Addressee

Dear Addressee:

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 is engaging yourtribe in consultation and coordination regarding the program authorization for the OklahomaDepartment ofEnvironmental Quality (ODEQ). ODEQ intends to assume responsibility for the lead-based paintRenovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) and Pre-RenovationEducation (PRE) programs. This action will not alter regulation oflead-based paintprograms in Indian Country. EPAretains authority for implementation and enforcement ofthe RRP and PREprograms in Indian Country.

We are establishing opportunities for formal as well as informal discussion throughoutthe consultation period. We hope that providing you this opportunity to discuss ODEQ's proposed plan for implementing the RRP and PREprograms in Oklahomawill answer any questions you have about the action. EPA anticipates ODEQ's formal request for authorization will be submitted in spring 2013. Upon ourreceipt ofthese documents, we will make them available to you as soon as possible. Foryourreference, please find enclosed a fact sheet on the program authorization and a projected consultation time line. The time line is tentative and dependent uponEPA's receipt ofODEQ's submittal. The consultation process will begin on March 21, 2013, and will end on the closing date ofthe public comment period announced in the Federal Register notice.

Wewill begin our governmentto government consultation by holding a conference call on Thursday, April 11, 2013, from 10:00 am to 11:00 am CST. The conference call phone numberis 866-299-3188 and the access code is 2146657291#. On the call, we will describe the program authorization process that is required by federal law when any state ortribal entity requests authority to implementthe renovation, repair and painting and pre-renovation education programs. We will explainthe scope of this action and the anticipated schedule for EPA's program authorization review and decision making. We also will describe the opportunity for public comment.

Tribal consultation will be conducted in accordance with theEPA Policy on Consultation and Coordination withIndian Tribes (www
.epa.gov/tribal/consultation/consult

-policy

.htm). EPARegion 6 invites you and your designated consultation representative(s) to participate in this process.

2Ifyou have any questions orwish to engage in governmentto government consultation, please contact
me at (214) 665-7200 or Jeannine Hale, Office ofEnvironmental Justice and Tribal Affairs director at (214) 665-2136. Should you wish to engage in consultation, we askthat you notify us by April21, 2013. Forquestions about this action orthe RRP and PREprograms, your staffmay contact Cindy Parker of my staffat (214) 665-7291. For questions aboutthe consultation and coordination process, your staff may ChristinaKracher at (214) 665-8054.

Enclosures Sincerely yours,

/s/

David F. Garcia Acting Director MultimediaPlanning and PermittingDivision

Governmentto GovernmentProjected Consultation and Coordination Timeline Fact Sheet on ODEQ Program Authorization

Cc: Housing Director; Environmental DirectorFact Sheet: Authorization ofLead-Based Paint Renovation, Repair and Painting Program and Lead-Based Paint Pre-Renovation Education Program to Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality

INTRODUCTION

In light ofthe EPA's commitmentto consultation and coordination with Indian Tribes, EPARegion 6 extends this opportunity for Tribes to learn more about the below described federal action. ODEQ is currently authorized to administer and implementthe lead-based paint abatement program, and is seeking program authorization for two separate programs: the renovation, repair and painting (RRP) program, and the pre-renovation education (PRE) program pursuantto 40 CFR § 745.324 Authorization ofState or Tribal programs. The RRP program is directed to firms and individuals engaged in renovation and remodeling activities ofpre-1978 housing and child-occupied facilities in the State ofOklahoma. The PREprogram ensures that owners and occupants oftarget housing are provided information concerning potential hazards oflead-based paint exposure before certain renovations are begun. This action will not alter regulation oflead-based paint programs in Indian Country. Thus, EPAwill retain authority for implementation and enforcement ofthe renovation, repair and painting program, and the pre-renovation education program, in Indian country. 1

The Toxics Section ofthe MultimediaPlanning & PermittingDivision is the point ofcontactfor program authorization and is collaborating with the Region 6 Office ofEnvironmental Justice and Tribal Affairs to consult/coordinatewith potentially affected Tribes regarding the OklahomaDepartment of Environmental Quality's (ODEQ) program authorization for the lead-based paint renovation, repair and painting program (RRP), and the pre-renovation education (PRE) program.

