Acronyms
BAD -- Backcountry Against Dumps
BIA -- Bureau of Indian Affairs
CWA-- Clean Water Act
EIS--Environmental Impact Statement
EPA -- Environmental Protection Agency
GAA-- General Allotment Act
ICRA -- Indian Civil Rights Act, See PEVAR, Ch. XIV
IGRA -- Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, See PEVAR, Ch. XVI
IRA -- Indian Reorganization Act of 1934
ITM- Internal Tribal Matters --issues over which the tribe has exclusive authority.
LULU-- Locally unwanted land use
NEPA --National Environmental Policy Act, See McGOVERN, pp 167-70 and 199-203
NPDES -- National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System which requires a permit to discharge effluent into rivers or streams. (pronounced "Nip-dees")
NIMBY -- Not in My Backyard
PIN -- Penobscot Indian Nation
RCRA-- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the federal statute governing municipal waste
TAS-- Treatment as a State -- EPA's determination that a tribe may be treated the same as a state government for purposes of environmental regulation. See CB 140-57
WQS-- Water Quality Standards