NOTICE OF GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT CONSULTATION

ON

ADVANCED NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING (ANPR)

Managing Emissions: Oil and Natural Gas Production in Indian Country

http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0151-0060

SUMMARY

The purpose of this Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) is to solicit broad feedback on the most effective and efficient 

means of implementing the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Indian Country Minor New Source Review program for 

sources in the oil and natural gas production segment of the oil and natural gas sector. In particular, this ANPR discusses potential new 

source permitting approaches to address emissions from proposed new and modified oil and natural gas production activities. One 

approach is a general permit, which could serve as a streamlined permitting approach for addressing emissions from new and modified 

minor sources and minor modifications at major sources under the Indian Country Minor NSR rule. Another approach is a Federal

Implementation Plan, which could address emissions from new and modified minor sources and minor modifications at major sources. 

Other possible approaches include a permit by rule, which is another streamlined permitting approach. The EPA is requesting 

comments on all available new source permitting approaches and will take this feedback into consideration in developing a notice of 

proposed rulemaking for this sector under the Indian Country Minor NSR program.

In addition, while the focus of this ANPR is on permitting approaches for proposed new oil and natural gas production activities, the 

EPA believes that managing emissions from existing oil and natural gas sources in Indian country would result in greater consistency 

with surrounding state requirements. Addressing existing sources may be particularly important given the significant activity 

associated with the sector in Indian country and the resultant need to protect public health, balanced with tribes' inherent sovereignty 

and interest in promoting economic development. If the EPA decides to address existing oil and natural gas production sources, then 

we will be interested in considering comments regarding whether a FIP should be the mechanism used to establish permitting 

requirements for new and existing sources, especially in areas where surrounding states regulate existing sources.

DATE: Friday, July 18, 2014

WHERE: EPA Region 8 Office

1595 Wynkoop Street

Denver, Colorado, 80202-1129

ATTENDEES: EPA Region 8 Tribes and Other Interested Tribes; 

EPA Region 8 Staff and EPA Headquarters Staff

TIME: 09:00 am – 12:00 pm (MDT)

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

If you are planning to attend this meeting, please provide the following information to Toni Colón at colon.toni@epa.gov

by July 15, 2014 so that you may be authorized to enter the building.

1. Full name of each person.

2. Agency, company, or business entity’s name.

IMPORTANT - All visitors to 1595 Wynkoop must have a valid photo ID, must pass through security screening and obtain a visitor 

pass from the reception desk in the main lobby, which should be worn on the front of the individual’s clothing.

At 8:45 am – Deirdre Rothery (EPA, R8) will meet you in the lobby and escort you to the conference room. (Meeting attendees 

are not allowed above the 2nd floor without an EPA employee escort.)

**If you need to exit the building during breaks, you will be required to pass through security screening upon return each time. At the 

conclusion of the meeting, visitors must sign out and turn in their temporary visitor badge to the reception desk in the main lobby. 

This process allows us to maintain accountability of all personnel inside the Regional HQ facility in the event of an emergency 

situation or evacuation.**