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<br /> FROM--LARKIN--AlYFfoMJ.lN l/lH t'"L 1;::. .1~. .l :;',,::, <br /> ,,1:0;;:0':: c. <br /> I - <br /> C Q.'.<.,~:r"r- <br /> I <br /> I United States Department of the Interior <br /> . llUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS <br /> Ml....poll. AN 0180<- <br /> I ". So.,), 204_ <br /> /dln......U..M_.1l401.2241 - <br /> Il<llf.I'l.YIU'"-,,rOt <br /> I Bnvironmental s.rvi~.. <br /> DEe 1 4 1995 <br /> Pet.r ". Coyle <br /> Larkin, Hoffman, DAly' l<indgren, Ltd. <br /> . 1500 torw.at Financial,Cantar <br /> 7900 .rx.e Av. south <br /> Bloomington, Minnasota 55t02 <br /> I Da.r M... coyle' <br /> Ae you ...cently requested, we have anclcaed a formal Bureau of tndian Affeir. <br /> (DtAI policy declaration etating th.t exca.e f.d....l propertiaa can not be <br /> I .cquired by the BIA for uae by a tdbe pureuant to the Indian Gaming <br /> Regulatory Act. We h.ve .lso enclosed a recsnt latter from BIA central offica <br /> to Congreeaman B..uce Vento that specifically reference. this poliey to the <br /> Twin citiee A..my Ammunition Plant tTCAAP). ' <br /> I YOU alao reference a Memor.ndum of undar.tanding (MOUl being eirculatad for : <br /> aignature by a variety of faderal entitiea regarding tha Prairia Ialand Dakota <br /> community (community). Th. Community draft.d tha MOO and then a.ked the alA <br /> to facilitat. ite eignature. Howev.r. the MOO doe. not rropoee a .zero <br /> . tol.ranc.' for riak to human h..lth and the anviro~anta a. you euggeet. <br /> Rath.r, th. intent ia to identify federal reeouro.. available to a.aiet the <br /> community to aaee.a riaka and risk management optiona. <br /> I . tn the past. federal agencies and othera have decided for the community how <br /> much ri.k i. acc.ptable with minimal input from the community. Now. in a <br /> government-to-government aetting. the tribal government ie aeaerting it. <br /> eovereign right to decide fo~ itself how much risk ia acceptable for ite , <br /> member.. The MOU aleo includes a community educa~ion component with regard to <br /> I h.alth riake in light of factors epecific to tribal needa and no~ the public, <br /> ~~~. I <br /> If there are queationa, the contect i. Herb N.laon P.B.. Environmental <br /> I Services, at telephone. (612) 313-1143. <br /> I <br /> Enclosuree <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I - <br /> ......EHO.** <br /> I <br /> , " <br /> -- <br />