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The following chart lists EPA approvals for tribes to administer a water quality standards (WQS) program, and EPA’s

 approvals of those tribes’ WQS. A tribe may administer a WQS program if it applies and EPA finds that it qualifies under

 Section 518(e) of the Clean Water Act to be treated in a manner similar to a state (“TAS”). Currently, 49 tribes have been

 found eligible to administer a WQS program, and EPA has approved at least initial WQS for 40 of these tribes. EPA has

 promulgated federal WQS for 1 tribe not included in these totals.

Indian Tribal Approvals for the Water Quality Standards Program

Tribe EPA

 Region

Date Found Eligible to

 Administer a WQS

 Program

Date Initial WQS

 Approved by EPA

Pueblo of Isleta (NM) 6 13 Oct 1992 24 Dec 1992

Pueblo of Sandia (NM) 6 24 Dec 1992 10 Aug 1993

Ohkay Owingeh (NM) (formerly the Pueblo of San Juan) 6 12 May 1993 16 Sep 1993

Puyallup Tribe of Indians (WA) 10 25 May 1994 31 Oct 1994

Seminole Tribe (FL) 4 01 Jun 1994 26 Sep 1997 (Big

 Cypress Reservation)

18 Nov 1998

 (Brighton

 Reservation)

Miccosukee Tribe (FL) 4 20 Dec 1994 25 May 1999

15 Mar 2001

 (Miccosukee Reserve

 Area)

Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead

 Reservation (MT)

8 01 Mar 1995 18 Mar 1996

Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation (WA) 10 07 Mar 1995 03 Feb 1997

Pueblo of Santa Clara (NM) 6 19 Jul 1995 19 Jul 1995

Pueblo of Picuris (NM) 6 07 Aug 1995 07 Aug 1995

Pueblo of Nambe (NM) 6 18 Aug 1995 18 Aug 1995

Mole Lake Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa

 Indians, Sokaogon Chippewa Community (WI)

5 29 Sep 1995 22 Jan 1996

Pueblo of Pojoaque (NM) 6 21 Mar 1996 21 Mar 1996

Tulalip Tribes (WA) 10 09 May 1996

Fond du Lac Band of Chippewa (MN) 5 16 May 1996 27 Dec 2001

Hoopa Valley Tribe 9 17 May 1996 11 Sep 2002

Grand Portage Band of Chippewa (MN) 5 16 Jul 1996 02 Nov 2005

Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian

 Reservation (MT)

8 29 Aug 1996 25 Apr 2000

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White Mountain Apache Tribe (AZ) 9 03 Feb 1997 27 Sep 2001

Pueblo of Tesuque (NM) 6 29 Apr 1997 29 Apr 1997

Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation

 (OR)

10 25 May 1999 28 Sep 2001

Pueblo of Acoma (NM) 6 17 Apr 2001 17 Apr 2001

Confederated Tribes of Umatilla (OR) 10 30 Apr 2001 18 Oct 2001

Spokane Tribe of Indians (WA) 10 23 Jul 2002 22 Apr 2003

St. Regis Mohawk Tribe (NY) 2 16 Oct 2002 14 Sep 2007

Kalispel Indian Community (WA) 10 04 Nov 2002 24 Jun 2004

Port Gamble S’Klallam (WA) 10 24 Sept 2003 27 Sept 2005

Makah Indian Nation (WA) 10 23 Dec 2003 29 Sept 2006

Hualapai Indian Tribe (AZ) 9 22 Jul 2004 17 Sept 2004

Pawnee Nation (OK) 6 04 Nov 2004

Coeur D’Alene Tribe (ID) 10 05 Aug 2005 12 June 2014

Ute Mountain Ute (CO) 8 26 Sept 2005 19 Oct 2011

Big Pine Band of Owens Valley (CA) 9 24 Oct 2005 18 Jan 2006

Pueblo of Taos (NM) 6 08 Dec 2005 19 Jun 2006

Navajo Nation (AZ, NM, UT) 9 20 Jan 2006 11 Apr 2006

Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community (CA) 9 11 Apr 2006 15 Aug 2008

Northern Cheyenne (MT) 8 11 Aug 2006 21 Mar 2013

Twenty-Nine Palms (CA) 9 26 Oct 2006

Pyramid Lake Paiute (NV) 9 30 Jan 2007 19 Dec 2008

Lummi Tribe (WA) 10 05 Mar 2007 30 Sep 2008

Lac du Flambeau Band of Chippewa (WI) 5 08 Apr 2008 17 Sep 2010

Swinomish Indian Tribal Community (WA) 10 18 Apr 2008

Hopi Tribe (AZ) 9 23 Apr 2008 08 Jul 2008

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes (ID) 10 5 Sep 2008

Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (WI) 5 26 Jun 2009 21 Sep 2011

Havasupai Tribe (AZ) 9 26 Apr 2011

Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians (CA) 9 17 Oct 2011

Blackfeet Tribe (MT) 8 2 May 2012

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (NC) 4 26 Jan 2015

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (WA) 10 Not applicable Promulgated

6 Jul 1989
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