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NEWS BRIEFS:
RUBY PIPELINE UPDATE:
NEWEST During their evening session on Tuesday, January 26, 2010, the Washoe County Commissioners, in effect, reversed the decision of the County's Board of Adjustment's denial of the permit and variances to build the Vya (Ruby's 700 person) Construction Camp. Even FERC staff were at the County Complex. For more detils contact the Tribe's Environmental Coordinator and request the Wednesday, January 27, 2010 3:32pm E-Newsletter be emailed to you. Posted 01.27.2010.
NEW EPA publishes Notice of Availability of FERC's Final EIS in Federal Register on Friday, January 15, 2010, click here to view PDF copy of notice. Comment deadline periods started ticking from January 15. Posted 01.21.2010.
JUNGO ROAD (RECOLOGY) DUMP UPDATE:
NEWEST: Come attend the Thursday, February 11, 2010, Humboldt County Regional Planning Commission Meeting in Winnemucca, Nevada, at the Courthouse, Room 201 (second floor). Meeting starts at 5:30pm. Web site of Nevadas Against Garbage (see below) has all the details. Posted: 02.08.2010.
Recology, a San Francisco, California-based waste management company, is moving forward with plans for a landfill within the Tribe's traditional use territory--this area was shared with other Tribes.
The "Jungo Road Landfill" is planned to be located along Jungo Road about 25 miles west of Winnemucca, surrounded on three sides by BLM managed land and by the Union Pacific Railroad on the other. As planned, the landfill would receive trash from the San Francisco Bay Area by train five days a week for 95 years and could ultimately hold up to 200 million cubic tons of trash. This could result in a mountain of trash 200 feet high when it is full.
The landfill could generate up to 1 million dollars for Humboldt County, allegedly create 25-30 jobs, and create more landfill space for Humboldt County, incentives that might have prompted a past county commission to grant Recology the Conditional Use Permit needed to move forward with plans. However, Winnemucca residents and area enthusiasts are starting to speak up about the cost to the environment being much higher than the benefits the county would receive.
A couple of local groups (websites listed below) have formed to fight the landfill, but only one of the county's commissioners has publicly said he is against it. Recently, one of the citizen groups appealed the previous decision to grant the Conditional Use Permit that is allowing plans to keep moving forward, but the County Commission voted to keep it in place, keeping the project on track.
The Summit Lake Paiute Tribe's Environmental Coordinator is monitoring the situation and will recommend the Council take action if the opportunity arises to help keep the landfill out of the Tribe's traditional use area (territory).
The following websites provide additional information about the proposed Jungo Road Landfill--some of the information is colorful and provides background on the company Recology:
Nevadans Against Garbage: http://nolandfill.wordpress.com/
Stop California Garbage: http://www.stopcaliforniagarbage.com/
Nevada Division of Environmental Protection: http://ndep.nv.gov/bwm/jungo.htm
Posted 12.04.09.
ANNUAL VEHICLE FEE INFO:
There are NO county roads on the Summit Lake Reservation. See Nevada Revised Statutes 41.430(4) (declares that the State and its political subdivisions (counties, etc.) lack jurisdiction in Indian Country without the consent of the governing body of the Tribe). The Summit Lake Paiute Council has never consented to State jurisdiction. The Tribe has copies of BLM's maps showing that the Humboldt County roads, and their rights-of-way, leading to Summit Lake Reservation boundaries, end at the Reservation's boundaries.
On June 6, 2009, the Council passed Resolution SL-03-2009 which restricts the roads on the Summit Lake Reservation which the public may travel without the $100 Annual Vehicle Fee until the end of this year. At that time, a decision was made that with the exception of three Tribe roads, all other Reservation roads were closed to the public, and that a fee of $100.00 per vehcle (trucks, trailers, ATVs, motorcycles, and bicycles (whether or not the latter three are on trucks or trailers)) shall be paid by members of the public who wish to enter the Lahontan Cutthroat Trout ("LCT") Study Area from the Tribe's portion of the road leading to the LCT Study Area. More information, call the Tribe's Acting Chief Administrative Employee at (775) 827-9670. Posted: 10.20.09
WELCOME STATEMENT: The Summit Lake Reservation is the most remote Indian reservation in Nevada. Located in the upper left hand corner of Nevada, the Reservation is 50 miles south of the Oregon border and 70 miles east of the California border, and requires a bone jarring ride, for several hours, on rock and gravel roads, to reach the Reservation (to view a map, click here).
This web site of the Summit Lake Paiute Tribe (SLPT) focuses on the environmental protection efforts of the Tribe at its reserved lands (the Summit Lake Indian Reservation) but also supplies tribal members and others with other useful information. For example, the Council Members page lets the public know who are the members of the Summit Lake Paiute Council (governing body) and how they may be contacted. The Newsletters/Research page lets tribal members see the most current up-to-date information available. This is a redesigned web site addressing the input and suggestions of tribal members and others. If you would like to give input and suggestions for further changes contact the Environmental Coordinator (see Contact Us section).
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