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EPA issued a tribal minor new source review (NSR) rule in July 2011, that offered general permits as a method for meeting the requirement that minor air pollution sources in Indian Country receive a permit to construct to protect tribal air resources. After consulting EPA regions and tribes, the Agency developed a list of source categories for which we would issue general permits, which includes oil and gas operations and production. Since then, we received a number of registrations from existing sources in the industry and other information that indicates that the magnitude of potential permitting activity in this industry may warrant a more streamlined regulatory approach to assure that new emissions do not cause or contribute to violation of a NAAQS. To that end, we explored another method for addressing oil and gas impacts on tribal air resources: a Federal Implementation Plan (FIP). The FIP is an effective and efficient means of implementing EPA's Indian Country Minor New Source Review program for sources in the oil and natural gas production segment of the oil and natural gas sector. The FIP will provide a streamlined, yet more comprehensive approach for mitigating new emissions growth, while reducing the resource burden on the permitting authority and regulated community associated with submitting and reviewing general permit applications and is also an alternative to site-specific pre-construction permits for new and modified minor sources.