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Kinzer Farms
223721
Unnamed Lapwai, ID 83540
4
Tribal Alotment 95-550
46.4048865 / -116.8048733
1
Burgess, Deborah
burgess.deborah@epa.gov
(360) 753-9079


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Property Progress


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
Nez Perce Tribe of IdahoRP96046308IDSection 128(a) State/Tribal2013


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Phase II Environmental Assessment$4,950.0010/01/201412/31/2014Nez Perce Tribe of IdahoYFY18
Phase II Environmental Assessment$162.0010/01/201412/31/2014Nez Perce Tribe of IdahoYFY18
Phase II Environmental Assessment$3,555.0010/01/201412/31/2014Nez Perce Tribe of IdahoYFY18


Is Cleanup Necessary? Yes
EPA Assessment Funding: $8,667.00
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $8,667.00


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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


Other Contaminants
Petroleum Products
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
Ground Water
Soil
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up


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Cleanup Activities

There are no current cleanup activities.


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Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 4
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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

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Institutional and Engineering Controls

No
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

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Additional Property Attributes

Former machine shop and open dump with soil contamination from vandalism that resulted in the spilling of used oil, solvents, grease, antifreeze, and pesticides; Tribe conducted sampling to determine contents of drums, and disposed of materials in hazardous waste landfill, extent of possible contamination in soil and groundwater unknown � � June 2013 - An underground tire fire occurred at the Kinzer/Westgate Farm. The fire is thought to be the result of more vandalizing activities two weeks prior at the farm when the support posts on an outbuilding were compromised by shooting and the building collapsed. The fire may not have been completely extinguished and then spread underground to a buried tire pile. � 2011- The Tribe requested property specific funding determination from EPA � 2007-NPT conducted sampling to determine contents of drums and drums were disposed of in a hazardous waste landfill � 2006-Vandalism resulted in the spilling of used oil, solvents, grease, antifreeze, and pesticides � Work funded by EPA through Brownfields program and HERT � Response action ongoing

Former Use: The Nez Perce Tribe (NPT), Water Resources Division requested to assess, sample, and clean up the 838.18 acre Westgate/Kinzer Farm (Westgate) property purchased by the Tribe on August 1, 1995 through public auction during foreclosure proceedings. The Westgate property is located on the Reservation approximately two miles from Lapwai, Idaho. The NPT has been unable to put the property into federal trust because of legacy oil contamination related to the operation of a farm machine shop prior to purchase by NPT, an open dump filling a portion of the North Fork Tom Beall Creek (and probable contamination of a domestic spring and groundwater from the dump), and soil contamination resulting from the vandalism of a barrel storage area by rifle and shotgun blasts, which resulted in an uncontrolled leakage onto the ground. Approximately 836 acres of Westgate is currently under cultivation with the principal crops being winter wheat, dry peas, and spring small grains. Approximately one to two acres are potentially contaminated. The NPT Land Service�s records from the date of eviction document a significant amount of oil staining around the farm machine shop. Westgate also includes several dilapidated out buildings and demolished home site. These environmental concerns have prevented the Bureau of Indian Affairs from accepting the property in trust.
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