BOMBSHELL: The EPA set a deadline of MONDAY for Oklahoma tribes to respond to Gov. Kevin Stitt's request for the EPA to give HIM control over environmental regulations on tribal lands.
Ti-Hua previously reported that Stitt had quietly made the request to the EPA after the Supreme Court gave the tribes sovereignty over eastern Oklahoma.
Now, we have Stitt's letter ... and it goes farther than anyone knew.
A former EPA official told us that Stitt's request included language that would let the state permit fracking...
...and the dumping of mercury, PCBs and other hazardous waste on tribal lands...
...throughout the ENTIRE state.
The EPA hasn't yet told us what outreach they did to let tribes know about Monday's deadline.
But in an earlier statement told us they're in consultations with tribes "that asked to meet."
Here's the hitch...
We don't know which tribes, if any, even KNEW about Stitt's request.
But at least one tribe told us they did NOT.
Who DID Stitt tell?
Big Agriculture and Big Oil.
Ti-Hua first revealed Stitt's request late last month... thanks to audio of Stitt posted online by the Oklahoma Farm Bureau. tyt.com/stories/4vZLCH…
Now it turns out that Big Oil knew even earlier than that.
On July 22--the same day Stitt WROTE his letter--the Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma got a copy of it and posted it online.
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