Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0056-1712
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2004-04-08T04:00Z

Region
5
Monthly
Tribal
Air
Call
{
Minutes
­
April
1,
2004}

Attendees
US
EPA:
Faye
Blondin,
State
and
Tribal
Planning
Section
Aunjanee'
Gautreaux,
State
and
Tribal
Planning
Section
Robert
(
Bob)
Miller,
Chief­
State
and
Tribal
Planning
Section
Alexis
Cain,
Integrated
Air
Toxics
Section
Jackie
Nwia,
Integrated
Air
Toxics
Section
Chris
Panos,
Criteria
Pollutant
Section
Meghan
McGuinness,
Clean
Air
Markets
Division
(
HQ)
MaryJo
Krolewski,
Clean
Air
Markets
Division
(
HQ)
Bill
Maxwell,
Office
of
Air
Quality
Planning
&
Standards
(
RTP)

Tribal
Representatives:
Lynn
Hall
&
Jamie
Ekholm
(
Bad
River)
Dwight
Sargent
(
Bay
Mills,
also
with
Michigan
Inter­
Tribal
Council)
Sara
Polski
(
Bois
Forte)
Nick
Axtel
(
Fond
du
Lac)
Victor
Aubid
(
Grand
Portage)
Mike
Tenenbaum
(
Gun
Lake)
Frank
Beaver
(
Little
River
Band)
Gary
Schuettpelz
&
Heather
Pyatskowit
(
Menominee)
Lois
Bressette
(
Oneida)

Other
Representatives:
Chuck
Layman,
CENRAP/
CenSARA
Continuation
of
Discussions
on
EPA's
Proposed
Utility
Mercury
Reduction
Rule
Alexis
Cain
gave
a
short
recap
of
the
previous
elements
discussed
on
the
initial
conference
call
held
on
March
19th.
MaryJo
Krolewski
stated
that
EPA
headquarter's
had
not
yet
received
any
comments
on
the
proposed
utility
mercury
reduction
rule
and
encouraged
tribal
representatives
to
submit
comments
before
the
end
of
the
comment
period,
at
the
end
of
April.
There
was
a
discussion
of
creating
set­
asides
of
mercury
allowances
for
utility
boilers
located
on
tribal
lands,
including
potential
new
sources.
Since
this
issue
was
not
addressed
in
the
proposed
rule,
EPA
will
not
be
able
to
address
it
unless
we
receive
written
comments
on
the
issue.
More
information
on
the
proposed
rule
is
available
at:
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
air/
mercuryrule/

There
was
an
inquiry
of
the
status
of
the
Interstate
Air
Quality
(
IAQ)
Rule,
which
will
address
emissions
of
sulfur
dioxide
and
oxides
of
nitrogen.
Meghan
McGuinness
stated
that
her
office
had
not
settled
on
a
final
conclusion
of
how
to
address
comments
received.

MaryJo
Krolewski
presented
the
group
with
a
general
understanding
of
the
methodology
for
budgeting
mercury
emissions
allowances
to
states.
Allowances
are
allocated
based
on
the
heat
input
rates
at
utilities
within
the
state
(
using
the
average
of
the
three
highest
years
between
1998
and
2002).
These
heat
input
rates
are
then
adjusted,
based
on
boiler
type.
Then
each
state
receives
a
mercury
emissions
budget
proportionate
to
its
share
of
the
total
adjusted
heat
input
rate.
For
2018,
the
state
budgets
will
add
to
15
tons.

Alexis
clarified
that
the
rule
was
proposed
for
coal
fired
electric
utility
mercury
emissions,
only.

Frank
Beaver
of
the
Little
River
Band
expressed
his
concern
that
the
proposed
rule
would
impact
their
reservation
because
of
the
proposed
coal
fired
plant
on
it.

Lynn
Hall
inquired
about
tribes
ability
to
get
involved
if
the
Cap
&
Trade
program
was
developed.
Alexis
stated
that
one
option
could
be
a
program
that
would
allow
tribes
to
receive
allowances
for
new
sources
on
reservation
lands,
with
the
number
of
allowances
depending
on
the
size
of
the
source
as
well
as
several
other
factors.
Bob
Miller,
with
confirmation
from
Alexis,
clarified
that
allowances
would
be
set
aside
for
tribes
who
apply
for
it;
it
would
not
be
otherwise
distributed
on
an
automatic
basis.
Alexis
also
said
that
the
rest
of
the
emissions
budget
would
need
to
be
reduced
to
accommodate
new
sources
(
to
keep
the
budget
for
2018
at
15
tons,
for
instance).

