A precedent-setting federal appellate ruling backing EPA's determination that it has jurisdiction over some Indian lands outside of reservation boundaries could create significant uncertainty over whether states, tribes or EPA will regulate scores of resource development activities, including uranium mining, carbon storage and others in key energy and resource development states.rnThe ruling is especially significant because it was issued by the the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, which oversees Oklahoma, Wyoming, Kansas, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico, all of which are important energy and mineral-producing states but which also have large and non-contiguous swaths of tribal lands.
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