RELEASE OF APPROXIMATELY 10,000 GAL. OF GASOLINE HAS PRODUCED AN IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL ENDANGERMENT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF RCRA SECTION 7003. EPA ISSUED A UNILATERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION. DEFENDANT HAS REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH THE FINAL ORDER ISSUED MARCH 6, 1995. II-RCRA-7003-95-0203.
EPA SEEKS CIVIL PENALTY AND TO COMPEL COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE TASKS MANDATED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER WHICH HAVE NOT YET BEEN COMPLETED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THE UST SYSTEMS ARE LOCATED AT A GASOLINE FILLING STATION ON LANDS OF THE ONONDAGA NATION, A SOVEREIGN INDIAN TERRITORY, LOCATED NEAR SYRACUSE, NEW YORK IN ONONDAGA COUNTY.