# SUNRISE MOUNTAIN LANDFILL
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `53084`
- **Case Number:** 09-1999-0022
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- CLARK COUNTY (NEVADA) PUBLIC WORKS DEPT. (complaint) (settlement)
- REPUBLIC DISPOSAL URBAN MAINTENANCE CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- REPUBLIC INDUSTRIES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- REPUBLIC SILVER SITE DISPOSAL, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- SSDS LIQUIDATING, CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER UNDER RCRA 7003 ISSUED       AGAINST CLARK COUNTY NEVADA, THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE        SUNRISE MOUNTAIN LANDFILL SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SITE.         THE ORDER IS ALSO DIRECTED AGAINST THE CURRENT AND PRIOR     OPERATORS OF THE SITE. THE ORDER DIRECTS THE RESPONDENTS     TO ADDRESS THE HEALTH THREATS PRESENTED BY THE LANDFILL      IN ITS CURRENT CONDITION. AS IT CURRENTLY EXISTS, THE        LANDFILL POSES IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL ENDANGERMENT         TO HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT. THE IMMEDIATE           PROBLEM STEMS FROM PREVIOUS INADEQUATE CLOSURE AND           MAINTENANCE OF THE SITE. THE POOR CONDITION OF THE           SITE WAS EXACERBATED BY A SERIES OF RAIN STORMS IN           SEPTEMBER 1998 CAUSING EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND THE              TRANSPORT OF POLUTANTS OFF SITE BY THE RUNOFF.

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