe Sarcone, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency
Green Infrastructure and Green
Building: An Overview
Details:
Learn about Green Infrastructure and Green Building and
how lessons learned Outside can be applied to successfully
pursue both concepts in Alaska communities.
Green Infrastructure represents an interconnected network
of natural areas and working landscapes (e.g., farming,
forestry) that support native plant and animal species,
maintain ecological processes, sustain air and water
resources, and contribute to citizens' health and quality of
life. A functioning Green Infrastructure can best be
achieved when it is pursued in conjunction with the
planning and development of grey infrastructure (the
human -made systems that support communities, including
roads and other transportation systems, stormwater
management systems, and utilities).
Green Building is the practice of creating structures and
using processes that are environmentally responsible and
resource - efficient throughout a building's life -cycle from
siting to design, construction, operation, maintenance,
renovation and deconstruction (EPA).
Presenters: Allegra Bukojemsky, BioHabitat; Johanna
Brinkman, Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects; Board of
Directors, Cascadia Green Building Council.
Moderator - Ann Rappoport, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
"National Guard Response to
Community Needs" - The Presence
of the National Guard in Numerous
Alaskan Communities and the
Services They Provide
Details:
This session will describe the many ways that the National
Guard serves Alaskan communities.
Moderator: Herbert Guillory, Alaska Army National Guard,
Environmental
Federal Resources for Addressing
Contaminated Sites - Brownfields
Details:
This session focuses on reclaiming land as a community
asset. Communities concerned with contaminated sites can
learn about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
grant and technical assistance tools that will support their
efforts to manage successful land revitalization projects.
Whether your focus is on one site or multiple ones, there
is assistance available for assessment, cleanup, and
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capacity building for response programs. The session will
highlight the role of partnerships, as well as the
importance of planning and leveraging in accessing these
resources.
Presenters: Mary Goolie, Susan Morales, and Joanne
Labaw, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10.
Moderator: Marti Early, Alaska Department of
Environmental Conservation
Landfill Leachate Recirculation
Projects
Details:
Landfill experts from the Municipality of Anchorage and
Kenai Peninsula Borough will discuss their leachate
recirculation programs within lined landfill disposal areas.
Presenters: Mark Madden, Solid Waste Services, John
Maryott, Kenai Peninsula Borough
Moderator: Terry Berger
Tribal Activities in Air Quality
Details:
This session will provide basic information on the National
Tribal Air Association and provide success stories of Tribal
air monitoring efforts that could be implemented in Alaska.
Presenters: Sam Kitto, National Tribal Air Association
Stephen Hartsfield, National Tribal Air Association
James Tempte, Southern Ute Indian Tribe
Darrel Harmon, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Laura McKelvey, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Moderator: Rosalie Kalistook, Orutsararmiut Native Council
Climate Change in Alaska: Recent
Developments
Details:
This session will higlight the most recent developments in
Alaska relating to our changing climate and introduce
steps being taken by the State. As ocean ice continues to
recede, temperatures rise and permafrost thaws, a
different world is emerging around us. We must begin to
prepare ourselves for new frontiers. Issues now before us
include national security, food safety and security,
environmental challenges, and threats to a traditional way
of life. This session will touch on the big picture and lay
the groundwork for subsequent sessions in which you are
invited to explore with panelists what we can all do to
increase resiliency while reducing our footprint.
Presenters: Blessing by Elaine Abraham, AK Native Elder
Admiral A.E. (Gene) Brooks, U.S. Coast Guard
Jackie Richter - Menge, Cold Regions Research &
Engineering Laboratory
Larry Hartig, Chair of Governor Palin's Climate Change
Sub - Cabinet
Moderator:
Deborah Williams, Alaska Conservation Solutions
Film Festival: Screening
Opportunities for Peer GAP Grants
Management Assistance: The Alaska
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GAP Circuit Rider and Peer
Assistance Program
Details:
The Alaska Indian General Assistance Program's (IGAP)
Circuit Rider and Peer Assistance Program offers grants
management, administrative, financial and other
assistance to Tribal governments who receive GAP
environmental capacity building grants. This assistance is
provided by Tribes or consortia as peer assistance to other
Tribes. In this session GAP recipients will learn about the
program, types of assistance available, how to access
services, regions served in Alaska, and hear from some of
the service providers themselves. There will be time for
question and answer, discussion, and to meet the service
provider for your region.
