GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY 

SACATON, AZ 85247 

ORDINANCE GR-06-08 

THE GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY COUNCIL HEREBY ADOPTS 

TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO PART 11, SECTIONS 5.1,5.4, AND 5.5 OF THE AIR 

QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM PLAN, CODIFIED AT TITLE 17, CHAPTER 

9, OF THE GILA RITVER INDIAN COMMUNITY LAW AND ORDER CODE, AND 

ADOPTS THE TECHNICAL SUPPORT DOCUMENT AS PART OF THE AIR 

QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM PLAN 

WHEREAS, the Gila River Indian Community Council (the "Community Council") is the 

governing body of the Gila River Indian Community (the "Community"); and 

WHEREAS, the Community Council is empowered through Article XV, 8 l(a)(9) and (19) of 

the Constitution and Bylaws of the Community (March 17, 1960) to enact 

ordinances and laws which promote the health and welfare of the Community and 

its members; and 

WHEREAS, in GR-06-06, the Gila River Indian Community (the "Community") adopted the 

Air Quality Management Plan ("AQMP"); and 

WHEREAS, in its efforts to adopt the AQMP, the DEQ published notice of public hearings in 

the Arizona Republic and the Gila River Indian News and held a formal public 

hearing in July 2006, thereby satisfymg all requirements for pre- and postadoption notice as set forth in the Notification Ordinance, GR-03-02, and those 

required in the federal Clean Air Act; and 

WHEREAS, the Community's Department of Environmental Quality, in conjunction with the 

department's contract legal representation, has discussed the AQMP with 

representatives of the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"); 

and 

WHEREAS, the EPA identified three areas of the AQMP that need technical revision before 

the EPA can approve the implementation of the AQMP; and 

WHEREAS, the Council now desires to make the three technical corrections to the AQMP to 

expedite the EPA review process and also supplement the AQMP with the 

attached Technical Support Document. 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED, that the Community Council makes three technical 

corrections, attached hereto, to Part I1 of the Air Quality Management Program 

Plan, codified as Title 17, Chapter 9 of the Gila River Indian Community Law and 

Order Code. 
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BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, the Community Council waives the requirements of the 

Notification Ordinance GR-03-02 for the minor technical amendments to the 

AQMP, as the amendments are in the best interests of the Community, and 

further, because the DEQ has already undertaken substantial public notification 

efforts in the adoption of the AQMP. 

BE IT FINALLY ENACTED, that the Governor or, in the Governor's absence, the Lieutenant 

Governor is hereby authorized to take all steps necessary to carry out the intent of 

this enactment. 

CERTIFICATION 

Pursuant to authority contained in Article XV, Section 1, (a) (7), (9), (18), (19), (b) (8) and 

Section 4 of the amended Constitution and Bylaws of the Gila River Indian Community, ratified 

by the Tribe January 22, 1960, and approved by the Secretary of the Interior on March 17, 1960, 

the foregoing Resolution was adopted on the 20TH of Aumst 2008, at a Regular Community 

Council Meeting held in District 3, Sacaton, Arizona at which a quorum of 1$ Members were 

present by a vote of 1$ FOR; Q OPPOSE; Q ABSTAIN; 2 ABSENT; fi VACANCIES. 

GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY 

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GOVERNOR 

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