Tribal Environmental Protection Ordinance. The Tribe shall adopt an ordinance incorporating the processes and procedures required under section 11.0 (Tribal Environmental Protection Ordinance). In fashioning the Tribal Environmental Protection Ordinance, the Tribe will incorporate the relevant policies and purposes of NEPA and CEQA consistent with legitimate governmental interests of the Tribe and the State, as reflected in section 11.0. No later than one hundred and twenty (120) days before starting the environmental review process required by section 11.0 for a Project, the Tribe will submit its Tribal Environmental Protection Ordinance to the State for review. If within sixty (60) days after receiving it, which time shall be extended up to an additional thirty (30) days upon the State’s request, the State identifies aspects of the Tribal Environmental Protection Ordinance that it believes are inconsistent with section 11.0, the matter will be resolved in accordance with the dispute resolution provisions of section 13.0 and the Project may not commence until that dispute is resolved.
Tribal Environmental Protection Ordinance. The Tribe shall adopt an ordinance incorporating the processes and procedures required under section 11.0 (Tribal Environmental Protection Ordinance). In fashioning the Tribal Environmental Protection Ordinance, the Tribe will incorporate the relevant policies and purposes of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. § 4332 et seq. (NEPA) and the California Environmental Quality Act, California Public Resources Code section 21000 et seq. (CEQA) consistent with legitimate governmental interests of the Tribe and the State, as reflected in section 11.0. No later than one hundred and twenty (120) days before starting the environmental review process required by section 11.0 for a Project, the Tribe will submit its Tribal Environmental Protection Ordinance to the State for review. If within sixty (60) days after receiving it, which time shall be extended up to an additional thirty (30) days upon the State’s request, the State identifies aspects of the Tribal Environmental Protection Ordinance that it believes are inconsistent with section 11.0, the matter will be resolved in accordance with the dispute resolution provisions of section 13.0 and the Project may not commence until that dispute is resolved.
