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28 Mar, 2008 2:57 pm
... certificate (WQC) and a Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) certification from the state authorizing the project. And the Makah
Tribe challenged FERC's finding that the Olympia Coast Marine Sanctuary is a reservation which would give NOAA mandatory ... provided that the
license would not authorize any activity that would trigger the requirements of either of these statutes. As to Makah's objections, FERC agreed
that the submerged lands within the marine sanctuary where the project would be sited were ...
30 Jan, 2008 12:50 pm
... an important step forward for marine renewables. Yes, it is an important step forward, but we'll have to step back first and wait. That's because both the Makah Tribe and the State of Washington Department of Ecology have filed rehearing requests of FERC's ... to impose
mandatory conditions on the license under Section 4(e) of the Federal Power Act. But the Makah argue that the sanctuary is not a reservation as
defined by statute, because the the sanctuary encompasses state submerged lands, ...
30 Jan, 2008 12:50 pm
... an important step forward for marine renewables. Yes, it is an important step forward, but we'll have to step back first and wait. That's because both the Makah Tribe and the State of Washington Department of Ecology have filed rehearing requests of FERC's ... to impose
mandatory conditions on the license under Section 4(e) of the Federal Power Act. But the Makah argue that the sanctuary is not a reservation as
defined by statute, because the the sanctuary encompasses state submerged lands, ...
11 Feb, 2008 10:55 pm
... There has been considerable discussion of whether, and if so which, hydrokinetic technologies involve discharges covered by section 401. Finavera resolved that question for its
Makah Bay Project by applying for water quality certifications to Ecology and the Makah Indian
Tribe. The Makah Tribe issued a water quality certification
for project discharges to waters within its reservation. License applicants and other parties to conventional ...
23 Dec, 2007 8:16 pm
... (Para. 18, License). Also, while the project has obtained a Section 401 Water Quality Certificate (WQC) from the Makah Tribe, it is still awaiting approval of its WQC application from the Department of Ecology (Para. 17). Here are some other brief ... will obtain some relief
from at least one regulatory requirement. Project Cost: The FERC order states that power from the Makah project will cost $542.73/MWh, and
$567.61 MWh with the recommended environmental conditions, meaning that mitigation alone ...
6 Apr, 2008 11:40 pm
... last week a Tacoma, Washington federal magistrate judge refused to dismiss misdemeanor charges against two members of the Makah
tribe charged with hunting whale in violation of the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act. The court rejected defendants claims that the
indictment infringed their rights under the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Ruling that the Mammal Protection Act applies to the Makah despite the 1855 Treaty of Neah Bay that preserves the tribe's right to ...
12 Mar 10:49 am
Nespelem Tribal Health Center, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Health care reform is touted as a top priority by the Obama administration, and one need only look
to Tribal reservations to see the urgency. Treaty obligations ... suffer from a lack of access to rural doctors and clinics. As reported by The Seattle Times, two years ago Michael
Buckingham of the Makah Tribe lost two fingers in a fishing accident in the waters off his
reservation, in the isolated coastal town of Neah Bay, ...
13 Feb 11:33 am
... Cir.1917), women 1/4 to 3/8 Chippewa were held to be Indian; in Makah Indian Tribe v. Clallam
County, 73 Wash.2d 677, 440 P.2d 442 (1968), 1/4 Makah blood sufficient to satisfy the "Indian blood requirement", in Goforth v. State, 644
P.2d 114, ... procedures for determining jurisdiction are well established. Such a policy would properly acknowledge the sovereign status of Tribes, and eliminate the
embarrassing and intellectually-unsupportable notion that a person's race should determine ...
11 Dec, 2008 10:41 am
... the article, there is a diminishing number of elders whose native tongue is their first language and tribes are racing to preserve their languages by teaching it to the youth
in their communities. In order to preserve this crucial aspect of their ... Today, there are about 16 native languages still spoken in Washington. They are languages as musical as their
names: Makah; Okanagan, Klallam, Quileute, Lushootseed. It is incredibly inspiring to hear that not only have Tribal elders taken a proactive
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