THEACTION

In 2011, ODEQ began pursuing authorization ofthe RRP and PREprograms. In 2012, the Oklahoma Legislature passed legislation authorizing fees associated with the RRP to be collected. We have been working collaborativelyto assist ODEQ with theirprogram authorization request. ODEQ has advised us they plan to self-certify. This means that ODEQ will transmit a letterto the EPAAdministratorfrom the Oklahoma Governor orAttorney General certifyingthat Oklahoma's program is at least as protective of human health and the environment as the corresponding federal program. Under40 CFR745.324(a) an application for program authorization shall include a transmittal letterfrom the State Governor requesting program approval; a summary ofthe State program; a description ofthe State program; an Attorney General's statement certifyingthatthe laws and regulations provide adequate legal authority to administer and enforce the State program; and copies ofall applicable State statutes, regulations, standards and othermaterials that provide the State with the authority to administer and enforce a leadbased paint program. Under40 CFR745.324(d)(2), as ofthe date we receive Oklahoma's submittal, the ODEQ will be authorized to implementthe RRP and PRE. Once an authorization package is approved,

1 Cherokee Nationis the only Region6 Tribe authorizedto implementthe lead abatement program; currently, no Tribes in Region6 have appliedforprogramauthorizationforthe RRP.EPAwill publish a federal register notice offeringthe opportunity for public commentfor no less than 45 days.



### CONTACT

Ifyou have any questions orwish to engage in government-to-government consultation, please contact
me at (214) 665-7200 or Jeannine Hale, Office ofEnvironmental Justice and Tribal Affairs Director, at (214) 665-2136. Shouldyou wishto engage in consultation, we ask that you notify eitherme or Jeannine by May 23, 2013. Forquestions about the RRP and PREprograms, your staffmay contact Cindy Parker ofmy staffat (214) 665-7291. Forquestions aboutthe consultation and coordination process, your staffmay contact ChristinaKracher at (214) 665-8054.

### Proposed Consultation and Coordination Timeline

Date Event Contact Information

Ongoing Communication and Coordination Cindy Parker withtribal environmental staff. EPA Region 6 Lead-BasedPaintProgram MultimediaPlanning and Permitting
EPA Region 6NotificationLetter Division Ongoing Offering Tribal Consultation and Coordination. Phone: 214.665.7291 Email: Parker.Cindy@epa

.gov

ChristinaKracher April 25, 2013 Informational conference call with Office ofEnvironmental Justice and Tribes scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Tribal Affairs

Federal RegisterNotice published; Phone: 214-665-8054 TBD* start ofPublic Comment Period. Email: Kracher.Christina@epa.gov

End ofPublic Comment Period and conclusion ofTribal Consultation
TBD* period. In additionto Tribal consultation, Tribes can submit written comments onthe action throughthe public commentperiod.

*Updatestothis timelinewill bepromptly provided.Title First Name Last Name Company Address Line 1 Address Line 2 City State ZIP Code Name Honorable George Blanchard, Absentee- 2025 South Shawnee OK 74801-9381 Governor Shawnee Tribe Gordon Cooper of Indians of St. Oklahoma Honorable Tarpie Yargee, Chief Alabama-Quas P.O. Box 187 Wetumka OK 74883 sarte Tribal 

# r- I Town Donnie Cabaniss, Apache Tribe P.O. Box 1330 Anadarko OK 73005 Chairman of Oklahoma Honorable Brenda S. Edwards, Caddo Nation P.O. Box 487 Binger OK 73009 Chairperson of Oklahoma Honorable Bill John Baker, Cherokee P.O. Box 948 Tahlequah OK 74465 Principal Chief Nation Honorable Janice Boswell, Cheyenne and P.O. Box 38 