Update
on
Midwest
Regional
Planning
Organization
(
RPO)
Tribal
emissions
inventory
and
air
quality
data
analysis
projects
Mike
Koerber,
Executive
Director
of
the
Lake
Michigan
Air
Director
Consortium,
was
on
travel
and
unable
to
provide
an
update
on
the
Tribal
emissions
inventory
(
EI)
development
project.
However,
he
asked
me
to
mention
that
the
only
item
to
note
is
that
Sarah
Kelly
(
ITEP)
sent
out
a
survey
requesting
when
to
have
TEISS
training.
So,
please
respond
to
Sarah's
survey.

Update
on
CENRAP
Chuck
Layman,
CENRAP/
CenSARA
Executive
Director,
discussed
areas
of
interests
for
Region
5
tribes.
CENRAP
continues
to
work
on
completing
the
current
emissions
inventory
activities,
model
performance
evaluations,
operation
and
maintenance
of
the
monitoring
network
and
data
analysis.
CENRAP
is
currently
waiting
for
EPA
to
determine
the
amount
of
allocation
for
the
FY'
04
RPO
grants.
Also,
on
a
national
level,
the
Grant
Guidance
Document
currently
out
for
comment.
CENRAP
commented
because
they
were
not
reflected
positively.
They
further
requested
that
the
comment
period
be
extended
for
the
IAQR
and
Mercury
rules.
A
meeting
of
CENRAP's
workgroup
co­
chairs
and
other
selected
active
participants
in
Oklahoma
City
and
had
a
successful
meeting
to
coordinate
and
refocus
on
the
tasks
at
hand.
Charlie
Lippert
.
Chuck
also
reminded
the
group
that
the
CENRAP
workgroups
will
be
meeting
in
Arkansas
this
month.
Update
on
PM
2.5
Designations
John
Summerhays
was
presented
with
a
scheduling
conflict
so
Chris
Panos
spoke
on
his
behalf.
He
informed
us
that
they
have
received
numerous
recommendation
letters
from
both
states
and
tribal
partners.
He
was
asked
whether
or
not
the
state
of
Wisconsin
has
provided
a
recommendation,
to
which
he
replied
no.
On
the
other
hand,
there
was
one
received
from
the
state
of
Michigan.
For
more
detailed
information,
we
were
provided
with
the
website
address:
www.
epa.
gov/
pmdesignations.
The
due
date
for
these
recommendation
letters
was
February
15,
however
Lynn
Hall
of
the
Bad
River
Band
was
not
able
to
meet
this
deadline
because
she
was
waiting
on
previously
requested
design
values
from
EPA
staff.
Faye
and
Chris
stated
they
would
get
her
the
information.
Faye
mentioned
that
EPA
was
cognizant
of
this
fact
and
others
issues
which
prevented
several
Region
5
tribes
from
meeting
this
deadline.
EPA
is
still
accepting
letters
from
those
tribes
still
wanting
to
submit
a
recommendation.
The
120
day
letters
are
scheduled
to
go
out
in
July
and
will
promulgate
final
PM
2.5
designations
by
December
15,
2004.

General
Announcements/
Open
Forum
*
Reminder,
the
2004
NTEC
Conference
is
scheduled
for
April
19­
22
at
the
Catawba
Indian
Nation
of
South
Carolina.
And
Dwight
Sargent
of
the
Michigan
Inter­
Tribal
Council
informed
us
that
the
next
NTAA
Executive
Committee
meeting
would
be
held
in
conjunction
with
the
NTEC
meeting.
He
further
requested
that
anyone
wishing
to
submit
agenda
items
send
them
to
him
at
dwights@
itcmi.
org.

*
Sara
Polski
of
the
Bois
Forte
Band
stated
that
the
Indoor
Air
Quality
training
that
was
recently
held
on
the
Fond
du
Lac
Reservation
was
a
success.

*
Faye
mentioned
that
EPA
staff
was
in
the
process
of
scheduling
technical
systems
audits
for
Tribal
ambient
monitoring
networks.

*
Discussions
were
initiated
to
inquire
when
and
where
we
would
be
holding
the
2004
Region
5
Tribal
Air
Meeting
which
was
held
this
pass
July
at
the
EPA
office
building
in
Chicago.
Sara
Polski
expressed
that
the
July
(
end
of
summer)
time­
frame
was
workable
for
her.
Everyone
was
asked
to
review
there
schedules
for
discussions
on
future
calls.

Next
Call
is
scheduled
for
April
29,
2004,
(
10:
00am
­
12:
00pm
central).