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INDEX TO DOCKET EPA-R09-OAR-2007-0296 

Approval and Promulgation of Gila River Indian Community’s Tribal 

Implementation Plan

CATEGORY I. NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING 

A. 75 FR xxxx, Approval and Promulgation of Gila River Indian 

Community’s Tribal Implementation Plan, xxxxxx 2010, proposed 

rule. 

B. Approval and Promulgation of Gila River Indian Community’s 

Tribal Implementation Plan date; proposed rule, prepublication 

signed version. 

CATEGORY II. NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING 

A. 75 FR xxxx, Approval and Promulgation of Gila River Indian 

Community’s Tribal Implementation Plan, xxxxxx 2010, final rule. 

B. Approval and Promulgation of Gila River Indian Community’s 

Tribal Implementation Plan date; final rule, prepublication 

signed version. 

CATEGORY III. GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY TRIBAL IMPLEMENTATION 

PLAN SUBMITTALS 

A. Gila River Indian Community Department of Environmental 

Quality, Air Quality Management Plan for Gila River Indian 

Community, February 21, 2007. (includes Ordinance GR-06-06). 

B. Letter and enclosures from Margaret Cook, Executive Director, 

GRIC DEQ, to Laura Yoshii, Acting Regional Administrator, EPA 

Region 9, July 11, 2007. 

C. Letter and enclosures from Margaret Cook, Executive Director, 

GRIC DEQ, to Laura Yoshii, Acting Regional Administrator, EPA 

Region 9, “Re: Technical Corrections to the GRIC Air Quality 

Management Plan,” June 22, 2009. 

D. Gila River Indian Community Department of Environmental 

Quality, Air Quality Management Plan for Gila River Indian 

Community, “Revised August 2008” (incorporating technical 

corrections discussed in June 22, 2009 letter). 

E. Letter from Margaret Cook, Executive Director, GRIC DEQ, to 

Deborah Jordan, Air Division Director, EPA Region 9, “Re: Gila 

River Indian Community Tribal Implementation Plan,” July 17, 
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2010. 

 

CATEGORY IV. INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

CATEGORY V. OFFICIAL PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE NPRM

CATEGORY VI. OTHER DOCUMENTS 

A. Issues Relating to VOC Regulation Cutpoints, Deficiencies, and 

Deviations, EPA, May 25, 1988 (“The Bluebook”). 

B. Letter dated March 30, 1990 from Daniel W. McGovern, Regional 

Administrator, EPA Region 9, to Thomas R. White, Governor, Gila 

River Indian Community, re: TAS eligibility determination for 

tribal water pollution control grants under Section 106 of the 

Clean Water Act (CWA). 

C. Letter dated March 26, 1999, from Felicia Marcus, Regional 

Administrator, EPA Region 9, to Mary V. Thomas, Governor, Gila 

River Indian Community, re: TAS eligibility determination for air 

pollution control grants under Section 105 of the CAA. 

D. Guidance Document for Correcting Common VOC & Other Rule 

Deficiencies, EPA Region 9, August 21, 2001 (“The Little 

Bluebook”). 

E. “Developing a Tribal Implementation Plan”, EPA 452/R-02-010, 

October 7, 2002, see 

http://www.epa.gov/air/tribal/tip2002/index.html. 

F. Letter dated January 9, 2003 from Jack Broadbent, Director, 

Air Division, US EPA Region 9, to Dr. Patricia Mariella, 

Director, Gila River Indian Community DEQ, re: EPA recognition of 

GRIC’s use of tribal PTE limits for synthetic minor sources. 

G. Memorandum dated February 10, 2004 from Alexis Strauss, 

Director, EPA Region 9 Water Division, re: TAS eligibility 

determination for nonpoint source management grants under Section 

319 of the CWA 

H. Gila River Indian Community Ordinance GR-06-06 (December 13, 
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2006). 

I. Gila River Indian Community Ordinance GR-06-08 (August 25, 

2008). 

J. Letter from William R. Rhodes, Governor, Gila River Indian 

Community, to Wayne Nastri, Regional Administrator, US EPA Region 

9, November 17, 2006 (transmitting TAS application). 

K. Gila River Indian Community Department of Environmental 

Quality, Air Quality Program, 2006 Tribal Ambient Air Monitoring 

Network Review, October 2007. 

L. Letter from Eugenia McNaughton, Quality Assurance Office, US 

EPA Region 9, and Sean Hogan, Air Quality Analysis Office, US EPA 

Region 9, to Leroy Williams, Air Quality Program, GRIC DEQ, April 

13, 2007.

