Environmental Program 1303 E. Bridge Street, Suite 130 Redwood Falls, MN 56283 (507) 644-8353 (507) 644-8355 Fax Deb Dirlam, Water Quality Specialist envoff@redred.com (507) 644-8353 x102 Cell (507) 430-1729 Jason Lieffring, Browns Fields Coordinator oebfc@redred.com (507) 644-8353 x105 Jesse Anderson, Air Quality Specialist oeairq@redred.com (507) 644-8353 x104 Cell (507) 920-8149

The Office of the Environment (OE) protects the quality of the Tribe’s water, land and air resources. Established in 1993, the OE is involved in the following activities:

• Protecting the quality of the Tribe’s water, land, and air resources
• Serving 145 families living on 1,743 acres

BIA & EPA GRANTS

• General Indian Environment Regulatory Program
• Radon Assessment & Mitigation Program
• Lower Sioux Lead Program
• Wind Energy Program
• LSIC Prairie Pot hole Enhancement Project
• Water Quality & Hydrological Study (7 new wells/total 12 wells)
• Restricted Site Landfill Mapping
• GIS/GPS Env. Application Project
• Minnesota Tribal Env. Response Team Member
• BIA Water Resources
• Tribal UST/LUST
• Flood Damage Assessment Project
• GIS Environmental Assessment Records Scared Projects

Fiscal Year 2007

• CWA Sec. 106
• GAP/PPG
• Clean Air Act, Sec. 103 (Pending)

2007 Recommendations

• Recycling
• Solid Waste Management Planning
• Protecting land use-NO DUMPING
• Tribal Environmental Knowledge (Elder’s knowledge of river & land usage)

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