Letter from Bureau of Indian Affairs' Western Nevada Agency Superintendent Robert Hunter to Attorney Mitchell Wright regarding whether a master plan had to comply with the National Envrionmenal Policy Act prior to signing a lease on Indian land. .
Dated 3/23/04.
Supt. Hunter wrote that federal law required "prior to approval of any lease... the Secretary of Interior shall first satisfy himself that adequate Consideration has been given to...the effect on the environment of the uses to which the leased lands will be subject."
Supt. Hunter also wrote that BIA's involvement when individuals developed trust land would be to "coordinate closely with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to assure that the Safe Drinking Water portion of the Clean Water Act... are complied with by the owner/developer."
He added, "This office would also want to know that the owner/developer had considered... soil analysis prior to doing engineering design of structures and infrastructure."
Missing from this document is an enclosed memo from the Western Regional Office which discusses federal laws.
Source: BIA FOIA Production, March 2015.
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Letter from Bureau of Indian Affairs' Western Nevada Agency Superintendent Robert Hunter to Attorney Mitchell Wright regarding whether a master plan had to comply with the National Envrionmenal Policy Act prior to signing a lease on Indian land. .
Dated 3/23/04.
Supt. Hunter wrote that federal law required "prior to approval of any lease... the Secretary of Interior shall first satisfy himself that adequate Consideration has been given to...the effect on the environment of the uses to which the leased lands will be subject."
Supt. Hunter also wrote that BIA's involvement when individuals developed trust land would be to "coordinate closely with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to assure that the Safe Drinking Water portion of the Clean Water Act... are complied with by the owner/developer."
He added, "This office would also want to know that the owner/developer had considered... soil analysis prior to doing engineering design of structures and infrastructure."
Missing from this document is an enclosed memo from the Western Regional Office which discusses federal laws.
Source: BIA FOIA Production, March 2015.
Letter from Bureau of Indian Affairs' Western Nevada Agency Superintendent Robert Hunter to Attorney Mitchell Wright regarding whether a master plan had to comply with the National Envrionmenal Policy Act prior to signing a lease on Indian land. .
Dated 3/23/04.
Supt. Hunter wrote that federal law required "prior to approval of any lease... the Secretary of Interior shall first satisfy himself that adequate Consideration has been given to...the effect on the environment of the uses to which the leased lands will be subject."
Supt. Hunter also wrote that BIA's involvement when individuals developed trust land would be to "coordinate closely with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to assure that the Safe Drinking Water portion of the Clean Water Act... are complied with by the owner/developer."
He added, "This office would also want to know that the owner/developer had considered... soil analysis prior to doing engineering design of structures and infrastructure."
Missing from this document is an enclosed memo from the Western Regional Office which discusses federal laws.
Source: BIA FOIA Production, March 2015.