EPA v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (NC) (FF)

Case summary

This Federal Facility Compliance Agreement is to address noncompliance at Department of Interior schools under the Clean Water Act (CWA), the Emergency Preparedness and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), and the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). DOI will implement an environmental compliance auditing program and an environmental management system (EMS), designed to improve environmental practices at all of its Bureau of Indian Education schools.

Defendants (6)

• CHEMAWA TRIBAL SCHOOLNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• COEUR D'ALENE TRIBAL SCHOOLNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• SHOSHONE-BANNOCK TRIBALNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• QUILEUTE TRIBAL SCHOOLNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• YAKAMA TRIBAL SCHOOLNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• MUCKLESHOOT TRIBAL SCHOOLNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (6)

• COEUR D'ALENE TRIBAL SCHOOL

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

  Registry ID: 110020662353

• SHOSHONE-BANNOCK SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 512

  17400 HILINE ROAD, POCATELLO, ID, 83202-1669

  Registry ID: 110020662362

• CHEMAWA INDIAN SCHOOL

  3700 CHEMAWA RD NE, SALEM, OR, 97305

  Registry ID: 110013239762

• YAKAMA NATION TRIBAL SCHOOL

  601 LINDEN ST, TOPPENISH, WA, 98948

  Registry ID: 110020661461

• MUCKLESHOOT TRIBAL SCHOOL

  38811 172ND AVE SE, AUBURN, WA, 98092

  Registry ID: 110024831994

• QUILEUTE TRIBAL SCHOOL

  40 OCEAN DR, LA PUSH, WA, 98350

  Registry ID: 110020661443

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 302 — Substances and Facilities Covered and Notification
• EPCRA 312 — Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms
• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
• EPCRA 311 — Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
• TSCA 6-PCBS — PCBS

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (NC) (FF)entered 2011-08-18

  Primary law: TSCA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2011-08-18Final Order Issued
• 2011-10-13Enforcement Action Data Entered