# Presentation: 542479

## Presentation By:
Regina Thompson, Office of Air Quality
Rich McAllister, Office of Regional Counsel

**Regina Thompson, Office of Air Quality**
**Rich McAllister, Office of Regional Counsel**

- Region 10 Tribal Air Rules

##    EPA or approved Tribes implement the Clean

**     ****Air Act in Indian country**
**  ****Regulatory gap exists in Indian country**
**  ****Existing EPA programs mostly address large**
**     ****facilities**
**  ****Many air pollution activities on reservations**
**     ****are unregulated **

- Background -

- Why create air quality rules?

## How this gap affects Tribes?

- Background -

**  ****Over 200,000 persons reside on Reg. 10 reservations**
**     ****-     Lack many regulations that can protect human health**
**  ****States assert authority over non-Indians in the absence**
**     ****EPA or Tribal rules**
**  ****Economic impacts:**
**     ****-     No permits for minor sources**
**     ****-     No “synthetic minor” permits to avoid Title V and PSD**
**     ****-     Businesses uncertain of regulatory jurisdiction**

## Background -  

- What is EPA's authority ?

**  ****EPA’s trust responsibility**
**     ****-   to implement Federal environmental laws in Indian country**
**     ****-   protect health of reservation residents and environments**
**     ****-   promote the sovereignty of Tribal governments**
**  ****TAR established procedures for EPA eligibility determinations**
**  ****CAA reserved for Tribes and EPA regulation of air quality of **
**     ****Indian reservations and other areas within a Tribe’s jurisdiction**

## Background -  

- Why fill this gap?

**  ****Many Tribes are developing air programs, but only one **
**     ****Reg.10 Tribe is approved under the CAA**
**  ****In TAR, EPA wrote it would**
**            “****promulgate without unreasonable delay such Federal**
**              ****implementation plan provisions as are necessary or **
**              ****appropriate to protect air quality” for these areas.**
**  ****FIFs ease transition to Tribal programs**
**    ****Modular approach so Tribal Implantation Plans can**
**       ****replace all or part of the EPA rules**
**   **

## Background -  

- How the Tribal Air Rules Project began

**  ****1995, OAQ created an inventory of air  pollution sources**
**     ****on  reservations**
**  ****1998 – 99, OAQ contract to expand this inventory**
**  ****1999 – develop straw man rules to start consulting with**
**     ****Tribes**

## Background -  

- Coverage of this First Set of Rules

** ****Regulate air pollution sources on 39 Indian reservations in **
**    ****Idaho, Oregon, and Washington**
** ****Focus on the prevalent air quality problems in reservations**
**    ****and in shared air sheds of the Pacific Northwest**
** ****Initial emphasis on sources known to cause the prevalent **
**    ****problems**** **

## Region 10 Tribal Air Program

## Background -  

- Why not Alska or Allotments?

**  ****EPA must evaluate extent of Indian country in Alaska**
**     ****and  location of allotments**
**  ****EPA must consult wit Alaska tribes on needs for air**
**     ****quality  rules**
**  ****Anticipate different conditions and needs will warrant **
**     ****different rules**

## Slide 10

##   Consultation strategy developed for Tribal Air Rules

**  ****Consultation strategy developed for Tribal Air Rules**
**  ****June 1999 Consultation Roundtable in South center,**
**     ****WA**
**  ****ATNI coordinated meetings in Spokane, Tulalip and**
**     ****Puyallup Reservations**

##   EPA drafted rules based on consultation advice

**  ****EPA drafted rules based on consultation advice**
**  ****July 2000, package sent to Tribal Chairs of Tribes in**
**     ****WA****,  ID and OR**
**  ****Copies also to Natural Resource/Environmental**
**     ****Director****  and Air Specialist **
**  ****Requested comment in a 2 month timeframe**

##   19 Tribes participate in 4 face-to-face meetings

**  ****19 Tribes participate in 4 face-to-face meetings**
**  ****Meetings w/group session intro, then individual Tribe **
**     ****w/EPA**
**  ****Meetings in Spokane, Puyallup, Swinomish, Portland**
**  ****7 Tribes join group conference calls**
**  ****2 Tribes have individual conference calls**
**  ****13 Tribes have phone conversations**

##   Copies provided to Idaho, Washington, and Oregon 

**  ****Copies provided to Idaho, Washington, and Oregon **
**     ****environmental agencies**
**  ****Good support for establishing rules**

##   EPA Headquarters – OGC, OAR, AIEO, OAQPS

**  ****EPA Headquarters – OGC, OAR, AIEO, OAQPS**
**  ****EPA Regional Offices**
**  ****Office of Management and Budget**

##   Basic Rules – will apply on all 39 reservations in ID, OR, WA

**  ****Basic Rules – will apply on all 39 reservations in ID, OR, WA**
**  ****Additional Rules – will only apply on a reservation if Tribal**
**     ****Chair requests 1 or more of these in writing to Region 10**

##   Infrastructure

**  ****Infrastructure**
**  ****Industrial Sources**
**  ****Open Burning Restrictions**

##   Delegation of Authority to a Tribe

**  ****Delegation of Authority to a Tribe**
**  ****General Provision – Definitions**
**  ****Rules for Emissions Detrimental to Persons or**
**     ****Property – Nuisance abatement**
**  ****Rules for Air Pollution Episodes**
**  ****Rules to Register Air Pollution Sources and**
**     ****Report Emissions**
**   ****Rules for Operating Permits for Non-Title V Sources**
**    **

##   Limit Visible Emissions

**  ****Limit Visible Emissions**
**  ****Limit Emissions of Particulate Matter**
**  ****Limit Fugitive Particulate Matter Emissions**
**  ****Limit Emissions of Sulfur Dioxide**
**  ****Limit Sulfur in Fuels**

##   General Rules for Open Burning – specify weather

**  ****General Rules for Open Burning – specify weather**
**     ****conditions appropriate and limit materials burned**

##   Specific Types of Sources

**  ****Specific Types of Sources**
**  ****Burning Permit Programs**
**  ****Emission Detrimental to Persons of Property**

##   Wood waste Burners

**  ****Wood waste Burners**
**     ****(aka Wigwam Burners in Pacific Northwest,**
**      ****because of their shape)**
**  ****Wood Products Industry Limits on Particulate**
**     ****Matter Emissions **
**     ****(More Stringent than the  Basic PM rule)**

##   Open Burning Permits

**  ****Open Burning Permits**
**  ****Agricultural Burning Permits**
**  ****Forestry Burning Permits**

##   Include protections for cultural or traditional

**  ****Include protections for cultural or traditional**
**     ****resources that a Tribes wishes to protect in**
**     ****addition to protection for persons and property **

##   Publish proposed rule

**  ****Publish proposed rule**
**  ****90 day public period**
**     ****-****	****Tribal consultation opportunities**
**  ****EPA response to comments (must wait and see)**
**  ****Review of final rule by Headquarters, Regions, and**
**     ****OMB**