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(a) The WQCP is the basis for the Tribe’s regulatory program. It sets forth water quality standards for surface, ground and coastal waters of the YIR, which includes both designated beneficial uses, and the narrative and numerical criteria which must be either maintained or attained to protect those uses. It identifies general types of water quality problems which can threaten beneficial uses occurring on the Reservation. The plan also sets forth an antidegradation policy requiring existing high water quality levels to be maintained and prescribing criteria for protection of high-quality Reservation waters. Methods for water quality control include plans, policies and permit processes.

(b) This plan will be used as a resource by the Tribe’s technical staff. It will also serve as an educational document for both staff and dischargers and as a reference document for members of the public interested in water quality issues. [Res. 04-46 § 1.1, adopted, 8/25/2004.]