Presenters: Klaudia Klaudi, Aleutian Pribilof Islands
Association; Mike Grundberg, Yukon River Inter - Tribal
Watershed Council; Kerri Sheakley, Central Councial
Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska; Minnie Fritts,
Association of Village Council Presidents; Violet Yeaton,
Port Graham Village Council; and Richard Porter, Knik
Tribal Council.
Moderator: Mahri Lowinger, US Environmental Protection
Agency
Tribal Baseline Water Quality
Monitoring for GAP Programs
Details:
This session will provide a panel of speakers from Tribes
that have been conducting baseline water quality
monitoring to share their experiences, including
representatives that have trained others in how to do it, to
provide information to those who would like to learn more.
Participants will learn about why and when it is beneficial
to establish a baseline, tips on how to get started in
developing Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs),
training and technical resources available, supplies and /or
testing equipment needed, and data gathering and
maintenance.
Moderator: Wenona Wilson, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency
20 Years After the Exxon Valdez Oil
Spill, Initial Impacts and Killer
Whales
Details:
2009 marks the 20th anniversary one of the worst oil spills
in U.S. history. While the immediate damages were
obvious and expected from a spill this massive, the long
term damage to species and persistence of Exxon Valdez
oil in the environment was not expected. This session
presents a brief history of the spill and the status of
restoration with a focus on the failure of killer whale pods
to recover from the original impact of the spill.
The Exxon Valdez oil spill, is the most studied spill in
history, and gives us a unique insight into the long -term
effects of a spill. These stories are included in this and
following sessions.
Presenters:
Jeep Rice, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Eva Saulitis, North Gulf Oceanic Society
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Moderator: Elise Hsieh, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee
Council
Geothermal Potential in Alaska
Details:
Presentation will include a discussion of the geothermal
resource potential in Alaska (including Southeast, Interior
and the Aleutians), as well as technologies such as steam,
binary, and enhanced geothermal. The presentation will
also include an update on the Chena Hot Springs project
as a case study and current activity in the state.
Presentor: Gwen Holdmann, Alaska Center for Energy and
Power
Moderator: David Lockard, Alaska Energy Authority
The Reserved Warrior
Details:
Session Summary: Solo is an entertaining and
motivational speaker. From the perspective of as an
American Indian, he will reflect upon and build strength
from the history of indigenous peoples in America and the
native culture and spirituality. Through this knowledge and
strength, he advocates that Native people must bring their
traditional knowledge and ways, along with western
science, to bear in the wise management of our
environment and natural resources on which they depend.
Moderator: Glenn Seaman, NOAA /National Centers for
Coastal Ocean Science
Speaker: Solo Greene, Education Specialist for the Nez
Perce Tribe Environmental Program
Keynote Event - Craig Tillery,
Deputy Attorney General, State
of Alaska
Details:
Craig Tillery is the Deputy Attorney General for the State
of Alaska. He began working for the Department of Law in
1988 in the Oil, Gas and Mining section. He has
represented the State with the effects of the Exxon Valdez
Oil Spill. He assisted in the Exxon Valdez oil spill litigation
and settlement. Tillery has represented the Department of
Law on the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council,
provided advice to State agencies on natural resources
and environmental issues, and has assisted in drafting
state legislation and regulations.
Tillery graduated from Brown University in 1973 and
received his law degree at the University of North Carolina
in 1976. He moved to Alaska in 1977 and has worked as a
staff attorney for the Alaska Legal Services Corporation,
an associate at the Anchorage law firm of Reese, Rice and
Volland, P.C. and as an assistant public defender before
coming to the Department of Law.
Rural Issues: Addressing the
Environmental Impact of Rural
Schools
Details:
Schools in rural communities continue to raise
environmental issues for villages including leaking sewage
lagoons, air pollution from burning trash, non -
biodegradable food service containers and utensils,
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electronic waste disposal to dump sites, and
disproportionate water service and water use. This
facilitated discussion is an opportunity for participants to
identify the problems, to ask who has taken action on
these issues, and to share lessons learned and progress on
the issues.
Moderator: Joe Sarcone, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency
Green Infrastructure in Alaska:
Recent Activities and
Accomplishments
Details:
Explore the status of the Green Infrastructure approach in
Alaska and how it promotes and sustains our quality of
life.
