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## Record

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- **Document type:** Tribal code

## Text

Oneida Nation
Post Office Box 365

Phone: (920)869-2214

Oneida, WI 54155

BC Resolution # 04-22-26-C
Amendments to the Recycling and Solid Waste Disposal Law
WHEREAS,

the Oneida Nation is a federally recognized Indian government and a treaty tribe
recognized by the laws of the United States of America; and

WHEREAS,

the Oneida General Tribal Council is the governing body of the Oneida Nation; and

WHEREAS,

the Oneida Business Committee has been delegated the authority of Article IV, Section 1,
of the Oneida Tribal Constitution by the Oneida General Tribal Council; and

WHEREAS,

the Recycling and Solid Waste Disposal law (“the Law”) was adopted by the Oneida
Business Committee through resolution BC-12-14-94-A; and

WHEREAS,

the purpose of the Law is to set forth the process by which the Nation will reduce, manage,
and dispose of recyclable materials and solid waste within the jurisdictional boundaries of
the Nation; and

WHEREAS,

the amendments to the Law require that all solid waste, which will now include all recyclable
materials, shall be handled, stored, collected, transported, transferred, processed,
recycled, and disposed of in accordance with the provisions of this Law, the most current
version of the Nation’s Sustainable Materials Management Plan, and the applicable
provisions of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, a Federal law, as amended;
and

WHEREAS,

the Legislative Operating Committee developed the proposed amendments to the Law
through collaboration with representatives from the Oneida Division of Public Works and
the Oneida Land, Environmental, Agriculture, and Food Division; and

WHEREAS,

in accordance with the Legislative Procedures Act a legislative analysis and fiscal impact
statement were completed for the proposed amendments to the Law; and

WHEREAS,

the Legislative Operating Committee held a public meeting on the proposed amendments
to the Law on February 12, 2026, with one (1) individual providing oral comments, and the
public comment period for the amendments to this Law was held open until February 19,
2026, with no submissions of written comments received; and

WHEREAS,

the Legislative Operating Committee accepted the public comments on March 4, 2026; and

WHEREAS,

the Legislative Operating Committee reviewed and considered the public comments on
March 4, 2026; and

BC Resolution 04-22-26-C
Amendments to the Recycling and Solid Waste Disposal Law
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Oneida Business Committee hereby adopts the amendments
to the Recycling and Solid Waste Disposal law, which shall become effective on May 13, 2026.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the fine and penalty schedule developed by the Departments of Public
Works and Land, Environmental, Agriculture and Food as Medicine shall be submitted to the Oneida
Business Committee for approval at the May 13, 2026, regular Business Committee meeting.
CERTIFICATION
I, the undersigned, as Secretary of the Oneida Business Committee, hereby certify that the Oneida
Business Committee is composed of 9 members of whom 5 members constitute a quorum; 6 members
were present at a meeting duly called, noticed and held on the 22nd day of April, 2026; that the forgoing
resolution was duly adopted at such meeting by a vote of 5 members for, 0 members against, and 0
members not voting*; and that said resolution has not been rescinded or amended in any way.

____________________________
Lisa Liggins, Secretary
Oneida Business Committee
*According to the By-Laws, Article I, Section 1, the Chair votes "only in the case of a tie."

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