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Clint Halftown, Representative Ca1'uga 

### Nation P.O. 

### Box l1 Versailles, 

### NY 14168-001 1 Dear 

### Mr. Halftown: This letter provides 

### information onthe 

### Environmental Protection 

### Agency's (EPA's) process 

### for designating areas 

### for the2008 revised ozone 

### national ambient 

### air

### quality standards 

### (]\AAQS). When 

### EPA develops rules and 

### policies we take 

### our responsibility to consult 

### with the 

### federally recognized 

### Indian tribes seriously and consider where these rules or 

### policies may impact tribes and

### their environments. Wewant to make surethat 

### we are

### effectively communicating 

### with you 

### to ensure early 

### tribal input onthe designations process 

### for ozone. On 

### March 12,2008, the 

### Environmental Protection 

### Agency (EPA) revised the 

### national ambient 

### airquality standards 

### G\fAAQS)

### for ozone 

### to provide increased 

### protection of 

### public health and

### welfare from ozone 

### pollution. The new 

### primary ozone standardwas 

### lowered

### from 0.08 parts per 

### million Opm) to 0.075 

### ppm based on numerous 

### epidemiological studies conducted 

### during the pastdecade. The studies

### found health effects associated 

### with ozone exposure at and 

### belowthe 

### level ofthe 0.08 

### ppm standard, 

### which was promulgated 

### in 1997. They include a range 

### of serious 

### respiratory effects and increased premature 

### mortalify. EPA also strengthened the secondary 8-hour ozone standard, 

### making 

### it identicaltothe revised 

### primary standard, to protect against 

### welfare effects such as impacts onvegetation and forested ecosystems. 

### Within oneyear

### of promulgation 

### of a new or revised 

### NAAQS, section 107(d)(1)(A) 

## of the Clean

### Air Act requires the Governor 

### of each state

### to submit 

### to EPA a

### list of all areas 

### inthe state, recommending designations 

### for each as 

### "attainment," "nonattainment," or 

### "unclassifiable" 

### with respect 

### to the new or revised 

### standard. Establishing area designations 

### is a 

### key step in the process 

### of providing the health protections thatthe Clean

### Air Act mandates. Areas that are designated as

### not attaining the 

### air

### quality standards

### will be required 

### to adopt plans

### to reduce ambient concentrations 

### of ozone. 

### EPA does not recognize State designation recommendations as

### applying 

### to Indian country because Statesgenerally have neither the responsibiliqv nor the 

### authority for planning and 

### regulatory activities underthe Clean

### Air Act in Indian country.

### While tribes are 

### not obligated 

### to participate in the designations process, 

### EPA invites and encourages you 

### to do so. 

### By participating inthe process, tribes can learn about state's plans

### to prepare recommendations 

### for designations 

### of state landsthat border 

### tribal lands and 

### provide relevant information to EPA regarding appropriate designations 

### for

### tribal lands. 

### If you are interested 

### in participating inthe

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### provide your designation recommendations, 

### including



## .:::.,:riate boundaries 

### for the recommendations that 

### you make. 

### to EPA 

### by March 12,2009

### with :.sDect 

### to the rer ised ozone 

### NAAQS. The enclosed memorandum 

### provides guidance

### to state and 

### local air 

### pollution control agencies andtribes onthe process 

### for designating areas under the 2008 revised ozone standard. 

### \\-e plan 

### to announce 

### our intended designations as early as possible after 

### receipt of 1'our recommendations, 

### but no later

### than 120 days 

### prior to promulgating 

### final designations. 

### Follori.ing theannouncement 

### of intended designations, states and tribes 

### u'ill har ethe 

### opportunirl' to comment on any 

### modifications EPA proposes 

### totheir recom.mendations. 

### ln accordance 

### u'ith section 

### 107(dX1XB) of the Clean

### Air Act, we intend 

### to issue 

### final designations 

### br'\farch 11. 2010 (although that deadline may be extended up

### to one 

### additional year 

### if EPA detennines that 

### insufficient information is available 

### to establish designations 

### by that 

### date). Our designarions

## uili be based onthe most recent three years 

### of certified, quality assured 

### monitoring data available. Ozone nonattainment areas

### will be classified atthe

### time 

### of designation. The approach 

### EPA

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### to classifl'nonattainment areas under the 2008 revised ozone 

### NAAQS 

### will be established rhrough a separate 

### notice and comment 

### rulemaking. 

### \\'e iookforward to

### workingwith you and 

### your staffto develop area designations under --a3

### ', , r$ :er ised ozone standards 

### in a

### timely manner. 

### If your Tribe is interested 

### infuither :.s:':ssicns or meeting 

### with EPA 

### officials about 

### specific aspects 

### of the designation process, 

## :.-"-.: rr-nt3ct Ra1'mond Werner, 

### Chief of the

### Air Programs Branch, 

### at212-637-4249. Sincerely, 

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### Acting Re

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### Administrator



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### Nation Representative Oneida Indian 

### Nation 5218 

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### Director Environment 

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### Ms. Mardell Sundown Tonawanda Seneca 

### Environmental Program 

### 7021Meadville Road Basom.

## NY 14013



### Neil Patterson Jr. 

### Director Tuscarora 

### Environmental Program 2045 Upper 

### Mountain Road Sanborn, 

### New

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### Rickard Tuscarora 

### Environmental 

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### Environmental Program 2045 Upper 

### Mountain Road Sanborn, 

### New

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### Acting Director Seneca 

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### Washinglon St. Suite 104 Syracuse, 

### NY 13210 -1502 Dave Arquette 

### Acting Director Haudenosaunee 

### Environmental Taskforce P.O. 

### Box 366 Rooseveltown, 

### New

### York 13683 

### Ms. Jearure Shenandoah 

### (HETF Contact) c/o Onondaga

### Communications 

### Office 102West 

### Conklin Ar.enue 

### Nedrow. 

### Neu York 13110



### Tim Twoguns, 

### Environmental Contact Cayuga 

### Nation c/o Lakeside Enterprises P.O. 

### Box 786 Seneca Falls, 

### New 

### York 13148 Dan 

### Hill Cayuga 

### Nation HETF Environmental Technician Haudenosaunee 

### Environmental Task Force P.O. 

### Box 116 

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### NY 14001

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### Diamond Street Canastota, 

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### Interim Environmental contact 

### Office of Nation Safety and 

### Public Works 5218 

### Patrick Road Verona, 

### New

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### Brian Patterson Oneida Indian 

### Nation 5218 

### Patrick Road Verona, 

## NY 13478 

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## Hill Oneida 

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### Nation 5218 

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