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Oglala Sioux Tribe and Oglala Lakota County Hazard Mitigation Plan OGLALA SIOUX TRIBE AND OGLALA LAKOTA COUNTY HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN JUNE 2019 PLAN PREPARED BY JEO CONSULTING GROUP HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING TEAM NAME TITLE Alva Good Crow --------------------------------- Porcupine Service Center Beth Perkins -------------------------------------- IHS Pine Ridge Hospital Public Health Nursing Director Darla Black ---------------------------------------- Oglala Lakota Nation Vice-President Delores George Pourier ------------------------ Oglala Lakota Nation Health Administration Donavan Steele ---------------------------------- Support Services Program Director Ed Silver ------------------------------------------- IHS Pine Ridge Hospital IT Supervisor Frank Maynard ----------------------------------- Oglala Lakota County, Fall River County Emergency Manager Frank Means -------------------------------------- Kyle Rural Water Hopa Haas ---------------------------------------- Indian Health Services Jackie Siers --------------------------------------- Wakpamni District Council Representative James Red Willow ------------------------------- Oglala Lakota Nation 5th Member Jeff Siscoe----------------------------------------- Bennett County Emergency Manager Jesse Big Crow ---------------------------------- OST District Emergency Management-Planning and Coordinating Specialist Jim Meeks ----------------------------------------- Eagle Nest District Council Representative Jim Poppen --------------------------------------- South Dakota State Hazard Mitigation Officer John Long ----------------------------------------- BIA Pine Ridge Agency Superintendent John Whirlwind Horse -------------------------- Support Services Liaison Tribal Education Department Jon Siedschlaw ---------------------------------- OST Emergency Management Deputy Director Karin Eagle ---------------------------------------- Oglala Lakota Nation Media Relations Kyle White ----------------------------------------- Natural & Water Resources Lester Richards ---------------------------------- OST EPP Director Lyla Hutchinson ---------------------------------- County Commissioner Lynx Bettelyoun ---------------------------------- OST Highway Superintendent Maretta Champagne ---------------------------- Pine Ridge Long Term Recovery Team Outreach Coordinator Mary Tobacco ------------------------------------ OST Planning Wakpamni District Melanie Two Eagle ------------------------------ Porcupine Service Center Robert Ecoffey ----------------------------------- Chief of Police Robert Lafferty ----------------------------------- Oglala Lakota Nation Hazard Mitigation Robert Pille ---------------------------------------- Water & Sewer Rodney Rouillard -------------------------------- OST Road Maintenance Shawn Swallow ---------------------------------- OST Natural Resources Shelby Ross -------------------------------------- OST Natural Resources Porcupine District Stacey Martin ------------------------------------- Fall River County GIS Stephen Pourier ---------------------------------- Utilities Director Steve Wilson, Sr. -------------------------------- OST Emergency Manager Stevie Lone Dog --------------------------------- Oglala Lakota Nation Thomas Brings ----------------------------------- OST Natural Resources Troy Fergusen ------------------------------------ E-911 and GIS Valentina Merdanian ---------------------------- Oglala County Representative Vince Martin --------------------------------------- Oglala Sioux Lakota Housing Wendell yellow bull ------------------------------ County Commissioner William Hillman ----------------------------------- Water & Sewer *Becky Appleford -------------------------------- JEO Consulting Group *Brooke Welsh ----------------------------------- JEO Consulting Group *Ellana Haakenstad -----------------------------JEO Consulting Group *Jeff Henson -------------------------------------- JEO Consulting Group *Served as an advisory or consultant role Oglala Sioux Tribe Hazard Mitigation Plan | 2019 I TABLE OF CONTENTS HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING TEAM ................................................................................ I LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................................... V LIST OF TABLES ....................................................................................................................... VI LIST OF ACRONYMS ................................................................................................................. IX EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................... XI INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... XI GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ......................................................................................................... XIII SUMMARY OF CHANGES .......................................................................................................... XIV PLAN IMPLEMENTATION ............................................................................................................ XV HAZARD PROFILES ................................................................................................................. XVI HAZARDS SUMMARY ............................................................................................................. XVIII DROUGHT ............................................................................................................................ XVIII HAIL .................................................................................................................................... XVIII SEVERE WINTER STORMS ..................................................................................................... XVIII TORNADOES ......................................................................................................................... XVIII SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ..................................................................................................... XIX MITIGATION STRATEGIES ........................................................................................................ XIX SECTION ONE INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 1 HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING ................................................................................................. 1 DISASTER MITIGATION ACT OF 2000 .......................................................................................... 1 HAZARD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE ............................................................................................. 2 PLAN FINANCING AND PREPARATION ......................................................................................... 3 SECTION TWO PLANNING PROCESS .................................................................................... 5 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 5 MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL APPROACH ........................................................................................... 5 HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING PROCESS ................................................................................. 6 ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCES ................................................................................................ 7 PLAN UPDATE PROCESS ........................................................................................................... 7 PLANNING TEAM AND INVOLVEMENT .......................................................................................... 8 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT ..............................................................................................................10 NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS ..................................................................................................10 OUTREACH ..............................................................................................................................11 ASSESSMENT OF RISK .............................................................................................................11 HAZARD IDENTIFICATION ..........................................................................................................11 MITIGATION PLAN DEVELOPMENT .............................................................................................13 MITIGATION STRATEGIES .........................................................................................................13 DATA SOURCES AND INFORMATION...........................................................................................14 PUBLIC REVIEW .......................................................................................................................16 PLAN ADOPTION ......................................................................................................................16 PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AND PROGRESS MONITORING ...............................................................16 SECTION THREE PLANNING AREA PROFILE ......................................................................17 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................17 PLANNING AREA GEOGRAPHIC SUMMARY .................................................................................17 CLIMATE .................................................................................................................................17
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