NWPR Tribal Consultation Letters - Regions 4, 5, 6, and 8

EPA is archiving material relevant to the Navigable Waters Protection Rule, including this page, to avoid confusion with more recent rulemaking efforts. The Navigable Waters Protection Rule was vacated by two courts and replaced in the Federal Register.

As part of the EPA and the Department of the Army’s efforts to review and revise the scope of the “waters of the United States,” the agencies have posted almost 200 comment letters that were submitted during the formal  consultation process, giving the public and stakeholders the opportunity to review the input the agencies received.  Summaries of issues raised during tribal and federalism consultation are available here and in the docket for the Navigable Waters Protection Rule. 

• Complete list of tribal letters
• Complete list of federalism letters

• Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 2017-6-20 (pdf) (2.11 MB)
• Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe 2017-06-19 (pdf) (9.43 MB)
• Great Lakes Indian Fisheries Commission 2017-06-20 (pdf) (231.13 KB)
• Kickapoo Tribe of OK 2017-06-01 (pdf) (41.89 KB)
• Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians 2017-6-20 (pdf) (91.39 KB)
• Northern Cheyenne Tribe 2017-6-20 (pdf) (223.28 KB)
• Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians 2017-6-23 (pdf) (820.06 KB)
• Saginaw Chippewa Tribe 2017-6-20.pdf (pdf) (1.19 MB)
• Saginaw Chippewa Tribe 2017-11-28 (pdf) (1.3 MB)
• Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe 2017-06-19 Tribal Consultation Request (pdf) (27.46 MB)
• Pueblo of San Felipe 2018-3-6 (pdf) (322.87 KB)
• Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians 18.3.22 (pdf) (18.02 KB)
• Southern Ute Indian Tribe 2018-05-01 (pdf) (298.01 KB)
• Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Consultation Request 2019-03-04 (pdf) (1.28 MB)
• Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Consultation Request 2019-03-14 (pdf) (1.05 MB)