# I Concho OK 73022 Governor Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma Honorable Bill Anoatubby, Chickasaw P.O. Box 1548 Ada OK 74821-1548 Governor Nation Honorable Gregory E. Pyle, Chief Choctaw P.O. Box 1210 16th & Locust Durant OK 74702-1210 Nation of Streets Oklahoma Honorable John A. Barrett, Citizen 1601 SGordon Shawnee OK 74801 Chairman Potawatomi Cooper Dr. Nation Honorable Wallace Coffey, Comanche P.O. Box 908 Lawton OK 73502 Chairman Nation of Oklahoma Honorable CJ Watkins, Delaware P.O. Box 825 Anadarko OK 73005 President Nation (West) Honorable Paula Pechonick, Delaware Tribe 170 NE Bartlesville OK 74006 Chief of Indians BarbaraHonorable Glenna J. Wallace, Chief Eastern P.O. Box 350 Seneca MO 64865 Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Honorable Jeff Haozous, Fort Sill Route 2, Box Apache OK 73507 Chairperson Apache Tribe 121 of Oklahoma Honorable Janice Rowe-Kurak, Iowa Tribe of R.R. 1, Box 721 Perkins OK 74059 Chairman Oklahoma Honorable Guy Munroe, Kaw Nation Drawer 50 Kaw City OK 74641 Chairperson Honorable Tiger Hobia Kialegee Tribal Tribal Town P.O. Box 332 Wetumka OK 74883 Town Mekko Honorable Gilbert Salazar, Kickapoo Tribe P.O. Box 70 Mcloud OK 74851 Chairman of Oklahoma Honorable Amber Toppah, Kiowa Indian P.O. Box 369 Carnegie OK 73015 Chairman Tribe of Oklahoma Honorable Thomas Gamble, Chief MiamiTribe of P.O. Box 1326 Miami OK 74355-1326 Oklahoma Honorable Bill G. Follis, Chief ModocTribe of 418 G Street SE Miami OK 74354-8224 Oklahoma Honorable George Tiger, Principal Muscogee P.O. Box 580 Okmulgee OK 74447 Chief (Creek) Nation Honorable John Red Eagle, Principal Osage Nation Tribal P.O. Box 779 Pawhuska OK 74056 Chief Administration Building Honorable John R. Shotton, Otoe-Missouri 8151 Highway Red Rock OK 74651 Chairman aTribe of 177 Oklahoma Ethel E. Cook, Chief Ottawa Tribe P.O. Box 110 Miami OK 74355 of Oklahoma Honorable Marshall Gover, Pawnee Nation P.O. Box 470 Pawnee OK 74058 President of OklahomaHonorable John P. Froman, Chief Peoria Tribe of P.O. Box 1527 Miami OK 74355 Indians of Oklahoma Honorable Earl Howe Ill, Ponca Tribe of 20 White Eagle Ponca City OK 74601 Chairman Indians of Drive Oklahoma

# ~ Honorable John L. Berrey, Quapaw Tribe P.O. Box 765 Quapaw OK 74363 Chairman of Oklahoma Honorable George Thurman, Sac & Fox Route2, Box Stroud OK 74079 Principal Chief Nation 246 Honorable Leonard Harjo, Principal Seminole P.O. Box 1498 Wewoka OK 74884 Chief Nation of Oklahoma Honorable LeRoy Howard, Chief Seneca-Cayuga P.O. Box 1283 Miami OK 74355 Tribe of Oklahoma 

# 1 Honorable Ron Sparkman, Shawnee Tribe 29 South Miami OK 74354 Chairman Highway 89A Honorable George Scott, Mekko Thiopthlocco P.O. Box 188 Okemah OK 74859 Tribal Town Honorable Donald Patterson, Tonkawa Tribe 1 Rush Buffalo Tonkawa OK 74653 President of Indians of Road Oklahoma Honorable George Wickliffe, Chief United P.O. Box 746 Tahlequah OK 74465-0746 Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians of Oklahoma Honorable Terri Parton, Wichita and P.O. Box 729 Anadarko OK 73005 President Affiliated Tribes Honorable Billy Friend, Chief Wyandotte 64790 East Wyandotte OK 74370 Nation Highway 60Honorable Bill John Baker, InterTribal P.O. Box 948 Tahlequah OK 74465 

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