| Type of Activity | Description | Environmental Infractions Ordinance - Section Number |
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| Burning - Prohibited Substances | Illegal to burn any rubber products, plastics, asphalt, garbage, dead animals, petroleum products, paints or similar materials that emit dense smoke or create offensive odors when burned. | Section 05.050 (ii) Burning Prohibited Substances |
| Burning - Without a Permit | Illegal to conduct outdoor burning without a permit, except for campfires, fires for cultural/religious purposes, or tideland fires by tribal fishermen, which are exempt and do not need a permit. | Section 05.020 Burning Without a Permit |
| Burning - During Burn Ban | Illegal to conduct outdoor burning when a burn ban is in effect for the reservation. | Section 05.040 Burning During Phase I or Phase II Burn Ban |
| Illegal Dumping – Solid Waste | Placing, throwing, or disposing of any rubbish, trash or garbage anywhere other than in containers or designated areas is a violation of tribal code. | Section 12.030 Littering |
| Illegal Dumping - Hazardous Waste | Includes dumping of any hazardous or toxic substance, including solvents, paint waste, used oil, acids, flammable liquids, etc. | Section 12.010 Toxic or Hazardous Substance |
| Spills – Chemical, Hazardous Waste, Oil or Petroleum | Violation occurs when an operation or activity results in a spill, discharge, or release of any hazardous substance or toxic pollutant onto tribal lands or waters. | Section 10.010 Spill of Hazardous Substance or Toxic Pollutant |
| Disturbing Cultural or Archeological Resources | It is a code violation to conduct any unauthorized digging, excavating, filling, or removal of artifacts or any other materials, including soil, sand, and gravel, from a cultural resource site. | Section 03 Cultural and Archeological Resources |
| Excavation, Dredging or Filling – Without a Permit | It is a code violation to conduct any unauthorized excavating, dredging, filling, or altering of a wetland, tideland, shoreline, stream, lake or on a steep slope. | Section 04 |
| Pasturing Livestock in Sensitive Areas | It is a code violation to pasture any livestock within the buffer area of a stream, wetland, or lake. | Section 05 |
| Motorized Vehicle Use in Sensitive Areas | Driving or parking a car, motorbike, off-road vehicle on any tidelands, buffer, or sensitive areas is a code violation. | Section 06 |
| Pesticide Use (Non-Household) | It is a code violation to conduct unauthorized pesticide use (including rodenticide, insecticide, herbicide, fungicide, or algaecide) within the buffer zone of a stream, wetland, or marsh. Household uses are exempt. | Section 08 |
| Septic Systems – Failure to Pump, Repair or Build to Code | Code violations occur if there is failure to regularly pump a system (every 3 years), failure to repair a broken system, failure to comply with tribal standards or if a system is built within a buffer zone. | Section 09 |
| Unauthorized Use of Tribal Resources | Unauthorized removal or damage of tribal artifacts, driftwood, plant life, souvenirs, fish, shellfish or game is a code violation. | Section 11 Tribal Resources |
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To contact us:
Tulalip Tribes Dept. of Environment 7615 Totem Beach Road Tulalip, WA 98071 (360)651-4480 |
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