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Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Tribal Code.

40.05.010 The Solid Waste Management Team (Swmt)

(a) Composition.

The SWMT is a six (6) member team appointed and authorized by the Tribal Council. The team shall be composed of one (1) representative from the Indian Health Service Office of Environmental Health, one (1) representative from Turtle Mountain Community College, one (1) representative from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, one (1) representative from the Tribal Environmental Protection Agency, one (1) representative from the public at-large and one (1) non-voting representative acting as liaison with the Tribal Council. Three (3) voting members represent a quorum. The Solid Waste Director shall chair the meetings of the SWMT.

(b) Responsibility. The SWMT shall:

(1) develop an updated Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan (ISWMP)for the Tribe;

(2) implement the goals and objectives of the ISWMP;

(3) seek grants or other sources of funding to support such efforts, and may cause to be undertaken analyses and studies regarding the feasibility of the ISWMP goals and objectives, to include resource recovery and reuse;

(4) review and recommend for selection and development an appropriate site(s) to the Tribal Council for the management and final disposal of construction and demolition wastes; and

(5) report annually to the Tribal Council on the progress of the implementation of the ISWMP and recommend any revisions needed in the ISWMP.