1. Submitting & Adopting a Tribal Implementation Plan
Angela Benedict
SRMT Environment Division
Air Quality Program
St. Regis Mohawk Tribe

2. Outline TIP Development TIP–Table of Contents TIP Review
TAS–Treatment as State Letter to EPA
Tribal Council approval
Public Comment Period
Tribal
Tribal/nontribal
MOA
Develop
Approval
SRMT/EPA/CID
TIP
Submittal
Outreach and Education

3. Map of Reservation Boundaries

4. Reynolds Before

5. Reynolds After
2001

6. TIP Development 2 years, included data from emissions inventory
Criteria pollutants, permitting programs (minor source/burn)
Reason for TIP
Program getting large
Needed way to organize
Set our own standards, need permitting program w/o EPA involvement (sovereignty issue)

7. TIP Development Timeline
Draft TIP 2001
Final draft 2001
Public comment
Tribal community public comment
Surrounding areas and tribal community public comment
Council approval 2002
MOA with CID 2003–(not in original timeline)
EPA review and approval 2007

8. TIP Declaration of Policy Section 1.0…….Organizational Structure
Section 2.0……..Legal Authority
Section 3.0……..Resources
Section 4.0……..Severability
Section 5.0……..Definitions
Section 6.0……..Public Participation
Section 7.0……..Revisions
Section 8.0……..Air Quality Control Region
Section 9.0……..Air Quality Standards
Section 10.0……Emissions Inventory
Section 11.0……General Permit Requirements
Section 12.0……Permits for Minor Facilities

9. TIP Section 13.0……Synthetic Minor Facilities
Section 14.0……Source Surveillance
Section 15.0……Open Burning
Section 16.0……Reserved
Section 17.0……Reserved
Section 18.0……Enforcement
Section 19.0……Review of State Permits
Section 20.0……Regional Haze Planning
Section 21.0……Reports

10. Appendices Appendix A-Notice of Public Comment Appendix B- TCR99-43
Appendix C- TCR89-19
Appendix D-TCR89-34
Appendix E-TCR
Appendix F-Eligibility Determination September 19, 2000
Appendix G-Eligibility Determination May 25, 2001
Appendix H-Eligibility Determination March 5, 2003
Appendix I-TCR
Appendix J-Burn Regulation
Appendix K-TCR
Appendix L-TCR
Appendix M-TCR
Appendix N-Safety and Civil Obedience Plan
Appendix O-Press Release Announcement of Formation of MANE-VU

11. Truckstop on Reservation

12. TIP Review Informal review by R2 office
Review by admin, Council, lawyers
Informal review by community
Avenues for outreach
Website
Public repositories
Newspapers article

13. TAS–Treatment as State Letter to EPA
Receive comments from state
State can only comment on jurisdictional boundaries
approved
Concerned about boundaries
EPA approval of TAS must precede or coincide with TIP approval
Worse case- letter can be approved same time as TIP

14. Tribal Council Approval
Difficulties explaining reasoning for regulations, technical aspects; not all chiefs formally educated
Difficulties pinning council down for meeting, need lead time to get on schedule
Steps to getting tribal resolution and time frame

15. Alcoa West

16. Formal Public Comment Period
TIP open to all (reservation and surrounding area) for comments
Avenues for getting information out
Website
Public repositories
Newspaper article
30-day time frame from day published in paper

17. Formal Public Comment Period(cont.)
At end of period, all comments addressed
If any comment is significant, public hearing will be held to address
After comments addressed, all material will be given to EPA for review
R2 EPA continued to informally review. TIP sent to EPA HQ for formal review
All comments must be documented and submitted with TIP

18. TIP Approval Tribal approval and tribal resolution in order
MOA on Enforcement/Compliance must be in place before TIP can be approved
EPA approval
Community must be given notice of effective date
Community/affected entity outreach and education

19. General Motors
Closed Dec 2008

20. Outreach and Education
Local radio station CKON call-in talk show
“Tetewataron”-Let’s All Talk
Community education meetings
Mold/Mildew & ETS
Burn regulations–Res
TIP
IEN-Iroquois Environmental Newsletter
Published every spring & fall

21. Domtar
Paper Mill-Canada
Closed 2006

22. Map of Reservation Boundaries and Industries

23. Summary TIP Development TIP Development Timeline TIP–Table of Contents
TIP Review
TAS–Treatment as State Letter to EPA
Tribal Council approval
Formal Public Comment Period
MOA Approval
TIP Approval
Outreach and Education

24. SRMT Environment Division website: www.srmtenv.org
Phone:
website: