Solid Waste Management
There are new web documents added to the Solid Waste Management page. Go to: http://www.srmtenv.org/index.php?spec=sw_index and view the list of web documents on the right hand side.

Rights vs Responsibility
There are many invasive species out there that will have a devastating effect on our wood-lots. Many of these insects and there eggs/larvae will hitch rides on firewood. These pests will also ride on logs, pallets, bark. And almost all forms of wood products that are not dried.read more...

Tribe’s Provisions to water quality standards Approved
Hogansburg, NY— The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe’s Environment Division has received approval of the Tribe’s water quality standards from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The tribe now has the distinction of being one of only six Eastern tribes to establish its own water quality standards. (Read entire press release and view the water quality standards)

Mohawk Environmental Review Code (MERC)
The purpose is to protect the natural environment of the Mohawk Territory at Akwesasne, to take affirmative action to restore and enhance environmental quality in areas that have been subject to degradation, and to ensure that no proposed development that might cause significant environmental degradation will be permitted prior to the completion of a thorough environmental review in which alternatives and mitigation measures are fully considered.

The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe declares this to be Tribal Law.
This code applies to all developers who wish to develop on the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation. To read more about the code and its purpose (Click Here).

Project Overview – Air Sampling for Benzene
We will be sampling air to test for the levels of Benzene in our community. The testing will be focused mainly on Benzene but will also identify if there are concerning levels of other air toxins. We have a special concern for Benzene because of the amount of known Benzene emitting sources in and around Akwesasne. Benzene emitting sources include but are not limited to; cigarette smoke, vehicle exhaust (including all terrain vehicles and lawn mowers), gas stations and industrial emissions. Read more ...