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 UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Ref: 8ARD-PM

The Honorable Luke Duncan, Chairman
Tribal Business Committee
Ute Indian Tribe
P.O. Box 190
Fort Duchesne, Utah  84026-0190

Re:	Consultation and Coordination on the Draft Renewal Permit to Operate for the Deseret Generation and Transmission Co-operative, Bonanza Power Plant

Dear Chairman Duncan:

On behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 and in response to your August 25, 2020 letter, I would like to offer a draft consultation and communication schedule for your review and comment, which is enclosed. The schedule proposes a range of consultation meeting times for the EPA and the Tribe, based on our anticipated proposed and final permit calendar. 

Please feel free to suggest changes to this draft or to express any concerns you may have about it or this process generally. You may submit your responses either to me, or to Gail Fallon at (303) 312-6281, fallon.gail@epa.gov. Also, please feel free to contact either me or Ms. Fallon if you or other members of the Business Committee have questions. 

                                    Sincerely,

							
                                    Carl Daly
                                    Acting Director
                                    Air and Radiation Division
                                    
                                    
                                    
Enclosure



cc: 	Tony Small, Vice-Chairman, UBC
      Shaun Chapoose, Council Member
      Edred Secakuku, Council Member
      Ron Wopsock, Council Member
      Sal Wopsock, Council Member
      Sonja Willie
      Kirby Arrive
      Mike Natchees, Director, Air Quality Program, Energy and Minerals Division 
      Jeremy Patterson, Attorney, Patterson, Earnhart, Real Bird & Wilson, LLP
	Jason Deardorff, Tribal Program Manager, U.S. EPA, R8	
      Kim Varilek, Tribal Affairs Branch Chief, U.S. EPA, R8 
      
                                   ENCLOSURE
                                       
                                       
                            DRAFT CONSULTATION PLAN
EPA-Ute Indian Tribe: Draft Renewal Permit to Operate for the Deseret Generation and Transmission Co-operative, Bonanza Power Plant

                                Permit Process
                               Proposed Activity
                                Estimated Date
                             Before Comment Period
Discussion between Ute Tribe Business Committee, Ute Air Program and EPA technical Air staff to discuss details of
draft permit.
                                       
                              September 22, 2020
                             Before Comment Period
TRIBAL CONSULTATION ABOUT DRAFT PERMIT
                               Mid October 2020
   (2 weeks after first discussion, 1-2 weeks before comment period begins) 
                  DRAFT PERMIT  --  PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OPENS

                                Comment Period
Await comments from Tribe, permittee and public.
                            Late October 2020 thru
                              Late November 2020

                 DRAFT PERMIT  --  PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD CLOSES
                           (VIRTUAL) PUBLIC HEARING
 (If requested, 30-day notice will be provided prior to the date of the hearing and the comment period will be extended to the close of any public hearing.)
                               Pre-Final Permit
TRIBAL CONSULTATION ABOUT PRE-FINAL PERMIT
TBD (December 2020)
              FINAL PERMIT SIGNED no later than January 15, 2021