Formal Green Infrastructure workshops have taken place
in the Matanuska - Susitna Borough, Fairbanks, and Kenai
over the past 2 years. Planners in Homer, in conjunction
with the Homer Soil and Water Conservation District, have
developed a Suitability Map with criteria and best
stewardship practices for providing incentives to local
developers to incorporate Green Infrastructure into their
subdivision and other plans. The Matanuska - Susitna
Borough requires that all new and updated Comprehensive
Plans incorporate a Green Infrastructure element. In
Fairbanks, the Borough is taking a Sustainable
Infrastructure approach that will include both Green and
Gray Infrastructure in their updated Comprehensive Plan,
as well as considering how climate change and increased
fire frequency might affect their future land uses. This
session will explore the status of these approaches to
Green Infrastructure in Alaska and their results in the way
of promoting and sustaining people's quality of life.
Presenters: David Sheer, DnA Design; Frankie Barker,
Matanuska - Susitna Borough; Bernardo Hernandez,
Fairbanks North Star Borough; John Czarnezki, Kenai
Peninsula Borough.
Moderator: Heather Rice, National Park Service
"Fort Richardson Environmental
Restoration" - Case Study of the
Military Effort to Bring Back
Waterfowl and Other Wildlife
Details:
This session will present information about what the Army
has done to restore the habitat and reduce environmental
risk at Fort Richardson's Eagle River Flats training range.
Presenter: Charlie Collins, US Army Cold Regions Research
and Engineering Laboratory
Moderator: Cristal Fosbrook, US Army, Environmental
Restoration Chief, Fort Richardson
DEC's Brownfields Program and
Current Projects
Details:
In rural Alaska many contaminated sites which could be
cleaned and reused are owned by communities and by the
State, and many are unknown to the State's Reuse and
Redevelopment (R &R) Program. The Alaska Department of
Environmental Conservation will discuss how Tribal
environmental programs and the public can help us
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identify and manage these types of sites. Part of our R &R
Program focuses specifically on brownfields - abandoned
and blighted properties with no responsible party. We will
discuss the differences between brownfields and other
types of rural projects and some of the obstacles that we
currently face. This session is for those interested in
recycling lands in their community, including both IGAP
staff and those with an interest in brownfields.
Presenters: John Carnahan and Sonja Benson, Alaska
Department of Environmental Conservation
Moderator: Marti Early, Alaska Department of
Environmental Conservation
University of Alaska, Anchorage -
Doctorate Program Presentations
Details:
Presenters from University of Alaska Anchorage will
address projects including: climate change impacts to solid
waste sites on permafrost, relationship between funding
and solid waste site quality; and evapotranspiration landfill
cover pilot project on Elmendorf AFB
Presenters: Leslie Simmons, Edda Mutter and William Lee
Moderator: Greg Goodale
Climate Change in Alaska: Reducing
Emissions in the Energy Supply and
Demand Sector
Details:
This session will lay a foundation for subsequent sessions
focused on reducing emissions. Beginning with an
understanding of the inventory of greenhouse gas
emission sources, we can better understand where
opportunities for reduction lie in the Energy Supply and
Demand Sector. This will be combined with a sense for
prospective options being considered for recommendation
to the State of Alaska by stakeholders in the Climate
Change Strategy development process.
Presenters: Meera Kohler, Alaska Village Electric
Cooperative
Steve Haagenson, Director Alaska Energy Authority
Gwen Holdmann, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Peter Crimp, Alaska Energy Authority
Moderator: Meera Kohler, Alaska Village Electric
Cooperative
Alaska Monitoring and Assessment
Program for Coastal and Freshwater
Resources
Details:
This informative session will provide updated results of the
Alaska Monitoring and Assessment Program surveys and
discuss upcoming coastal and freshwater surveys.
Highlights include: field survey results for the Southeast
and Aleutians Coastal Survey; final report on the Interior
Wadeable Streams survey; status of the Nutrient Criteria
Study; the 2008 Cook Inlet Lakes Survey; an upcoming
wetland survey; and an update on the Advance Monitoring
Initiative look at Beaufort Sea historic data sets. The
session will be of interest to Alaskans concerned with the
status and trends in Alaska's fresh and marine waters. It
will also be of interest to other state, federal agencies and
University faculty. The Alaska Monitoring and Assessment
Program is part of the Alaska Department of
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Environmental Conservation effort, supported in part by
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to monitor and
assess the status and trends of significant estuarine and
coastal resources for all coastal states.
