By Resolution No. 2023-005, the Tribal Council adopted the Residential, Business, Agricultural, and Renewable Energy Resource Leasing Code (Leasing Code) and Tribal Environmental Review Policy Code (TERP Code). Resolution No. 2023-005 required Tribal Council to set effective dates for the Leasing and TERP Codes after approval by the Department of the Interior. The Department of the Interior, through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, approved the TERP Code on February 28, 2023 and the Leasing Code on April 5, 2023. The Leasing Code was published in the Federal Register, Vol. 88, No. 63, on April 3, 2023.
By Resolution No. 2023-172, the Tribal Council established March 1, 2024 as the effective date for both the Leasing and TERP Codes.
The Leasing and TERP Codes will be published online at:
Printed hard copies of the codes may be obtained from the Tribal Information Services Department at:
- Email: TIS@southernute-nsn.gov
- Mail: Southern Ute Indian Tribe, P.O. Box 737, 356 Ouray Drive, Ignacio, CO 81137
- Phone: (970) 563-2208
- Website: https://www.southernute-nsn.gov/government/tribal-code/
For further information please contact: Amy Barry, Tribal Information Services Department, abarry@southernute-nsn.gov, (970) 563-2250.
Public Notice Effective Dates Leasing TERP Codes13 – October 2023