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# GILA 

# RIVER INDIAN 

# COMMUNITY SACATON, AZ 

# 85247

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## Bcm 97 December 17, 1998

Felicia Marcus Regional Adminish-ator 

### EPA Region 9 75 Hawthorne St San Francisco, CA 94105 

### RE: EligibilityDetemination for Clean

### Air Act Progams for the Gila 

### River Indian

Dear Ms. Marcus, 5 

### The Gila River 

### Indian Community (GRIC) is requesting an eligibiliry determination and 

### EPA approval to be awarded a Clean 

### Air Act (CU),secnon 105grantunder the provisions 

### of40 CFR, 

### Part 49, Section49.7. This request accompanies our application dated December 15, 1998 for 

### funds to develop a Tribal Implementation Plan 

### (TIP). The following are the criteria for eligibility under 40 CFR, Part 49, Section49.7, Eligibiliry Requirements: (a) (1) Federal Recognition the Secretary ofInterior: In accordance

### with 49 

### CFR,49.7 .(a) 

### (8) please refs 10Artachment ".4", Federal Register included in 

### the GilaRiver Indian Community, June 30, 1989 Request for Treatment as a State (copy attached)under a Federal 1 06 Water Quality Grant. i (a) (2) ~ubistantid GovernmentalDuties: Please refer to Narrative StatementPages 

### 2-5 and Attachments 

### "B" Constitution; Attachments "C", "E" and 

### "F" Duties and Powers; Attachment 

### "Dl' OrganizationalChart; Attachment "G" Tax Ordinance included 

### in the Gila River Indian Community, June 30, 1 989 Request for Treatmmt 

### as a SState (copy attached)under 

### a Federal 106 Water Quality Grant. (a) (3) Jurisdictional Statement: Please refer to Section 

### (D) 1,Tribal Authoriry,pages 7 

### and 8 of the Gila River Indian Community,June 30, 1989Request for Treatment as 

### a State (copy attached)under a Federal 106Water Quality Grant

### As with the Clean Water Act Section 106

### applicafion,the GilaRiver Indian Community asserts ju7-isdiction within the exterior boundaries ofthe 

### reservation.
(a) (4) Statement of Capabilityof GRIC to Mana~e a Clean -4irAct Prozam 

### The Gila River Indian Community, Department ofEnvironmenral QuaIity has 

### an exceptional history of effectivelymana,hg environmental programs and assistance 

### grants provided by EPA. The most recent of these assistance grants 

### was provided under 103 of the Clean 

### PLir Act (CAA). Assistance for

### this project grant terminated October 

### 3 1, 1998 and an emissions inventory was submittedto EPA 

### Nfilling the requirementsof the grant. 

### In addition ro effectively mana,&g an 

### Air Qualiry Program, GRIC, Depment of EnvironmentaI Quality currently manages a Water Quality Program, PesticidesProgram, SolidWaste Progam, RCRAI CERCLA Program, EPCRA Program and a Community OutreachProgram (refer to attached brochure). 

### In additionthe following EPA assistance grants are currendy being managed by the Gila River Indian Community: 1) Clean

### Air Act 103 assistance grant %X999604-01-0 2) 

### USTgrant,RCRA&OOl,#X999616-01-0 3) Pilot Consolidated SuperfUnd Cooperative Agreement, Voluntary Cleanup Program, V999870-0 1-0 4) Integrated Tribal TVaste Management Initiative (Solid Waste) MM9998 19-01 -0 5) Pilot Consolidated Superfund Cooperative Agreement, CERCLAPNSI, V999617-01-0 6) Pilot Consolidated Superfund Cooperative Agreement, CERCLA Sec. 104 7) GeneralAssistance Program (GAP), GA99916 1-01-3 

