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Authorization ofConditional Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification for the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Small Vessel General Permit WHEREAS, the Bad River Band ofLake Superior Tribe ofChippewa 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) ofthe Constitution authorizes the Tribal Council to negotiate with Federal, State, and local government on behalfofthe Band; and WHEREAS, Article VI, Section I(n) ofthe Constitution directs the Tribal Council to encourage and foster the arts, crafts, traditions, culture, wildlife, and natural resources ofthe Band, which necessarily includes enhancement and protection ofthe waterresources within the boundaries ofthe Reservation; and WHEREAS, there is a need for the Tribe to protect the health and welfareofits members, maintain its political integrity and the economic securityoftheTribe and its present and future members; and WHEREAS, the waterresources ofthe Tribe are integral to itsmembers' health, welfare and economic security, as well as the economic andpolitical integrity ofthe Tribeitself; and WHEREAS, the Band obtained treatment in a manner similarto a statefor CleanWater Act Sections 303 and 401 program authority from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on June 26, 2009; WHEREAS, theBandhas taken all steps requiredunderTribal Law and federal law to grant conditional401 certification for the NPDES Small Vessel General Permit; WHEREAS, the Band, afterconsultationwith the Band's Natural Resources Department, finds that conditional certification ofthe NPDES Small Vessel General Permit is necessary to protect (a) the health and welfare oftheBand, its members, and others living on its Reservation, and (b) the present and future use ofReservation waters for propagation offish and aquatic life and wildlife, cultural, and other legitimateuses; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Tribal Council hereby approves the 40I 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 ofthe Indian Reorganization Act, hereby certify that the Tribal Council is composed ofseven members, ofwhom 

### __2_members, constituting a quorum, were present at a meeting hereofduly called, noticed, convened, and held on the 

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### 2012; that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted at said meeting by an affirmative vote of

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

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# !h Thomas Deragon, Jr., Secretary Bad River Tribal Council