GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 

AIR PROGRAM 

MEMO 

DATE: September 14,2006 

TO: GRIC Council 

FROM: Janet Travis, GRIC DEQ Air Quality Specialist; 

RE: GRIC Tribal Implementation Plan (TIP) for Air 

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Quality Management 

Responses to Public Comment and Ordinance Revisions 

Please find attached a copy of the latest draft of the TIP Ordinances for Air Quality 

Management, and responses to TIP comments submitted to DEQ during a second pubic 

comment period held July 1,2006 through July 3 1,2006. An extensive list of interested 

parties, both on and off the Community, received the draft ordinances prior to the 

comment period. 

The first comment period and hearing were held last year in June, 2005, and as a result of 

comments submitted to DEQ, a number of revisions were made to the TIP ordinances. 

We felt it was necessary to conduct a second comment period and hearing to give the 

public an opportunity to review the revised TIP. The ordinances and corresponding 

summaries were posted all seven districts. Presentations were made in GRIC districts 

with the exception of districts 2 and 3 due to a number of cancellations. Staff submitted 

pertinent material to these districts and discussed what the documents entailed with 

district staff members. 

Written comments were received from five (5) commenters including Arizona Rock 

Products Association (on behalf of GRIC Sand & Gravel and tenants), Arizona 

Department of Environmental Quality, Alcoa Inc. (Pimalco), Therrn-0-Rock Inc. and 

Greenaction (an environmental activist organization). Four of the ordinances have slight 

revisions in response to comments. The affected ordinances include Part I1 (permit 

ordinance), Part V Section 2 (area source fugitive dust emission limits), Part VI, Section 

3 (degreasing and solvent metal cleaning) and Part VII, Section 3 (nonmetallic mineral 

mining and processing). The revisions have been redlined and deletions struck out. It is 

important to note that the revised ordinances do not contain significant changes and will 

not require an additional comment period. A majority of the revisions were made for 

clarification purposes. Following Council approval of these revisions, air quality staff 

will prepare FINAL drafts of the TIP and proceed with the final ordinance approval 

process. 
TIP DISTRIBUTION LIST 

Emails: 

5-23-05 

Cynthia Young, City of Chandler, re-sent as pdf 5-25-05 

Pimalco 

5-24-05 

Doug McDaniel 

Roger Ferland 

5-25-05 

Tamara Dawes, ITCA 

Llyn Fulmer, GRIC Sand & Gravel 

Sara Kelly, ITEP 

Patrick Trusty, Ak-Chin 

Kendra Tso, Ak-Chin 

Don Gabrielson, Pinal Co. 

Kale Walch, Pinal Co. 

Dennis Smith, MAG 

Lindy Bauer, MAG 

Keno Hawker, MAG 

Steve Owens, ADEQ 

Nancy Wrona, ADEQ 

Ira Domsky, ADEQ 

Steve Peplau, ADEQ 

EPA: 

Darrell Harmon 

Colleen McKaughan 

Wienke Tax 

Doug McDaniel 

Wienke Tax 

Tim Grant 

Deborah Jordan 

Sean Hogan 

Clancey Tenley 

Matt Haber 

Greg Green 

Steven Page 

Julie McClintock 

Laura McKelvey 

Tom Helms 

Sharon Reinders 

Mark Sendzik 
5-27-05 

Michael Keys, Love's Truckstop 

6/1/05 

Stephen Hartsfield, NTEC 

Bob Gruegin, NTEC (will also distribute on tribal list serve) 

Ken Cronin, NTEC 

Steve Etsitty, Navajo EPA 

Chris Lee, Navajo EPA 

Gaye Knight, City of Phx 

Karen 07Regan, City of Phx 

Robert Kard, Maricopa Co. Env. Services 

Jo Crumbaker, Maricopa Co. Env. Services 

Steve Brittle, Don't Waste Arizona 

Sandy Bahr, Sierra Club 

Joy Herr-Cardillo, ACLPI 

Anne Ronan, ACLPI 

Esther Manuel, LBIP re-send - undeliverable 

Sandra Shade, GRIC DOT 

Larry Stephenson, GRIC Land & Water 

Dean Weatherly, GRIC Economic Dev. 

