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Resolution No. h -/8- /2 - 3 3 

Authorization of Conditional Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification for the National 

Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Small Vessel General Permit 

WHEREAS, the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians is a 

federally recognized Indian tribe with a Constitution enacted pursuant to the Indian 

Reorganization Act of 1934,25 U.S.C. Sec. 476; and 

WHEREAS, Article VI, Section !(a) of the Constitution authorizes the Tribal Council to 

negotiate with Federal, State, and local government on behalf of the Band; and 

WHEREAS, Article VI, Section I (n) of the Constitution directs the Tribal Council to 

encourage and foster the arts, crafts, traditions, culture, wildlife, and natural resources of the 

Band, which necessarily includes enhancement and protection of the water resources within the 

boundaries of the Reservation; and 

WHEREAS, there is a need for the Tribe to protect the health and welfare of its members, 

maintain its political integrity and the economic security of the Tribe and its present and future 

members; and 

WHEREAS, the water resources of the Tribe are integral to its members' health, welfare 

and economic security, as well as the economic and political integrity of the Tribe itself; and 

WHEREAS, the Band obtained treatment in a manner similar to a state for Clean Water 

Act Sections 303 and 401 program authority from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on 

June 26, 2009; 

WHEREAS, the Band has taken all steps required under Tribal Law and federal law to 

grant conditional401 certification for the NPDES Small Vessel General Permit; 

WHEREAS, the Band, after consultation with the Band's Natural Resources Department, 

finds that conditional certification of the NPDES Small Vessel General Permit is necessary to 

protect (a) the health and welfare of the Band, its members, and others living on its Reservation, 

and (b) the present and future use of Reservation waters for propagation of fish and aquatic life 

and wildlife, cultural, and other legitimate uses; 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Tribal Council hereby approves the 

40 I certification with the conditions attached hereto as Exhibit "A" for the NPDES Small Vessel 

General Permit. 

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AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Tribal Council directs the Natural 

Resources Department to submit the conditional certification to the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency. 

Certification 

I, the undersigoed, as Secretary of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of 

Chippewa Indians, an Indian Tribe organized under Section 16 of the Indian Reorganization Act, 

hereby certify that the Tribal Council is composed of seven members, of whom __2_ members, 

constituting a quorum, were present at a meeting hereof duly called, noticed, convened, and held 

on the (3•" day of JUII.q_ , 2012; that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted at 

said meeting by an affirmative vote of ____Je_ members; ___!!_ against; and _Q_ abstaining, 

and that the said resolution has not been rescinded or amended. 

1./. 1J !h 

Thomas Deragon, Jr., Secretary 

Bad River Tribal Council