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.. I PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY o ~ (A) Purp9se 101:>. en These water quality standards serve the dual function of establishing water quality goals for water bodies of the Southern'Ute Indian Reservation and providing the legal basis for regulatory pollution controls. Establishing criteria,and designated uses that provide for full protection of threatened and endangered species is also an important objective of these standards. (B) Authority These water quality standards are adopted by the Southern Ute Tribal Co~ncil under authority established by the Southern Ute Tribal Constitution; Article VIII, Section 1, to protect and preserve the property, wildlife, and natural resources of the Tribe, and to protect the health and welfare of the Southern Ute Indian People. These water quality standards are to be used for all purposes of water quality standards under the Federal Clean Wat~r Act consistent with CWA ~ 518(e) and ~ 303(c). (1 ) Asseasment. A primary purpose of these water quality stanards is to guide and inform efforts to monitor and assess surface water quality within the Reservation. These water quality standards playa central role in the Tribe's water quality protection program, and have broad application a~d use in evaluating potential impacts on water quality from a broad range of causes and sources. (2) Regulatory Controls. For both point and nonpoint sourqes, any regulatory pollution controls established by the Tribe or the Federal Government must be developed to ensure a level of water quality that will satisfy these water quality standards. Regulatory pollution contrpls established for point sources shall be consistent with applicable portions of the federal Clean Water Act. Tribal programs to control nonpoint sources, wheth'er they be regulatory or voluntary, or both, shall be designed to achieve these water quality standards. Prote~tion of Threatened and Endan~ered Sbecies. It is the ihtent of the Southern Ute Ind~an Tri e that the designated uses and criteria assigned to reservation surface waters will provide a level of water quality sufficiently protective of endangered species to comply with the Endangered Species Act. \ } '11 .j ) , 1 j , (3) '1 " "', , 'J, 1 " " II TRIENNIAIj REVIEW ,~ The Tribe shall from time to time, but at least once every three years, hold public hearings for the purpose of reviewing applicable water quality standards and, as appropriate, modifying j >1 ., " j ., j ;1 ';'"",.., &~,_"_"c,;r;