CHAPTER 49 – POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
Section 1 Pollution Prevention & Control
49-1.01 Purpose
It is the legislative intent and purpose of the Spokane Tribal Business Council in enacting this Chapter:
(1) to protect and preserve the physical environment of the Spokane Indian Reservation as the
permanent homeland of the Spokane Tribe of Indians;
(2) to protect from the direct negative effect pollution has on the political integrity and sovereignty
of the Tribe;
(3) to promote the health, safety, welfare, and economic well-being of the Spokane Tribe, its
people, and all residents of the Spokane Indian Reservation;
(4) to prevent the damaging effects of pollution and, where pollution has already occurred, to
provide for abatement and clean-up; and
(5) such other more specific purposes as are described in sections of this Chapter.
49-1.02Jurisdiction
(a) This Chapter shall apply to all persons and conduct on all land, water and air within the exterior
boundaries of the Spokane Indian reservation and any extensions thereof, and all Spokane Tribal
and allotted Indian lands and waters outside the exterior boundaries of the Reservation, as well as
those lands fulfilling the definition of “Indian Country” in 18 United States Code § 1151.
(b) This Chapter also applies to persons and conduct outside the above-described jurisdictional
boundaries when pollution enters into the Tribe’s jurisdiction.
49-1.03 Definitions
For purposes of this Chapter, unless otherwise required by the context, the following words and phrases
shall have the designated meanings:
“Approved site or facility” - a waste disposal site for which Tribal permission has been obtained.
“Burn barrel” disposal.
a container or a specific contained area used for burning solid waste for purposes of
“Burn Ban” – temporary ban on open burning when air pollution levels rise to unhealthy levels.
“Commercial waste” – waste generated by a non-industrial business, such as a retail store, business or
governmental office, or other non-manufacturing facility.
“Dumping” – disposing of wastes in an unapproved site or in a manner that is not protective of the
environment.
“Hazardous Waste” – including but not limited to any products including household products that contain
paints, oils, toxic ingredients, pesticides, corrosive materials, poisons, radioactive material, explosive
material, and the like.
“Industrial waste” – waste generated by an industry, such as a manufacturing facility, raw materials
processing facility (gravel, timber, minerals, etc.), or similar enterprise.
“Junk” – solid waste comprised primarily of large bulky items not easily transported in garbage bins,
including: non-functioning vehicles, machinery, and equipment; appliances; large objects of metal, wood or
plastic; rotten building materials; uninhabitable mobile homes, and the like.
“Landfill” – site for disposal of solid waste on top of or into a depression or excavation in the land.
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Revised Spokane Law & Order Code, 5/14/2013