Course Description
*Air knows no territorial or political boundaries, but the legal constraints and authorities associated with these boundaries effects how air is regulated in Indian Country. March of 2002, marked a significant change in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), when it published proposed rules creating Federal Implementation Plans that could regulate air pollution sources on Indian reservations. * These rules are designed to assist in the gaps that are present in the federal implementation of the federal Clean Air Act (CAA). This basic set of federal air quality, work with state and local agencies, and develop their own EPA approved air programs. * In 1998, the EPA promulgated a final rule entitled “”Indian Tribes Air Quality Planning & Management””, also known as the Tribal Authority Rule (TAR). These requirements found in TAR sets out what is required for Tribes to develop * Implement their own CAA programs. This seminar developed by Montana & Associates is designed to bring tribal environmental programs and leaders up-to-date on the latest requirements under the new rules for TAS designation.