25 CFR § 224.103 - Must a Tribe establish other public participation processes?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s224.103"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 224.103 - Must a Tribe establish other public participation processes?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "224.103"
section_name: "Must a Tribe establish other public participation processes?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "ENERGY AND MINERALS"
part_number: "224"
part_name: "TRIBAL ENERGY RESOURCE AGREEMENTS UNDER THE INDIAN TRIBAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND SELF DETERMINATION ACT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "25 U.S.C. 2 and 9; 25 U.S.C. 3501-3504; Pub. L. 109-58; Pub. L. 115-325."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 12821, Mar. 10, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "224"
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# 224.103 Must a Tribe establish other public participation processes?

No. Except for the environmental review process required by the Act and § 224.63(b)(1), a Tribe is not required to establish a process for public participation concerning non-environmental issues in a TERA or leases, business agreements or rights-of-way undertaken under a TERA. However, a Tribe may elect to establish procedures that permit the public to participate in public hearings or that expand the scope of matters about which the public may comment.