M. Letter dated May 9, 2008, from Sean Hogan, Air Quality 

Analysis Office, US EPA Region 9, to Leroy Williams, Air Quality 

Program, GRIC DEQ.

N. Letter dated October 6, 2008 from Jennifer Giff, Gila River 

Indian Community General Counsel, to Wayne Nastri, Regional 

Administrator, EPA Region 9, re: Gila River Indian Community 

Treatment as State (TAS) Application. 

O. Letter dated October 8, 2009, from Lisa P. Jackson, 

Administrator, US Environmental Protection Agency, to Jan Brewer, 

Governor of Arizona, re: PM2.5 designations. 

P. Letter dated October 14, 2009, from Laura Yoshii, Acting 

Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9, to William Rhodes, 

Governor, Gila River Indian Community, re: PM2.5 designations.

Q. Memorandum, “Gila River Indian Community: Eligibility 

Determination under 40 CFR part 49 for Clean Air Act Sections 

107, 110, 111, 112, 114, and Title V,” signed by Laura Yoshii, 

Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9, October 21, 2009.

R. Memorandum of Agreement Between the Gila River Indian 

Community and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regarding 

Criminal Enforcement Of The Tribal Implementation Plan Pursuant 

To The Clean Air Act And 40 C.F.R Part 49, dated October 21, 

2009. 

S. Letter dated December 30, 2009, from Laura Yoshii, Acting 

Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9, to William Rhodes, 
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Governor, Gila River Indian Community, re: tribal boundary 

recommendations. 

T. Technical Support Document for Gila River Tribal Indian 

Community Air Quality Management Program, United States 

Environmental Protection Agency Region IX Air Division, July 

2010. 

CATEGORY VII. FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES

A. 52 FR 29383, “List of PM10 Group I and Group II Areas,” August 

7, 1987. 

B. 59 FR 43956, “Indian Tribes: Air Quality Planning and 

Management; Proposed Rule,” August 25, 1994. 

C. 61 FR 21372, Final Rule, “Clean Air Act Reclassification; 

Arizona – Phoenix Nonattainment Area; PM-10, May 10, 1996. 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/1996/May/Day-10/pr-23327.html

D. 63 FR 7254, Final Rule, “Indian Tribes: Air Quality Planning 

and Management,” February 12, 1998. 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/1998/February/Day12/a3451.htm

E. 67 FR 46328, “Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible To 

Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs; 

Notice”, July 12, 2002. 

http://frwebgate6.access.gpo.gov/cgibin/PDFgate.cgi?WAISdocID=99387813148+4+2+0&WAISaction=retrieve

F. 69 FR 60328, Proposed Rule, “Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality 

Planning Purposes; Arizona,” October 8, 2004. 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2004/October/Day08/a22485.htm

G. 70 FR 11553, Final Rule, “Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality 

Planning Purposes; Arizona,” March 9, 2005. 
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http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2005/March/Day-09/a4585.htm

H. 70 FR 13425, Proposed Rule, “Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality 

Planning Purposes; Arizona,” March 21, 2005. 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2005/March/Day-21/a5517.htm

I. 70 FR 52926, direct final rule, “Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality 

Planning Purposes; Arizona; Correction of Redesignation of 

Phoenix to Attainment for the Carbon Monoxide Standard,” 

September 6, 2005.

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2005/September/Day06/a17539.htm

J. 70 FR 68339, Direct Final Rule, “Designation of Areas for Air 

Quality Planning Purposes; Arizona; Correction of Boundary of 

Phoenix Metropolitan 1-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area,” November 

10, 2005. 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2005/November/Day10/a22371.htm

K. 71 FR 48696, “Review of New Sources and Modifications in 

Indian Country; Proposed Rule,” August 21, 2006. 

 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2006/August/Day-21/a6926.pdf

L. 71 FR 61224, final rule, “National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards for Particulate Matter,” October 17, 2006. 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2006/October/Day-17/a8477.pdf

M. 73 FR 67051, Final Rule, “National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards for Lead,” November 12, 2008. 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2008/November/Day12/a25654.pdf

N. 74 FR 58688, Final Rule, “Air Quality Designations for the 

2006 24-Hour Fine Particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards,” November 13, 2009. 
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O. 75 FR 2938, Proposed Rule, “Ozone National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards,” January 19, 2010. 

P. 75 FR 6474, Final Rule, “Primary National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards for Nitrogen Dioxide,” February 9, 2010. 

Q. 75 FR 35520, Final Rule, “Primary National Ambient Air Quality 

Standard for Sulfur Dioxide,” June 22, 2010. 

http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/so2/fr/20100622.pdf