“Chapter” means this Wilton Rancheria Environmental Review Act.

“Development project” means any construction of housing, infrastructure, community buildings, or other projects that will alter the physical landscape of tribal lands.

“Environmental reviewer” means an official designated by the Tribal Chairperson to conduct the environmental review process on behalf of the Tribe through the Department of Environmental Resources.

“Gaming activities,” “gaming devices” and “gaming operations” are given the same meaning as those terms are defined in the gaming compact.

“Gaming compact” means the tribal-state gaming compact between the Tribe and the state of California, executed by the Tribe on July 20, 2017, and approved by the United States Department of the Interior on January 22, 2018, and any amendments thereto.

“Gaming facility” means any building in which gaming activities or any gaming operations occur, or in which business records, receipts, or funds of the gaming operation are maintained (excluding off-site facilities primarily dedicated to storage of those records, and financial institutions), and all rooms, buildings, and areas, including hotels, parking lots, and walkways, a principal purpose of which is to serve the activities of the gaming operation and facility rather than providing that operation with an incidental benefit.

“Gaming project” or “project” means (1) the construction of a proposed gaming facility; (2) any renovation, expansion or modification of an existing gaming facility, a principal purpose of which is to serve the gaming facility rather than provide that facility with an incidental benefit, and which may cause a significant effect on the environment off of tribal lands; or (3) any other activity occurring on tribal lands, the principal purpose of which is to serve the gaming facility, rather than provide the gaming facility with an incidental benefit, and which may cause a significant effect on the environment off of tribal lands. This definition shall be understood to include the addition of gaming devices within an existing gaming facility, if such additional gaming devices may cause either a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect significant and adverse physical change in the environment off of tribal lands. “Project” does not include an activity within the scope of alternative F as defined in the Wilton Rancheria Fee to Trust and Casino Project Final EIS dated December 2016 and the impacts of which have been previously addressed in the Sacramento County MOU or the Elk Grove MOU.

“Lease” means a written agreement or contract between a lessor and a lessee whereby the lessee is granted a right to possess tribal land for a specified purpose and duration under the authority of 25 U.S.C. § 415. The lessee’s right to possess will limit the lessor’s right to possess the leased premises only to the extent provided in the lease. “Lease” also includes the term “business site lease” as defined in 8 WRC § 1-101 et seq., Business Site Leasing.

“Programmatic environmental impact report” or “PEIR” means the evaluation and analysis of the environmental effects of multiple leases or development projects.

“Record of decision” means the record of the Tribal Council’s decision with respect to a proposed gaming project, lease or development project after review and consideration of a TEIR and related information.

“Significant effect on the environment” means a substantial, or potentially substantial, adverse change in the environment, including land, air, water, minerals, flora, fauna, ambient noise, cultural areas and objects of historic, cultural or aesthetic significance.

“Supplemental tribal environmental impact report” means a document that provides additional information to an existing environmental impact statement or tribal environmental impact report and assesses potential incremental environmental impacts of a proposed gaming project, lease or development project. The supplemental tribal environmental impact report may also be referred to as a STEIR.

“Tribal Council” means the Wilton Rancheria Tribal Council created pursuant to the Constitution of Wilton Rancheria.

“Tribal environmental assessment” means an informational document that provides an analysis of the types of environmental impacts of a proposed gaming project, lease or development project. The tribal environmental assessment may also be referred to as a TEA, and draft and final TEAs shall be referred to as DTEA and FTEA respectively.

“Tribal environmental impact report” means an informational document containing a detailed statement which analyzes any significant environmental impacts of a proposed gaming project, lease, or development project. Tribal environmental impact report may also be referred to as TEIR, and draft and final TEIRs shall be referred to as DTEIR and FTEIR respectively.

“Tribal Gaming Authority” means the Wilton Rancheria Gaming Authority, an enterprise established and chartered by the Tribal Council Resolution No. 2019-31 to own and operate the gaming facility.

“Tribal lands” means all lands held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe, and all additions thereto, under the governmental jurisdiction of the Tribe.

“Tribe” means the Wilton Rancheria, a federally recognized tribe. (Res. 2019-40)