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# COMMUNITY Executive Office 

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July 3,2007 Wayne Nastri Regional Administrator Office of the Regional Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region IX 75 Hawthorne St San Francisco, CA 94105-390 1 Re: Submittal of the Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) Air Quality Management Program Plan for Federal Enforceability Dear Mr. Nastri, The Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) has developed and submitted to EPA, a Tribal Air Quality Management Program Plan that is intendedto provide GRIC the legal structure to implement Clean Air Act Programs. This letter respectfully requests review and approval ofthe GRIC Air Quality Management Program Plan for federal enforceability. GRIC has specifically taken the actions prescribed by 40 CFR Part 49, SubpartA, including adoption ofthe federal National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutnants (NESHAPs), New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and Title V permitting program and a non-title V permitting program. In addition, the Gila River Indian Community has adopted theNational Ambient Air Quality Standards as GRIC standards. In short, GRIC seeks to fully realize the promise ofthe 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments as those amendments empower the Indian Communityto protect the quality of the air its members breathe.
The enclosed support documentation fulfills the requirements of Section 1 10 of

### the CAA, 40 C.F.R Part 5 1,Appendix V, the Tribal Authority Rule (TAR), and the criteria for approval of National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP), Maximum Achieavible Control Technologies (MACT Standards) and New Source Performance Standards (NSPS Requirements). In addition, the enclosures include Memorandums ofAgreement (MOAs) for Criminal Enforcement, delegation of NESHAPs and a letter listing the NSPS requirements for

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### executivemail@gric.nsn.uswhich GRIC is requesting delegation. This packet ofrequired support documentation also includes a detailed jurisdictional letter from the GRIC Law Office describing GRIC's legal authorityto implement Clean Air Act programs and a description of the area over which GRIC is claiming jurisdition (e.g., the exterior boundaries ofthe Gila River Indian Community). This packet also contains documentation that GRIC provided two public comment periods and fulfilled the CAA Section 110requirements for the public notice and public hearings.
This submittal includes the necessary documentation for program approval under 40 CFR, Part 51,Appendix V and delegation of NESHAP, MACT and NSPS standards and requirements. GRIC will be submitting a separate submittal for delegation of the Part 70 (Title V)Program in the very near future. We are highly committed to working with EPA to meet the Clean Air Act requirements for federal enforceability. If you have questions about any aspect of the submittal packet, please call Margaret Cook, the Director ofthe GRIC Department of Environmental Quality, at (520) 562-2234 ext. 225.

Sincerely,

William

### R. Rhodes, Governor / Gila River Indian Community

cc: Jennifer Allison-Ray, Lieutenant Governor, GilaRiver Indian Community Jennifer

### Giff, GRIC Geneml Counsel Douglas McDaniel, Enforcement Manager, Air Division, EPA Region IX Darrell Harmon, Senior Indian Program Manager Colleen McKaughan, Associate Director, Air Division, EPA Region IX Wienke

### Tax, Air Quality Planner, EPA Region IX