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Madison, Wisconsin (AP)
Federal environmental officials have agreed to let a Wisconsin tribe set its own water quality standards.
The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa will set quality standards for state discharge permits issued for on-reservation facilities such as sewage plants. The state must follow the tribe’s standards when it issues permits to facilities upstream of the reservation, since any discharges would flow onto the reservation.
Federal environmental officials have agreed to let a Wisconsin tribe set its own water quality standards.
The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa will set quality standards for state discharge permits issued for on-reservation facilities such as sewage plants. The state must follow the tribe’s standards when it issues permits to facilities upstream of the reservation, since any discharges would flow onto the reservation.
