Native American Report

Environment

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EPA To Study Tribal Environmental Storage Tank Issues

The Environmental Protection Agency’s Inspector General indicates it will evaluate the agency’s efforts to protect tribal communities from risks associated with underground storage tanks.

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Participation Open for Conservation Program

The Agriculture Department reminds farmers and ranchers that the next general enrollment period for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) began Dec. 1, 2015, and ends Feb. 26, 2016.

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Park Service Urged to Address Burial Site Issues

  The advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), in a new report, says the National Park Service is not making public information that analyzes what caused “the largest official mass desecration of Indian pre-historic burial sites in the annals of the Nation...

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EPA Advises Tribe to Follow-Up on Regulatory Compliance

The Environmental Protection Agency's Inspector General issues a report outlining ways tribes can run afoul of EPA guidelines.

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Environmental Group Challenges Park Service Proposal

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a group comprised of federal and other environmental officials, expressed opposition to an April 20 proposals by the National Park Service to allow Indian tribes to remove trees and other plants from national parks, describing the policy as "a radical reversal of resource protection policy that requires an act of Congress."

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West Faces Higher Than Usual Fire Threat

There's more than a 90% chance that this year's Forest Service fire suppression costs will be between $794 million and $1.657 billion -- an outcome that could force the agency to divert funding from other programs in order to handle the fires.

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Group Challenges Wastewater Policy on Indian Lands

An appeal by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility challenges permits issued by the Environmental Protection Agency involving wastewater discharge on Indian lands.

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Impact Study of Solar Project on Paiute Reservation Planned

The study will evaluate the proposed photovoltaic solar energy generation project on the reservation, as well as a transmission line located on tribal lands.

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EPA Region 7, Haskell Indian Nations U. Renew Agreement

Representatives of EPA Region 7 and Haskell Indian Nations University have signed a newly renegotiated Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that provides mutual benefits to the federal environmental agency's regional operations and the premier tribal university of the United States over the next five years.

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EPA Looks at Greenhouse Gases on Indian Lands

The Environmental Protection Agency publishes guidelines designed to reduce carbon pollution in areas of Indian country where fossil-fuel power plants are located.

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