MEMORANDUM
July
14,
2006
TO:
Docket
EPA­
HQ­
OAR­
2001­
0017
FROM:
Erika
Sasser,
OAQPS
RE:
Meeting
with
National
Tribal
Caucus
and
National
Tribal
Air
Association
On
July
11,
2006,
EPA
officials
(
Administrator
Stephen
L.
Johnson,
Acting
AA
Bill
Wehrum,
Carol
Jorgensen,
Steve
Page,
Gary
Hudiburgh,
Caren
Robinson,
Janice
Poole,
Eloise
Mulford,
Jason
Burnett,
Lydia
Wegman,
Laura
McKelvey,
Jim
Havard,
Steve
Silverman,
John
Bachmann,
Beth
Hassett­
Sipple,
Erika
Sasser,
Drusilla
Yorke,
Lorena
Cedeno­
Romero,
Katherine
Tunis,
George
Frantz,
Christine
Yost,
Janice
Whitney,
Bill
Patton,
Jonathan
Hook,
George
Craft,
Wolfgang
Brandner,
Jeffrey
Osley,
Karen
Erwin,
Laura
Yoshi,
Jean
Gamache,
Debra
Iacano,
and
Fred
Leutner)
held
a
teleconference
with
representatives
of
the
National
Tribal
Caucus
and
the
National
Tribal
Air
Association
to
discuss
their
comments
on
the
PM
NAAQS
proposal.
The
following
National
Tribal
Caucus
members
participated:
Stephen
B.
Etsitty,
Ken
Norton,
Rhonda
Azure,
Scott
Sufficool,
Sharri
Venno,
Joyce
King,
Jamie
Long,
Paul
Ninham,
Laura
W.
Spurr,
Honorable
Chad
Smith,
Honorable
Julian
Coriz,
Felix
Kitto,
Don
Aragon,
Gerald
Wagner,
Clay
Bravo,
Marie
Barry,
Lydia
Olympic,
Ronald
Wassillie,
Daniel
Ellanak,
Sr.,
Francis
SiJohn,
and
Brian
Cladoosby.
Also,
J.
Stephen
Hartsfield
from
the
National
Tribal
Air
Association
participated.

Tribal
representatives
expressed
concern
about
various
aspects
of
the
PM
NAAQS
proposals,
focusing
particularly
on
the
proposed
coarse
particle
standard
and
the
implications
of
the
proposal
for
Tribal
PM
monitors
and
health
studies
in
rural
areas.
The
EPA
representatives
responded
to
questions
about
the
proposal.
