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“Environmental assessment” means a concise public document that briefly provides sufficient evidence and analysis for determining whether to prepare an environmental impact statement or a finding of no significant impact, and shall include brief discussions of the proposal, alternatives, the environmental impacts of the proposed action and alternatives, and a listing of agencies and persons consulted.

“Environmental Department” refers to the Yurok Tribal Environmental Program or its designee, which may comprise professional consultants or contractors retained by the Yurok Tribe.

“Environmental impact statement” means a public document incorporating the matters set out in YTC 21.50.090(a).

“Major state or major federal action(s)” means state or federal actions that have a significant direct and demonstrable adverse effect on Yurok ancestral territory or Yurok Tribal resources.

“Yurok territory” has the same meaning as in Article I, Section 2 of the Yurok Tribe Constitution. The territory of the Tribe consists of all ancestral lands, and specifically including, but not limited to, the Yurok Reservation and any lands that may hereafter be acquired by the Tribe, within or without ancestral lands.

“Yurok Tribal resources” means any natural, cultural, religious, and human resources within Yurok ancestral territory.

“Yurok Tribal rights” means the Yurok Tribe’s rights recognized in federal, tribal, or state law. [Ord. 62 § 4007, amended, 10/3/2019; Ord. 59 § 4008, adopted, 6/6/2019.]