United States             Region 5                Illinois, Indiana,
                 Environmental Protection      77 West Jackson Blvd.        Michigan, Minnesota.
                 Agency	Chicago, Illinois 60604        Ohio, Wisconsin
 SERA    Environmental
                 NEWS  RELEASE
 CDNTACT:Phillippa Cannon. 3I2-353-G2I8, cannon.phillippalepa.gov



 FDR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE	No.09-DPAI2D	



 BAD RIVER BAND APPROVED TO RUN WATER STANDARDS PROGRAM



 CHICAGO (July 2,2003) - EPA has granted authority to the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians to


 run its own water quality standards program on its northern Wisconsin reservation. This authority is for the


 standards programs only. The tribe will have to submit the actual water quality standards developed to EPA for


 another round of review and approval.





 Since 1989,45 tribes in the United States have been authorized to administer the water quality standards


 program.  These include five tribes in EPA Region 5: the Sokaogon Chippewa Community (Mole Lake), the Lac du


 Flambeau Band of Chippewa and now the Bad River Band of Chippewa in Wisconsin, and the Fond du Lac Band of


 Chippewa and the Grand Portage Band of Chippewa in Minnesota.
The band's application and the decision documents will be posted on EPA's Web site:

http://www.epa.gov/region5/water/wqs5/wqstribes.htm
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