Presenters: Doug Dasher and Terri Lomax Alaska
Department of Environmental Conservation
Moderator: Katharine Neumann, Alaska Department of
Environmental Conservation
Film Festival: Screening
Stewardship Programs, Science
Camps, and Environmental
Education for GAP Programs
Details:
Tribal governments have long taken responsibility for the
impact of their choices on the quality of the environment
or natural resources shared by all through environmental
stewardship. GAP programs throughout Alaska embrace
various techniques to educate, motivate, and engage
individuals and community members to take small actions
that have big impacts. This session will highlight Tribal
programs that have successfully held science camps and
environmental education lessons to encourage
environmental stewardship.
Presenters: Karin Holser (invited), St. George Institute;
March Runner, Louden Tribal Council; and Mike Patterson,
Woody Island Tribal Council/Tangirnaq Native Village
Moderator: Mahri Lowinger, US Environmental Protection
Agency
GAP Online (Will be Repeated)
Details:
GAP online for all GAP recipients. This session will offer
assistance in completing Indian Environmental General
Assistance Program workplans and budgets. U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency Tribal Coordinators and
American Indian Environmental Office GAP Online
Contractors available for data entry assistance.
Presenters: Rodges Ankrah, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency; Regina Ryan, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Moderators: Jennifer Brown and Sherry Kimmons, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
Lingering Oil and Effects - 20 Years
After the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Details:
While visitors today experience the spectacular scenery
and wildlife of to Prince William Sound and the North Gulf
Coast of Alaska, the ecosystem has not fully recovered.
One of the most stunning revelations of EVOS Trustee
Council - funded monitoring has been that Exxon Valdez oil
still remains in the environment, and in places, is as toxic
today as it was 11 days after the spill.
Lingering oil was unexpected at the time, but has now
been well documented. These studies, presented in the
following sessions, change forever how we will look at all
future spills. This session discusses these findings as well
as effects on pink salmon.
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Presenters: Jeff Short, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration; Ron Heintz, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
Moderator: Catherine Boerner, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Trustee Council
Integrated Energy Systems in
Alaska
Details:
It is well known that there is no 'silver bullet' techology in
he renewable energy field. Most projects require the
integration of several energy sources to provide for year
round stable power. Learn about integrating energy
systems in Alaska and the challenges and opportunities
associated with integrating renewable energy sources into
existing energy infrastructures.
Presenter: Orson Smith, Girdwood Renewable Energy
Research and Demonstration Center, David Mogar,
Specialty Electric, Bryan Gray, Alaska Energy and
Engineering, Bill Leighty, Alaska Applied Sciences, Inc.
Moderator; Brian Hirsch, Yukon River Inter Tribal
Watershed Council
Making a Difference: Involving Local
and Traditional Knowledge in
Resource Management
Details:
Curious or frustrated with the failure of managers and
scientists to effectively involve rural communities in
resource management decisions that affect the resources
important to your community? Alaska Native leaders in
Tribal Natural Resource Management will encourage Alaska
Natives to get involved in resource management, bring
local and traditional knowledge into the management
process, and consider a career in natural resource
management.
Presenters: Craig Fleenor, Alaska Department of Fish and
Game Subsistence Division Director; Orville Huntington,
Huslia Natural Resource Program; Austin Ahmasuk, Nome
Eskimo Community; and Harry Brower, Jr., Deputy
Director of North Slope Borough Wildlife Department
Moderator: Rose Fosdick, Kawerak, Natural Resources
Division
Participatory Process in the Alaska
Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (formerly NPDES):
Optimizing Community Input
Details:
With the State of Alaska taking on a new Alaska Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System program (formerly NPDES)
rural communities are asking, "How do we fully participate
in the process to have our voices heard ?" This session will
bring together regulators and community members for a
positive dialogue on the topic.
Presenters: Sharon Morgan, Alaska Department of
Environmental Conservation; Sharmon Stanbaugh, Alaska
Department of Environmental Conservation; Michelle
Davis, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Moderator: Running Grass, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency
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