25 CFR § 224.87 - What are the obligations of a Tribe if it discovers a violation or breach?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s224.87"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 224.87 - What are the obligations of a Tribe if it discovers a violation or breach?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "224.87"
section_name: "What are the obligations of a Tribe if it discovers a violation or breach?"
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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# 224.87 What are the obligations of a Tribe if it discovers a violation or breach?
As soon as practicable after discovering or receiving notice of a violation or breach of a lease, business agreement, or right-of-way of a Federal or Tribal environmental law resulting from an activity undertaken by a third party under a lease, business agreement, or right-of-way, the Tribe must provide written notice to the Secretary describing:
(a) The nature of the violation or breach in reasonable detail;
(b) The corrective action taken or planned by the Tribe; and
(c) The proposed period for the corrective action to be completed.