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### UNITEDSTATES~ONM~~ PROTECTIONAGENCY REGION

### IX 75 HawthorneStreet SanFrancisco, CA 94105
ELIGIBILITY 

### DETERMINATION FOR THE 

### GILA RIVER INDIAN 

### COMMUNITY FOR GRANTS UNDER SECTION 105 OF THE 

### CLEAN AIR 

### ACT
The Office of Regional Counsel ("DRCa)

### and the Air ~ivision have reviewed 

### the Gila River 

### Indian Continunity (GR1C)'s 

### eligibility 

### for a grant under Section 105 

### of the 

### Clean Air Act [CAA) 

### and 

### have recommended a 

### finding of eligibility. Based 

### on this review and recommendation, the Regional ~dministrator has determined that the GRIC 

### is eligible to receive 

### a grant under Section 105 

### of the CAA. Eligibility Requirgmente The 

### requirements for the 

### eligibility determination are identified in the Tribal Authority 

### Rule (40 CFR 5 49.6) and are as 

### follows: a) 

### The applicant,Ls an 

### Indian tribe recognized by the Se-metary

### of the 

### Interior;
.:
. .: The TAR 

### allows tribes to document 

### thkrequirement by 

### identifying a 

### prior EPA 

### program authorization (40 CFR 5 49.7 (a)(%) 1. GRIC 

### fulfilled this requirement'by referencing its 1989 

### Clean Water Act 

### Treatment as 

### State application, which was

. . 

### approved March 30, 1990.

. ... . b) The 

### Indian tribe has 

### a governing body carrying out substantial governmental duties and functions; 

### The TAR allows tribes to document this requirement by 

### identifying 

### a prior 

### EPA program authorization (40 CFR § 49.7 (a)(8)). GRIC 

### fulfilled this requirement by referencing its 1989 

### Clean Water 

### Act Treatment as 

### State application, which was approved March 30, 1990. C) 

### The functions to be exercised by the 

### Indian tribe pertain 

### to the management and protection of air resources within the exterior boundaries of the 

### reservation or 

### other areas within the tribe's jurisdiction; and 

### The 

### TAR allows 

### tribes to document this requirement by 

### identifying a 

### prior EPA 

### program authorization (40 CFR § 49.7 (a)(8)). GRIC 

### fulfilled this requirement by 

### reftrencinq its 1989

. I 

### Clean WatXActTFeTtment as 

### state application, whlch was 

### approved March 30, 1990, and 

### by submitting a map 

### of the Reservation. This map 

### is consistent with Executive Order

### language identifying the Reservation boundaries. 

### The 

### Tribe's application for 

### TAS under section 106 

### of the 

### CWA included a letter from the Tribe's attorney which asserted that 

### - the Tribe had jurisdiction over all natural resources within its reservation. Although the Tribe's Section 106 letter 

### did not expressly refer to air resources, management'and regulation 

### of air resources is included within the category of natural resources. 

### The GRIC did not raise any additional legal issues regarding jurisdiction for this application. 

### The State of Arizona, 

### an "appropriate governmental entityn under the CAA, 

### was notified 

### of the Tribe's application and did not dispute the Tribe's jurisdiction.
d) the Indian tribe is reasonably -expected to be capable, in the EPA Regianal. Administrator 's judgment

### , of carrying aut 

### the functions 

### to be exercised in 

### a manner consistent 

### with the terns and purposes of the Clean Air Act and all 

### applicable regulations. 

### The functions to be exercised, 

### in tfiis case, pertain to the management of an 

### EPA grant program. 

### GRIC has fulfilled this requirement by providing a list 

### of fourteen 

### EPA grants currently being managed 

### by the Tribe. Furthermore, 

### GRIC has been successfully managing Clean 

### Air Act Section 103 grant projects since September 

### 27, 1996. 

### The Air Division 

### has also reviewed the staff and administrative capability to manage a grant under the Section 105 program.

40 CFR 

### B 49.9 (b)provides that the Regional Administrator shall notify appropriate governmental entities within 30 days of receipt 

### of the Tribe's initial, complete application under the CAA. The State of Arizona is the only appropriate governmental entity 

### and was provided with notice within 30 days of 

### the Tribe's initial, complete application. 

### The State 

### of 

### Arizona did not contest 

### the Tribe's jurisdiction over air resources within the Tribe's reservation. As specified in 

### 40 CFR § 49.9 (f), this determination concerning the boundaries of the reservation "shall apply to all future Clean Air Act applications from that tribe 

# . 

# . . and no further notice to governmental entities, as described in paragraph (b) of this section, shall 

### be provided unless the application presents different jurisdictional issues ar significant new factual or legal information relevant to jurisdiction to the Regional Admini~trator.~Based 

### on the information provided to me by the Gila River Indian Community, the Air Division, 

### and the Office of Regional Counsel, 

### I have determined that the Gila River Indian Community is eligible to recei ng 

### under Section 105 of 

### the Clean Air Act. Date:
Felicia A. Marcus, Regional Ahinistrator