Virtual Public Listening Sessions on EPA's draft Lead Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities
Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OLEM-2021-0762
Tribal Engagement Session 
Date: March 7, 2022
Start Time: 3:00 PM ET 
Record of Public Comments
(To view a recording of the listening session, please visit: https://youtu.be/QP0Xe7aTt00)

35:06
[Miki Barnes, Oregon Aviation Watch] Miki Barnes: Okay I'm Mickey Barnes I'm with Oregon Aviation Watch and I wanted to just point out that that well, first of all I want to thank you for this opportunity, so I want to backtrack there a little bit, and I appreciate what the EPA is doing to to reach out to communities across the country.
35:30
Miki Barnes: But I just want to point out that banning leaded aviation fuel would eliminate 70% of all airborne lead pollution 70% just by putting that been in place and it would impact, very few people only about one quarter of 1% of the population is certified to fly out of.
35:59
Miki Barnes: general aviation airports are to fly piston engine and general aviation aircraft so very small percentage, they tend to be pretty well to do I've been
36:11
Miki Barnes: kind of reviewing the options for reducing lead emissions from piston engine aircraft, a document released in 2021 by the National Academy of Sciences
36:24
Miki Barnes: and it was authorized by Congress that this document be
36:29
Miki Barnes: developed. But you know they give the price of a single engine aircraft, the average price of a piston engine aircraft is $550,000.
36:40
Miki Barnes: You're not going to affect that many people how many people can afford to go out and buy an aircraft of that nature and that doesn't even include the upkeep and the price of fuel and so on and so forth, so.
36:55
Miki Barnes: The these aircraft and these airports are really catering to to a very elite part of the population, but nonetheless they're responsible.
37:07
Miki Barnes: For 70% of all airborne but in this country roughly 468 tons per year, so I wanted to put that out there and I also want to mention that in this document, they talk about.
37:23
Miki Barnes: The effect of lead exposure on workers at airports and that's concerning because there's a really high rate of accidents with piston engine aircraft and if the workers themselves are suffering from lead poisoning, you know and which can affect you know, cognitive functioning judgment.
37:46
Miki Barnes: IQ levels and so forth, that that's a concern because it puts these communities in danger that are being impacted by these aircraft.
37:58
Miki Barnes: In addition to the.
38:02
Miki Barnes: Lead emissions that many communities are being subjected to on a regular basis, so thank you for hearing, my thoughts on this appreciate it.
40:23
[Kori Ellien, Yurok Tribe] Kori Ellien, Yurok Tribe: My comment is more of a question, thank you for having me and this engagement session I'm very excited to hear what you're doing about lead and reading the lead strategy draft.
40:34
Kori Ellien, Yurok Tribe: My comment is with regard to strategy number one, the reduction of lead exposure locally does this strategy address legacy lead contamination and local areas.
40:50
*Angela Hackel, US EPA: Thank you for your comment question and I will turn it over I don't know Ken if you wanted to address that comment question.
41:03
*Ken Davidson - USEPA: We are considering all sources of lead in the strategy and when we develop our measures and metrics will be addressing each of them by goal and objective to address all sources.

