Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Joins Border 2012 Emergency Preparedness Plan

(Dallas, Texas - September 9, 2009) The E.P.A. (EPA) today announced the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo has joined the El Paso, Texas, Sunland Park, New Mexico, and the Municipality of Juarez, Chihuahua, Sister City Project under the U.S.-Mexico Border 2012 Emergency Preparedness Program. In signing a Memorandum of Understanding on Cross Border Communications and Emergency Response Strategies: Binational Hazardous Materials Emergency Project Modification, the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo becomes the 1st Native American Tribe along the borders of New Mexico and Texas and their corresponding Mexican States to participate in this emergency preparedness program.

This arrangement creates a tri-national task force to develop joint emergency preparedness strategies, develop a tri-national emergency communications and notification plan, and exchange information on hazardous waste to identify threats to the region.

More about activities in E.P.A. Region 6: http://www.epa.gov/region6

E.P.A. audio file is accessible at http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xapodcast/sep2009.html

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