EPA v. LAAHTY SITE - ZUNI PUEBLO LANDS

Case summary

1. SECTION 7003 OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT ( RCRA ). 2. LAAHTY SITE - ZUNI PUEBLO LANDS P.O. BOX 339 ZUNI, MCKINLEY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO 87327 3. REGION 6 HAS IDENTIFIED ELEVATED LEVELS OF TOXAPHENE AND OTHER PESTICIDES IN PUEBLO SOILS. ONE POTENTIAL SOURCE OF THE TOXAPHENE IS FROM HISTORIC USE OF PESTICIDES IN SHEEP DIP VATS. EPA BELIEVES THE LEVELS OF TOXAPHENE ON THE PUEBLO LANDS MAY CONSTITUTE AN IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL ENDANGERMENT. CONSEQUENTLY, IT IS EPA'S GOAL TO EXPEDIT- OUSLY REMEDIATE THOSE SURFACE SOILS SO AS TO LIMIT THE EXPOSURE OF THE LOCAL POPULATION TO HAZARDOUS WASTE CON- STITUENTS SPECIFICALLY TOXAPHENE. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 7003 OF RCRA, EPA WILL PROVIDE TRAINING, TECHNOLOGY, AND FUNDING TO EXPEDIATE THE INVESTIGATION AND REMEDIATION OF THE DIP VATS TO THE PUEBLO OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (POEP).

Defendants (1)

• PUEBLO OF ZUNINamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• LAAHTY FAMILY DIP VAT

  19.5 MILES NE OF HWY 53, ZUNI, NM, 87327

  Registry ID: 110002044939

Statutes cited

• RCRA 7003 — Imminent Order: Solid or Hazardous Waste

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• LAATHY SITE - ZUNI PUEBLO LANDSentered 1999-08-16

  Primary law: RCRA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1999-08-16Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-08-16Final Order Issued
• 1999-10-25Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2001-07-01Enforcement Action Closed