EPA REGION VI SEEKS AN EMERGENCY REFERRAL FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF IN WEST DALLAS LEAD LITIGATION IN WHICH THE REGION ANTICIPATES THE IMMINENT NEED FOR THE DOJ TO COMMENCE A CIVIL ACTION TO COMPEL COMPLIANCE WITH A REQUEST FOR ACCESS PURSUANT TO SECTION 104(E) OF CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9604(E). * THE REGION DETERMINED THAT CONTINUED HUMAN EXPOSURE TO WASTE MATERIALS AT THE WEST DALLAS LEAD SITE (SITE) IN DALLAS, TEXAS CONSTITUTES AN IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL ENDANGERMENT, PARTICULARLY TO CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN. THEREFORE, THE AGENCY HAS AUTHORIZED AN EMERGENCY REMOVAL ACTION AT THE SITE PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY UNDER SECTION 104(A) OF CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9604(A). THAT ACTION INVOLVES THE EXCAVATION OF CONTAMINATED MATERIAL. PRIOR TO SHIPMENT OFF-SITE, THE MATERIAL IS ANALYZED PURSUANT TO THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6901 ET SEQ., AND SEGREGATED AS HAZARDOUS DETERMINATION MADE PURSUANT TO THE RCRA ANALYSIS. * THE OFF-SITE DISPOSAL OF SOIL AND DEBRIS IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE REMOVAL ACTION AT THE WEST DALLAS SITE. EPA IS USING THE RSR SMELTER BATCH HOUSE (BATCH HOUSE) AT THE SITE FOR CONSOLIDATION AND AN