Committee: Rules Sponsor:
Date: 7-2-04 Committee Date: 7-13-04 Author: J. Hale
An Act
Legislative Act 35-04
Title
A LEGISLATIVE ACT AMENDING TITLE 63 OF THE CHEROKEE NATION
CODE ANNOTATED, THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT; ADDING
NEW ITEMS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
Body
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:
Section 1. Title
This act shall be known as the "Cherokee Nation Environmental Quality Code Water Quality Amendment Act of 2004".
Section 2. Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to enact the Cherokee Nation Water Quality Code by revoking and replacing Article 9 of the existing Environmental Quality Act. This act:
? Specifies policy and the authorities of the Environmental Protection Commission; adds and amends definitions; establishes powers and duties of the Commission; makes certain acts such as land application of sludge unlawful if done without first obtaining a permit from the Commission;
? Establishes the "Discharge Elimination System Act"; describes the Commission's duty to promulgate rules and set requirements for discharges to waters of the Nation; describes authority to specify conditions in permits; describes how permits may be modified; provides authority for inspection of discharge facilities; makes point source discharges without a permit unlawful;
? Enacts the "Water Supply System Act"; giving Commission authority for wellhead protection program and public water supply supervision; providing authority for Commission to promulgate rules for water supply, treatment and distribution systems; requiring plans for waterworks be filed; granting authority to investigate sanitary quality of water supplied to public; granting authority for issuing compliance orders, emergency orders and orders requiring public notice to consumers; stating policy for groundwater supplies; granting authority to develop rules for preventing pollution of water supplies; providing for a water supply protection education program;
? Creates the "Waste Storage, Treat...
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