STATE OF WASHINGTON 

### DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY P.O. Box 47600 • Olympia, Washington 98504·7600 (360) 407·6000 • TDD Only (Hearing Impaired) (360) 407·6006 May 22, 1998 

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Mr
. Ch uck C larke, R egional Ad mini strator U.S
. E PA, R egion 10 1200 Six th Avenue MlS /SO-141 Seattle , WA 98101 Dear Mr. Clarke : 

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# l::Al;WTIVE.

T he Washington State Departme nt of Eco logy (Eco logy) is provid ing this app lication for federal au thorizat ion to revise Ecology's hazardou s waste prog ram . Eco logy is seeking a utho rization to in clude in its program th e n on-trust lands within t he 1873 Survey Area of the Puyallup Reservation, pu rsuant t o th e Augus t 2 7, 1 988 , se ttlement ag reement b etween th e Pu yallup T ribe, fe deral , sta te, a nd local gove rnments ra tified by Co ngress a nd incorp orated i n fed eral law as th e Puy allup T ribe of India ns Sett lement Act of 1989 , 25 U .S .C. Sectio ns 1773 , 

### et seq . T his revisio n wi ll s upplement Was hington 's aut horization for the Base Resource Conservatio n a nd Recovery Act ( RCRA) Program a nd fo ur s ubseque nt program revisions

. This applicati on is submitted pur suant to th e req uir ements of 4 0 CFR Part 271. The pack age c onsists of a Program Descripti on addendum , a Memorandum of Agreement addendum , and a n Attorne y General 's Statement. In addition

. Ecolo gy a nd EPA have developed an implement ation s trategy a s part of the Memorandum o f Ag reement. This implementation strategy will facilitate communication among EPA , Ecolog y, and the Puyallup Tribe w henever a transfer oflead agency respons ibility is necessary d ue to t he un ique n ature of this authorization on the no n-trust lands of t he Puyallup R eservation. Bo th of o ur agencies h ave devo ted reso urces t o th e deve lopment a nd coo rdinatio n of t his application

. The aut horizatio n was detained w hile t he House B ill 1 0 I0 a udit immunity issues were reso lved

. Now that all issue s have b een re solved, I trust tha t this app lication w ill be processed in a timel y manner. Any que stions you h ave may be dire cted t o Ch ipper Hervieux , at (3 60) 407

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. Sincerely ,

Tom Fitzsimm ons Director E nclosures

### Washington State Department of Ecology Revision Authorization Application for Puyallup Non-Trust Lands May 1998
Contents Program Description Addendum Memorandum of Agreement Addendum Attorney General's Statement Attachments Agreement between the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, Local Governments in Pierce County, the State of Washington , the United States of America, and certain private property owners , August 27, 1988 (Settlement Agreement) United States Code Annotated Title 25. Indians , Chapter 19 Indian Land Claims Settlements, Subchapter VII Washington Indian (Puyallup) Land Claims Settlement , June 21 , 1989 (Settlement Act) Intergovernmental Agreement Among the Puyallup Tribe of Indians , The Washington State Department of Ecology, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, January 13, 1997 (Intergovernmental Agreement) Letter notifying the Washington State Senate Majority Leader and Speaker of the House of the existence of a conflict between the Regulatory Reform Act of 1995 (ESS 1010) and certain federal laws and program requirements (letter dated December 10 , 1997)Program Description Addendum May 15, 1998 Thi s Program Descripti on addendum revi ses the Stat e ' s auth orized pro gram to includ e th e n ontru st l ands w ithin th e 1873 Survey Area of the Pu yallup Re servation pur suant t o th e August 27 , 1 988 settlement ag reement b etween th e Pu yallup Tribe , F ederal , S tate , and local gove rnments (S ettlement A gre ement), ratified b y C ongress and inc orporated in F ederal l aw on Jun e 2 1 , 1989 a s th e Pu yallup Tri be o fI ndians Settlement A ct o f 1 989 , 25 USC S ections 1 773, et. seq . (Se ttlement Ac t). Upon authorization of this pro gram revision , th e S tate w ill carry out all as pects of th e authorized d angerous was te program sub ject t o the limitation s b elow

. The S tate authori zed p rogram that will be implemented o n th e non-tru st land s w ithin th e Pu yallup re servation includ es wa ste d esignation re quirements; ge nerator , tran sporter, an d recycling requir ement s; tr eatment, s torage, and di sposal ( TSD) f acility requir ement s; p ermittin g proc edures; c orrective action r equirements ; an d co mpliance m onitoring and e nforcement p rocedures

. T he S tate w ill carry out th e authorized dangerous was te pro gram subject t o the f ollowing lim itation s : The authorizedprogra m does not ex tend to In dians or In dian acti vities within the 18 73 su rvey area . E PA re tains p rimary res po nsibilityfo r impl ementing R CRA on the trust l ands, and over Indians and Indi an ac tivities on the n on-trust land s with in th e 1 9 7 3 sur vey area. E PA and Ecology h ave d eveloped an impl ementation s trategy ( part o f th e M em orandum of Ag reement addendum s ubmitted wi th thi s au thorization application) that w ill be u sed t o co mmunicate c hanges in ju risdiction fro m E cology t o EPA, or f rom EPA to E cology

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" Imp lement ati o n St rategy f or Regulatory Age ncy Lead C hanges" w ill b e u sed t o f acilitate inf ormation s haring and co mmunicating juri sdictional changes o n th e n on-tru st l ands within th e 1873 Sur vey A rea of th e Pu yallup Re servation

. T he S tate w ill pa rticipate in providing intergovernmental co nsultation an d coordinati on of fed eral, tribal , state and local gov ernmental en vironmental l aws pur suant t o th e J anuary 1 3 , 1 997 Inte rgov ernment al Ag reement among th e Pu yallup T ribe o f Indi ans , th e W ashington S tate Dep artment of E cology, an d th e US Environmental Prot ection Age ncy (Inte rgovernmental A greement).