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 UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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REGION 8
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1595 Wynkoop Street
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Denver, CO   80202-1129
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Phone 800-227-8917
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		www.epa.gov/region8



Ref: 8ARD-PM

Mr. Edmund Baker 							
Environmental Director
Three Affiliated Tribes
404 Frontage Road
New Town, North Dakota  58763

Re: 	Transmittal of Draft Title V Permit to Operate on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation 

Dear Mr. Baker:

In accordance with 40 CFR 71.8 and 71.11(d)(2), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 is hereby providing notification to all affected states and tribes of the issuance of the draft Clean Air Act Title V Permit to Operate for the following source located on Indian country lands within the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation:

      Targa Badlands, LLC  -  Blue Buttes Compressor Station and Pump Station 
	
Region 8 is providing a 30-day period, from October 21, 2019 to November 20, 2019 for comment. Please make the enclosed draft permit, Statement of Basis, permit application and additional supporting information available for public inspection until the end of the public comment period. 

Electronic copies of the draft permit, Statement of Basis and supporting materials may also be accessed online at: http://www.epa.gov/caa-permitting/caa-permit-public-comment-opportunities-region-8.

We have also enclosed copies of a public notice bulletin. Please post this bulletin in locations that you see fit to broadly advertise this public comment period. 

In addition to maintaining the docket in your tribal office, please submit any written recommendations you may have concerning the terms and conditions of the draft permit to Colin Schwartz, of my staff, at the following address:

            Colin Schwartz
            Air Permitting and Monitoring Branch, 8ARD-PM 
            U.S. EPA Region 8
            1595 Wynkoop Street
            Denver, Colorado  80202
            (303) 312-6043
            Schwartz.colin@epa.gov

Comments may also be submitted via email to R8AirPermitting@epa.gov, or through https://www.regulations.gov (Docket ID # EPA-R08-OAR-2018-0816)
            
Should the EPA not accept any or all of these recommendations, you will be notified in writing and will be provided with the reasons for not accepting them. Comments must be received by 
November 20, 2019 to be considered in the issuance of the final renewal permit for this facility. If a public hearing is held regarding this permit, you will be sent a copy of the public hearing notice at least 30 days in advance of the hearing date.

						Sincerely,
                              
						Carl Daly
                              Acting Director 
                              Air and Radiation Division
						
						

Enclosures
