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§3906 Tribal Demonstration Project

Title 25 › Chapter 41— INDIAN LANDS OPEN DUMP CLEANUP › § 3906

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director can set up a program to run demonstration projects about open dumps on Indian land or Alaska Native land. The projects must find out whether cleanup and upkeep cost more there and whether more advanced closing plans are needed. The Director must pick at least three Indian tribal governments or Alaska Native entities to take part. To join, a tribe or Alaska Native entity must control one or more open dumps on those lands and have a full solid waste plan plus a closure and postclosure maintenance plan for each dump. No project can get funding for more than three fiscal years.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §3906

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(a)The Director may establish and carry out a program providing for demonstration projects involving open dumps on Indian land or Alaska Native land. It shall be the purpose of such projects to determine if there are unique cost factors involved in the cleanup and maintenance of open dumps on such land, and the extent to which advanced closure planning is necessary. Under the program, the Director is authorized to select no less than three Indian tribal governments or Alaska Native entities to participate in such demonstration projects.

(b)Criteria established by the Director for the selection and participation of an Indian tribal government or Alaska Native entity in the demonstration project shall provide that in order to be eligible to participate, an Indian tribal government or Alaska Native entity must—

(1)have one or more existing open dumps on Indian lands or Alaska Native lands which are under its authority;

(2)have developed a comprehensive solid waste management plan for such lands; and

(3)have developed a closure and postclosure maintenance plan for each dump located on such lands.

(c)No demonstration project shall be funded for more than three fiscal years.

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 3906

Title 25 — Indians

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60