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Title: Indian primacy procedures handbook for the public water system supervision (PWSS) program and the underground injection control (UIC) program

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6409274

The handbook defines primacy, the responsibilities of primacy, primacy's advantages and limitations, and how to seek primacy. Primacy is a provision in the 1986 Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). It allows Indian Tribes the opportunity to assume principal responsibility in the enforcement of public drinking water and/or underground injection control (UIC) regulations within the Indian Tribe's jurisdiction. To attain primacy a Tribe must have drinking water and underground injection control regulations which are at least as strict as EPA regulations, and must have an independent agency or organization within the Tribal government that has the power to enforce its regulations.

Research Organization:
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of the Assistant Administrator for Water
OSTI ID:
6409274
Report Number(s):
PB-93-185585/XAB; EPA-812/B-93/004
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English