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The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe established by resolution the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources in August of 1990 and placed the
responsibility to provide guidance and direction under the Water, Energy and
Environment Committee of the Tribe, to develop the framework necessary to
protect the Environment and Natural Resources of the Tribe for generations to
come. We first started with the Pesticide Enforcement Program in the late
1980's. This was accomplished through a Cooperative Agreement with the United
States Environmental Protection Agency in Region (8) and the Cheyenne River
Sioux Tribe. The Program allowed the Tribe to monitor and regulate the general
and restricted use of pesticide activities from the Commercial and Agriculture
Pesticide Applicators on the reservation. Through this process and the
submission of grant applications, we compete with 26 other tribal governments
located in the U.S. under the Environmental Protection Agency's Region (8) for
the necessary funding to protect our respective environments and natural
resources.
The other programs under the Department currently
consist of the following: the General Assistance Program which enables the
Department to develop and draft codes. We have continued to build the
Administrative and Technical capabilities that are essential in building the
Department of Environment and Natural Resource's presence on the Cheyenne River
Sioux Reservation from other Federal Agencies. These programs are the ANA/DOD
Mitigation Program which is presently referred to as the Armstrong County
Gunnery Range Project, the ANA/SEDS Program, the ANA/Regulatory Enhancement
Program, and the BIA Water Resources Program.
We have extracted and reviewed other Tribal, State and
Federal Agencies codes and statutes from surrounding jurisdictions to compare
with our regulations. This has assisted the Tribe in developing regulations,
codes and statutes that strengthen our enforcement capabilities thus protecting
the Tribes Sovereignty and Jurisdiction. This has been made possible through
Cooperative Agreements, 638 Contracts, Memorandums of Understanding and
Negotiations with the United States Environmental Protection Agency Nationally
and Regionally, the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs both
Nationally and Regionally and Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service
and Administrative for Native Americans Programs, the Federal Emergency
Management Administration and various other funding sources.

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Cheyenne River
Sioux Tribe Department of Environmental
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Natural Resources
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