FACT SHEET: * ON DEC 17, 1987, REPS OF LAGUNA IND, INC., OWNED AND OPER- ATED BY THE LAGUNA INDIAN TRIBE, MET WITH EPA REGION VI TO DISCUSS CLEANUP OF A DRY ARROYO WHICH HAD RECEIVED CHROM- IUM CONTAMINATED EFFLUENT SINCE JUNE 1986. * EPA HAS REGULATORY JURISDICTION OVER AFFAIRS CONDUCTED ON LAGUNA INDIAN LANDS. * LAGUNA HAS RESPONDED TO A RCRA 3007 INFORMATION REQUEST LETTER BY SUBMITTING A PART A PERMIT APPLICATION AND A CLO- SURE PLAN FOR THE ARROYO DISPOSAL UNIT. THE CLOSURE PLAN IS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW. * THROUGH REVIEW OF LAGUNA'S ADMISSION AND SUBSEQUENT SUBMIS- SIONS, THE FOLLOWING VIOLATIONS HAVE BEEN DETERMINED TO EXIST: * 1. FAILURE TO NOTIFY; FAILURE TO NOTIFY IN A TIMELY MANNER; 2. OPERATING A TSD FACILITY WITHOUT A PERMIT OR INTERIM STATUS; 3. NO GROUNDWATER MONITORING; 4. NO FINANCIAL ASSURANCE FOR CLOSU