EPA v. Pine Ridge Baling Facility
Final Order No Penalty
Case summary
This Administrative Order is issued to the Oglala Sioux Tribe due to the determination by EPA that the storage, transfer, or disposal of solid waste at the Pine Ridge baling facility may present an imminent and substantial endangerment to human health or the environment. The current emergency conditions were identified in a report received by EPA detailing a fire at the baling facility that began on 9/5/2007. The fire started in an area of the facility known as the former Pine Ridge open dump or landfill.
Defendants (2)
- Pine Ridge Baling FacilityNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- Oglala Sioux TribeNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
PINE RIDGE BALING FACILITY
P.O. BOX 2070, PINE RIDGE, SD, 57770
Registry ID: 110032600086
Statutes cited
- RCRA 7003 — Imminent Order: Solid or Hazardous Waste
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Pine Ridge Baling Facilityentered 2007-09-11
Primary law: RCRA
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 2007-09-11Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2007-09-11Final Order Issued
- 2007-09-14Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2008-02-28Enforcement Action Closed
- 2008-02-28Pipeline Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 600061832
- Case number
- 08-2007-0162
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 08
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Imminent Order: Solid or Hazardous Waste
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-2007-0162 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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