GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY 

Executive Office of the Governor & Lieutenant Governor 

?/viCfiam R Rhodes Jennifer d&on-Ray 

(;o~ frnor J,ipntc~ianl (;o~crnor 

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 intended to provide GRIC the legal structure to 

implement Clean Air Act Programs. This letter respectfully requests review and approval of the 

GRIC Air Quality Management Program Plan for federal enforceability. GRIC has specifically 

taken the actions prescribed by 40 CFR Part 49, Subpart A, including adoption of the 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 the National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards as GRIC standards. In short, GRIC seeks to fully realize the promise of the 

1990 Clean Air Act Amendments as those amendments empower the Indian Community to 

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 of Agreement (MOAs) for 

Criminal Enforcement, delegation of NESHAPs and a letter listing the NSPS requirements for 

525 West Gu u Ki P.O. ~ox'97 . Sacaton, Arizona 85247 

Telephone: 520-562-9840 Fax: 520-562-9849 . Email: executivemail@gric.nsn.us 
which GRIC is requesting delegation. This packet of required support documentation also 

includes a detailed jurisdictional letter from the GRIC Law Office describing GRIC's legal 

authority to implement Clean Air Act programs and a description of the area over which GRIC is 

claiming jurisdition (e.g., the exterior boundaries of the Gila River Indian Community). This 

packet also contains documentation that GRIC provided two public comment periods and 

fulfilled the CAA Section 1 10 requirements for the public notice and public hearings. 

This submittal includes the necessary documentation for program approval under 40 CFR, Part 

5 1, 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 of the 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, Gila River 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