Or. Admin. R. 350-082-0130 - Tribal Treaty Rights and Consultation
(1) Tribal Treaty
Rights and Consultation in the GMA
(a) Notice
requirements to the governments of the four Columbia River Treaty Tribes are in
350-082-0110.
(b) Applications for
proposed new review uses and development located in, providing recreation river
access to, or on parcels that adjoin the Columbia River or its fishbearing
tributaries shall include the following supplemental information:
(A) The site plan map shall show adjacent
river areas at least 1/2 mile upstream and downstream from the project site,
the locations at which river access is planned, and the locations of all tribal
fishing sites known to the project applicant;
(B) A description of the type of river access
and uses proposed, estimated period when the development would be used, and
anticipated levels of use (people, boats, and other uses) during peak-use
periods; and
(C) Proposed treaty
rights protection measures that will be used to avoid effects to Indian treaty
or other rights. These measures may include reducing the size and modifying the
location or design of the proposed uses, seasonal closures, stringent onsite
monitoring, information signs, and highly visible buoys or other markers
delineating fishing net locations.
(c) At the same time that the Executive
Director sends notice of the proposed development, they shall offer to meet
with or consult with the tribal governments prior to making a decision on the
proposed development. Offers to meet or consult with a tribal government shall
include phone calls and electronic communication to tribal government chairs,
chief administrative officers, and natural and cultural resource staff. The
Executive Director shall make more than one attempt to contact a tribal
government.
(d) Tribal governments
shall have 30 calendar days from the date a notice is mailed to request that
the Executive Director consult with the tribal government regarding potential
effects or modifications to treaty or other rights of the tribe. All
substantive comments, recommendations, or concerns expressed by tribal
governments during the consultation meeting shall be summarized in the
Executive Director's decision, subject to the following confidentiality
standards:
(A) The Executive Director shall
keep confidential and may not disclose to any person or party who is not the
applicant and the applicant's representative the tribal government's comments,
recommendations, and concerns, and notes of the consultation and other
information related to protection of treaty rights, unless the tribal
government expressly authorizes disclosure.
(B) The confidential information shall be
submitted to the Gorge Commission for review in the event of an appeal, and
shall remain confidential and not subject to disclosure to any person or party
other than the applicant, the applicant's representative, the appeal parties
and their representatives, and the necessary Gorge Commission staff and Gorge
Commission members, unless the tribal government expressly authorizes further
disclosure.
(e) Any time
periods specified in this land use ordinance shall stop when a tribal
government requests consultation and shall not start again until the Executive
Director meets with all tribal governments that requested consultation and the
Executive Director receives all additional information and actions from the
project applicant necessary to avoid effects to treaty rights to the
satisfaction of the tribal governments that requested consultation.
(f) A tribal government's choice to consult
with the Executive Director shall, in no way, be interpreted as a waiver of the
tribe's sovereign immunity or waiver of any claim that the proposed use affects
or modifies a treaty right or other tribal rights.
(g) All substantive comments,
recommendations, or concerns expressed by tribal governments during the
consultation meeting shall be resolved by the Executive Director or project
applicant through revisions to the project application, conditions of approval,
and, if necessary, in a treaty rights protection plan. The protection plan
shall include measures to avoid effects or modifications to treaty and other
rights of any Indian tribe.
(h) The
Executive Director's decision shall integrate findings of fact that address
their effort to meet with or consult with the tribal governments and any
revisions and treaty rights protection plan resolving the tribal governments'
comments, recommendations, or concerns.
(i) The treaty rights protection process may
conclude if the Executive Director determines that the proposed uses would not
affect or modify treaty or other rights of any Indian tribe. Uses that would
affect or modify such rights shall be prohibited.
(j) A finding by the Executive Director that
the proposed uses would not affect or modify treaty or other rights, or a
failure of an Indian tribe to comment or consult on the proposed uses as
provided in these guidelines, in no way shall be interpreted as a waiver by the
Indian tribe of a claim that such uses affect or modify treaty or other tribal
rights.
(2) Indian Tribal
Treaty Rights and Consultation in the SMAs: For new development and uses in the
SMAs, the Forest Service shall determine effects on treaty rights and shall
notify the Executive Director of the determination.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 196.150, RCW 43.97.015, 16 USC § 544e(c), 16 USC § 544f(l)
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 196.150, RCW 43.97.015, 16 USC § 544e(c), 16 USC § 544f(l), 16 USC § 544o(a)(1)
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