Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin - Tribal Law

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Stockbridge-Munsee Tribal Code.

Section ENV.05.03 — Duties Of Environmental Protection Control Commission

Duties of Environmental Protection Control Commission as created in Water Pollution Control Code, Chapter ENV.04, Section ENV.04.03.

(a) The Commission shall develop and maintain a comprehensive program for prevention, control, and abatement of air pollution throughout the entire reservation, including a program for control of emissions from all significant sources of air pollution, and shall promulgate ambient air goals for every portion of the reservation

(b) The Commission shall adopt and modify such plans as may be necessary for the implementation of such programs. Ambient air quality standards and emission control regulations shall be adopted and promulgated in accordance with Section ENV.04.05 and Section ENV.04.06.

(c) The Commission and the Tribal Board of Health shall hold a joint public hearing during the month of June of each year in order to hear public comment on air pollution problems within the reservation, alleged sources of air pollution within the reservation, and the availability of practical remedies therefor.

(d) On or before November 1 of each year, the Commission shall report to the Tribal Chairperson on the effectiveness of the provisions of this Article in carrying out the legislative intent, as declared in Section ENV.05.01, and shall include in such report such recommendations as it may have with respect to any legislative changes that may be needed or desirable.

(e) The Commission shall receive all applications for hearings concerning violations and all applications for the granting of variances made pursuant to Section ENV.05.11 or Section ENV.05.12 and may, in its discretion, either set such applications for hearing and determination by the Commission in accordance with the provisions of Sections Section ENV.05.13 or Section ENV.05.14 or transmit such applications to the variance board for hearing and determination in accordance with the provisions of Section ENV.05.13.

Original url: https://law.mohican.com/us/nsn/mohican/council/code/ENV.05.03

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