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Property Details for ZUNI HISTORIC OPEN LANDFILLS 1, 2, 3 and 4


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157501
Pia Mesa Road Zuni, NM 87327
39.4
35.02946620000001 / -108.862435
2
Reyes, Elizabeth
Reyes.Elizabeth@epa.gov
214-665-3163


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Property Location



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Property Progress


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
Northwest New Mexico Council of Governments2B96694701NMAssessment2009


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Phase I Environmental Assessment$10,809.0005/02/201209/30/2012Northwest New Mexico Council of GovernmentsYFY13


Is Cleanup Necessary? Unknown
EPA Assessment Funding: $10,809.00
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $10,809.00


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment.


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Contaminants and Media


Unknown
NOT Cleaned up


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Cleanup Activities

There are no current cleanup activities.


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Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 39.4
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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup.


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Institutional and Engineering Controls

Contractor recommends that the POZ implements formal institutional controls
and routine monitoring of landfill sites for wind and stormwater runoff erosion, exposed
solid wastes, illegal dumping, etc.

Several of the sites are fenced off and monitored.
No


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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

There are no current redevelopment activities.


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation – Redevelopment


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Additional Property Attributes

The property includes 4 historic landfill sites, used for uncontrolled dumping. The landfills were not lined and were subject to recurrent burning. o HLF #1 is the southernmost and most recent of the 4 landfills, and began operations in 1987. The landfill was closed in the late 1990�s and is capped with soil and fully fenced. o HLF #2 is located on the east side of Pia Mesa Road across from the northern portion of HLF #1. Reports indicate that this area has been filled by pushing waste materials, likely burned first, into the adjacent arroyo area east of Pia Mesa Road. HLF #2 is the only landfill that is still active and is currently authorized for disposal of yard waste and a separate area for animal carcasses. o HLF #3 is located north of HLF #2 on the eastern side of Pia Mesa Road. This area appears to have been used for waste dumping during the 1960�s. The surface of the landfill includes multiple elongated, narrow, shallow ridges, indicative of separate landfill cells. Waste materials evident on the surface are believed to have been exposed by surface erosion and also represented by illegal dumping after the landfill was closed. o HLF #4 is located immediately north of HLF #3. It is referred to as �Pamper Hill� due to an abundance of diapers and paper wastes. The operational period for HLF #4 is unknown; however, a 1992 Waste Management Plan indicates that activities may have occurred at HLF #4 during the 1960�s. Although previous landfill activities are indicated by visible waste in the sidewall of a road cut and wastes exposed by erosion, most surface wastes appear to be from illegal dumping after the landfill was closed.

Former Use: According to available historical data these landfills were active from the late 1970�s through the early 1990�s. HLF #2, 3, and 4 were surface emplaced, and HLF #1 was trenched. No other historical uses for the site have been identified. The property includes 4 historic landfill sites, used for uncontrolled dumping. The landfills were not lined and were subject to recurrent burning and only partially fenced. These are all tribal lands and Pia Mesa Road is a designated traditionally cultural property for the Pueblo of Zuni.
Greenspace (39.4)
Hazardous & Petroleum


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