Virginia Begay, GRIC Env. Health re-send - undeliverable 

Urban Giff, Community Manager 

Pat Ellsworth, ITEP 

Merhdad Khatibi, ITEP 

Doug Jones, GRIC fire dept. 

Mark Openshaw, GRIC fire dept. 

Dewey Ray, GRIC fire dept. 

6/2/05 

Esther Manuel, Lone Butte 

6/6/05 

Tom Montoya, Fertizona 

Paul Coleman, Triumph 

John Pinkston, Chandler wastewater treatment plant 

All GRIC gas stations 

Bobby Stone, GRIC Farms 

Tom Ott, Pacific Scientific 

Mickey Schultz, Romic 

Robin Toro, Thermo Rock 

Jay Angus, Champion Homes 

6/20/05 

Vic DeGrande, PMIP 
TIP hard copies: 

6/7/05 

Mike Burns, CDI 

Bill Caruth, Arizona Box & Container 

Bill Bailey, Animal Nutrition 

Honey we1 1 

Fertizona, Casa Grande 

Firebird Raceway 

Bob Bondurant 

Dale Devalk, CSU 

Bobby Stone, GRIC Farms 

Dave Kendall, Kaiser Aluminum 

Chino Garza, Chalum 

Duane Standage, Classey Closets 

Scott Shed, DBCI 

Jim Weiss, Chandler Wastewater Plant 

D&J Wood Resources 

Randall Smith, Ferrallgas 

Duncan Hossack, KBI Components 

Mike Wilson, Maricopa Propane 

Al Link, Pima Valve 

Betsy Tidwell, KT Fabrication 

Terry Cluff, Rock Solid 

Donnie Sines, Ryobi 

Jerry Shenvood, Superlite Block 

Mickey Schultz, Romic 

Pat Altenberger, Stericycle 

Robin Toro, Thermorock 

Jeff Campbell, Triangle Truss 

Allen Bracket, Triumph Turbines 

Dam Trong, Triumph Precision Casting 

Dan Vermeer, Waste Management, Inc. 

Wilbur Ellis 

Glenn Ralfs, WHP Resort 

Chad Odarn, Odarn Farms 

Michael Keith Schugg, Schugg Dairy 

Gallagher & Kennedy 

Harold Baugus, WHP Casino 

Henry Perales, Public Works 

Byron Jackson, Mayor of Eloy 

NAEPC 

James Apperson, Az Chamber of Commerce 

Janet Napolitano 
American Indian Chamber of Commerce 

Steve Berman, Mayor of Gilbert 

Charles Walton, Mayor of Casa Grande 

Wendy Feldman-Kerr, Mayor of Queen Creek 

Thomas Rankin, Mayor of Florence 

Wilbur Wertz, Mayor of Coolidge 

John McCain 

Jon Kyle 

Steve Berman, Mayor of Gilbert 

Ben Nuvamsa, BIA 

Larry Nelson, BIA 

Virginia Begay, Env. Health 

Randall Lange, OSHA 

Tim Sanders, Office of Emerg. Management 

Tamara Dawes, ITCA 

Duane Stewart, LBIP 

Lori Thomas Luna 

Ondrea Barber, SRPMIC 

Urban Giff, LBIP Board Chair 

Sandra Shade, GRIC DOT 

6-9-05 

Emailed TIP to Bradley Angel, Greenaction 

6-13-05 

Shannon Rogers, Catron Cotton Co. 

Wayne Tomkinson, Tomkinson Farms 

Wilfred Wellington 

Kris Rogers, Lone Butte Partnership 

Allen Ellis, C&E Blackwater Farms 

Terry Button, Ramona Farms 

Todd Lamb, Lamb Farms I1 

Clayton Golson, M&G Farms 

F.C. Frazier, Frazier Melon Farms 

611 7/05 

Vic DeGrande, PMIP (3 copies)