EPA v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (NC) (FF)

Case summary

This is a comprehensive national settlement with the Department of the Interior (DOI) to address alleged violations of waste, water, air, toxics and community right-to-know laws at 72 schools and 27 public water systems in Indian Country owned, operated, or the legal responsibility of DOI?s Indian Affairs Office. DOI will implement an environmental compliance auditing program and an environmental management system (EMS), designed to improve environmental practices at all of its BIE schools and BIA public water systems serving these schools. DOI has also agreed to install a Supplemental Environmental Project, a solar energy system which will serve a school located in the Grand Canyon, ensuring a more reliable source of electricity for the school and local community. DOI will also pay a civil penalty of $234,844 which it must spend to correct violations of the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) at schools across Indian Country.

Defendants (6)

• Muckleshoot TribalNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• Coeur d'Alene TribalNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• Shoshone-Bannock School District #512Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• Yakama Tribal SchoolNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• Quileute Tribal SchoolNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• CHEMEWA INDIAN SCHOOLNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (6)

• CHEMAWA INDIAN SCHOOL

  3700 CHEMAWA RD NE, SALEM, OR, 97305

  Registry ID: 110013239762

• MUCKLESHOOT TRIBAL SCHOOL

  38811 172ND AVE SE, AUBURN, WA, 98092

  Registry ID: 110024831994

• SHOSHONE-BANNOCK SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 512

  17400 HILINE ROAD, POCATELLO, ID, 83202-1669

  Registry ID: 110020662362

• YAKAMA NATION TRIBAL SCHOOL

  601 LINDEN ST, TOPPENISH, WA, 98948

  Registry ID: 110020661461

• COEUR D'ALENE TRIBAL SCHOOL

  1 DAVENPORT WAY & BURN STREET, DESMET, ID, 83824

  Registry ID: 110020662353

• QUILEUTE TRIBAL SCHOOL

  40 OCEAN DR, LA PUSH, WA, 98350

  Registry ID: 110020661443

Statutes cited

• TSCA 205 — Plan Submission - LEA
• TSCA 6-PCBS — PCBS
• TSCA 203 — EPA Regulations - Asbestos in Schools
• SDWA 1412/1414 — National Drinking Water Regulations
• RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (NC) (FF)entered 2011-08-18

  Primary law: RCRA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2011-08-18Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2011-08-18Final Order Issued
• 2011-10-06Enforcement Action Data Entered