### 8) General Assistance Program (EPCK4) 9) CEPP Technical assistance Program (TSCA, Sec. 10) CX825944-01-0 

### 10) 

### FIFRA Best Management Practices, Sec. 20, (Pesticides) E999808-0 1-0 11) 

### FIFE4 Consolidated Pesticides Program. Sec. 23 (3 grants) E99048-99-0 12) Water Quality Management Program (GAP) 13) Pesticide Compliance Monitoring and Program Development 14) Community-Right-to-Know, C-TERC, Risk Communication, First Responders) 

### (a) 

### (5) 

### NOTAPPLIC-ABLE (a) 

### (6) 

### NOTAPPLICABLE (a) (7) 

### NOT APPLICABLE

### Additional Information 

### In addition to the informationprovided under the Clean Wazer Act application, I 

### have attached the 

### GRIC Deparbnent ofEnvironmental QualityProgram ~'crivities brochure. The-brochure provides updated information on GRIC 

### environmenta1regulatoryprograms and stae including air quality. Ifyou have 

### any questions concerning the application, please contactPatricia Mariella,PbD., Director ofthe Department ofEnvironmental Quality at (5201562-2234). We 

### look forward 

### to completing work on the development 

### of a 

### Tribal Implementation 

### Plan. Sincerely,

Governor

cc: David 

### Howekamp, Director, 

### Air Division Doug McDaniel, Project 

### OEcer,

### Air Division Patricia Mariella, 

### Director, DEQUNITED STATES REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 1235 MISSION STREET AGENCY SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103 REGION 9 ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA HAWAII, NEVADA PACIFIC ISLANDS

... :., .... .*. .... :. March 30, 1990

Thomas R. White, Governor Gila River lndian Community P.O. Box 97 Sacaton, Arizona 85247 Dear Governor White: it gives me great pleasure to formally announce
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. ; . .our Agency's approval of the Gila River lndian Community's application for t~qbatg~~t,;;:a~I,a8Si$at,fjt,~&ith respect to the State Water Pollution Control Program under the*~~lea~~~~ater:~ct's~~ection~.06.~.~~s wk;.c, ,e,. -----.-=-'. you are probably aware, the approval of your .commun~ty's application is the first .such approval which has occurred within our Region. You and your staff are to be commended on your very fine effort to develop not only this application, but your application for Section 106 grant funds as well. In this regard, my staff has informed me that we will be extending a grant offer to the community in the immediate future. I am also pleased to accept your invitation to speak before the Tribal Council on May 2. Our Agency welcomes the opportunity to celebrate these achievements with you. Please do not hesitate to contact me or Wendell Smith, of my staff, regarding coordination of the above mentioned matters. I look forward to working with you on this new and challenging opportunity to protect and restore water quality in the Gila River Indian Community. Sincerely,

Daniel W. McGovern Regional Administrator Enclosure
cc: Randolph Wood, Director Department of Environmental Quality State of Arizona Att: Ronald L. Miller, Assistant Director Janice Dunn, Project Coordinator Department of Commerce State of Arizona Wilson Barber, Jr. Area Director Bureau of lndian Affairs John R. Lewis, Executive Director Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona&fiED 574~ UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONAGENCY REGION IX 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco,CA 94105

January 

### 14,2005 Mi-. Glen Stark Water Quality ProgramManager Department of Environmental Quality Gila River Indian Community P.O. Box 97 Sacaton,Arizona 85247



### EPA is in receipt of the Gila River Indian Community's October 2004 Nonpoint Source Assessment Report and Management Program andhas determined that it meets the September 1997 Tribal Nonpoint SourcePlanning Hindbook requirements. It provides a sound plan to correct exlsting nonpoint source problems and to prevent potential water quality impairments. In addition, the plan provides a comprehensive description of the Best Management Practices 

### CBMP's)and measures that will be used to reduce pollutant loadings, and an effective implementation program. 

### I commend the Community on developing its Nonpoint SourceAssessment and h4anagement Program, and hereby approve the Assessment Report and Management Program. We look forward to working with you on future implementation of this important program. If you have any questions,please do not hesitate to contact me at (415) 972-3439.

i Sincerely,

LnieGavette Project Officer Tribal Office, Water Division