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Tribal Air Program
Air Program Tribal Coordinators
Ben Giwojna
(giwojna.benjamin@epa.gov)
(312-886-0247
Monika Lacka (lacka.monika@epa.gov)
312-353-6556
Cynthia Meyer (meyer.cynthia@epa.gov)
312-886-5868
Region 5 Tribal Air Program Contacts
Air Monitoring
- Scott Hamilton (hamilton.scott@epa.gov) 312-353-4775
Emissions Inventory
- Anthony Ross (ross.anthony@epa.gov) 312-353-0826
Indoor Air and Radon
- Indoor Air - Fayette Bright (bright.fayette@epa.gov) 312-886-6069
- Radon - Michael Murphy (murphy.michael@epa.gov) 312-353-6686
Criteria Pollutants
- Ozone Information, Guidance on 8-hour Ozone Designations - Doug Aburano (aburano.douglas@epa.gov) 312-353-6960
Eligibility Determinations and the Tribal Authority Rule
- Ben Giwojna (giwojna.benjamin@epa.gov) 312-886-0247
Regulation Development and Tribal Implementation Plans
- Ben Giwojna (giwojna.benjamin@epa.gov) 312-886-0247
National Air and Tribal Information
Permits
Permits currently in process
- Draft Minor New Source Review Permit Revision for
G&K Services, Inc. – Green Bay
Permit No. SYN-ON-5500900021-2014-02
Public comment through August 28, 2015
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Permits recently issued
Part 71 Permit to Operate Renewal for Deer River Compressor Station No. 4
Permit No. V-LL-2706100011-14-01
- Great Lakes Transmission Deer River 4 Part 71 permit final (PDF) (24pp, 845KB) Aug. 28, 2015
- Great Lakes Deer River 4 response to comments (PDF) (4pp, 217KB)
Minor New Source Review Permit for Summit Petroleum Corporation
Permit No. SYN-IS-N1617-2014-01
Summit Petroleum Corporation is located in Rosebush, Mich., on the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan's reservation. The permit establishes a synthetic minor emission limit on sulfur dioxide emissions.
- Summit Petroleum Corp final permit (PDF) (3pp, 159K) Aug. 19, 2015
- Summit Petroleum Corp permit response to comments (PDF) (12pp, 604K)
Tribal Part 49 permit for Prestige Custom Cabinetry & Millwork, Inc.
SYN-ON-55009R0004-2014-01
Prestige Custom Cabinetry & Millwork, Inc. is located in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin’s reservation. The permit establishes a synthetic minor emission limit on volatile organic compounds and hazardous air pollutants and authorizes the after the fact construction and modifications to a wooden kitchen cabinet fabricating facility.
- Prestige Custom Cabinetry & Millwork Final Part 49 Permit (PDF) (12p, 289K) Jan. 27, 2015
Grants
Where tribes choose to develop their own CAA programs, EPA identifies and provides resources, tools, and technical support that tribes need to develop and implement these programs.
- Tribal Air Grants Framework - Menu of Options (PDF) (57 pp, 800K)
- Funding Announcement Guidelines for FY 2016 Tribal Air Funding (PDF) (14pp, 235K)
- Region 5's Indian Environmental Office's General Assistance Program - information about grants to tribes implementing environmental programs.
- Grant Application Forms
Contacts: Ben Giwojna (giwojna.benjamin@epa.gov) 312-886-0247, Shari Holloway (holloway.shari@epa.gov) 312-886-6778, Monika Lacka (lacka.monika@epa.gov) 312-353-6556, Cynthia Meyer (meyer.cynthia@epa.gov) 312-886-5868
Background
Region 5 is committed to protecting the health of the people and the environmental resources in Indian Country, while supporting tribal self-government, fulfilling the Federal trust responsibility, and strengthening government-to-government relations between tribes and the EPA.
The Tribal Authority Rule authorizes "treatment of an Indian tribe in the same manner as states" for tribes to implement EPA-approved Clean Air Act programs in Indian Country. Tribes may implement only those programs they wish, or even only the portions of programs that are most relevant to the air quality needs of the tribe. Eligible TAR tribes have the authority to develop Tribal Implementation Plans, which may impose air quality requirements in Indian Country that meet or exceed those defined in the CAA.
Region 5 administers CAA mandated programs in Indian Country in instances where a tribe does not wish to administer any or all provisions of these programs. The programs currently available for EPA's direct implementation include:
- Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Construction Permit
- Tribal Minor New Source Review (NSR)
- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
- Compliance and enforcement
2016 Tribal Environmental Program Management Conference – Air Track Presentations
- Radon 101 and Radon Testing Do’s and Don'ts (PDF) (18pg, 314KB)
- St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin - IAQ (PDF) (12pg, 593KB)
- Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians - IAQ (PDF) (68pg, 3.5MB)
- Casino Smoking Study (PDF) (15pg, 264KB)
- Treatment as a State under the Clean Air Act’s Tribal Authority Rule (PDF) (10pg, 60KB)
- Air Monitoring: Site Determinations and Air Sensors (PDF) (8pg, 862KB)
- EPA’s SmartWay Transport Partnership and Funding Clean Diesel Activities (PDF) (26pg, 1.78MB)
- Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Emissions Inventory (PDF) (21pg, 1MB)
- Air Permitting (PDF) (16pg, 862KB)
- AirNow Tech (PDF) (15pg, 916KB)