160.36 Cooperation with American Indian tribes and bands.
160.36
160.36 Cooperation with American Indian tribes and bands.160.36(1)
(1) Requirement to cooperate. The department shall cooperate with American Indian tribes and bands with the approval of the tribal governing body, for the purposes specified in this section.160.36(2)
(2) Agreements regarding monitoring. The department may negotiate and enter into cooperative agreements with American Indian tribes and bands for the purposes of:160.36(2)(a)
(a) Providing advice and assistance to American Indians who wish to establish a groundwater monitoring program on the lands of any American Indian tribe or band.160.36(2)(b)
(b) Obtaining for state use any information on groundwater quality which results from a monitoring program conducted by American Indians.160.36(2)(c)
(c) Using state resources to conduct groundwater monitoring on the lands of any American Indian tribe or band.160.36(2)(d)
(d) Sharing with an American Indian tribe or band the results of groundwater monitoring conducted by the department, by a regulatory agency or by the geological and natural history survey which relate to the potential contamination of groundwater under the lands of an American Indian tribe or band.160.36(3)
(3) Agreements regarding enforcement. The department may negotiate and enter into cooperative agreements with American Indian tribes and bands for the following purposes:160.36(3)(a)
(a) Providing advice and assistance to American Indians who wish to establish groundwater regulatory programs on the lands of any American Indian tribe or band.160.36(3)(b)
(b) Using state resources to conduct regulatory activities on the lands of an American Indian tribe or band.160.36 - ANNOT.
History: 1983 a. 410.