Announcement of the Delegation of the Title V Permitting Program, Consistent With Federal Operating Permit Programs to the Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency and the Suspension of Federal Operating Permit Program Fee Collection by EPA for Sources Covered by the Delegation of Authority Agreement

The purpose of this notice is to announce that on October 15, 2004, EPA granted the Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency's (NNEPA) request for full delegation of authority to administer the Clean Air Act's (the Act) federal operating permits program. Under this delegation, NNEPA will issue and implement Title V operating permits for certain air pollution sources located within the formal boundaries of the Navajo Nation reservation and certain off-reservation Tribal Trust lands and will otherwise administer the program. The terms and conditions of the full delegation are specified in a Delegation of Authority Agreement ("Agreement") between EPA Region IX and NNEPA, signed and dated on October 15, 2004. Region IX is also simultaneously suspending its collection of Part 71 fees, pursuant to 40 CFR 71.9(c)(2)(ii), for sources identified in this notice or otherwise covered by the Agreement.