40.16.010 Enforcement Agent

The Turtle Mountain EPA Compliance Officer is hereby designated as the enforcement agent entrusted with the duty and responsibility of ensuring the proper handling, treatment and disposal of solid, special and hazardous waste on the Reservation, investigating the release, or threat of release, of a hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant, petroleum product, controlled substance or mining materials and of ensuring compliance by all persons and government agencies with this Act. Decisions of the Compliance Officer may be appealed to the Hearing Officer under the procedures set forth in the Tribal Administrative Procedures Act. Final decisions may be appealed to the Tribal Court of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, which has jurisdiction over all offenses and violations of this Act.