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Property Details for Zuni Historic Open Landfill #5


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Government
157561
Route 301 South Zuni, NM 87327
10.4
35.065184 / -108.8315002
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$6,767.0005/11/201209/30/2012Northwest New Mexico Council of GovernmentsYFY13


Is Cleanup Necessary? Unknown
EPA Assessment Funding: $6,767.00
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $6,767.00


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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: 10.4
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Institutional and Engineering Controls

Phase I Contractor recommends that the Pueblo of Zuni implements formal institutional controls
and routine monitoring of landfill sites for wind and stormwater runoff erosion, exposed
solid wastes, illegal dumping, etc.
No


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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

There are no current redevelopment activities.


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Additional Property Attributes

HLF #5 is located on Route 301 South, adjacent to the south and east of the POZ Utility Services building in Zuni, NM. The area is on the southern edge of town. A map depicting the site vicinity is presented as Figure 1. Site photographs taken during the site reconnaissance are included as Appendix A. The legal description of the property is Township 10 North, Range 19 West, Section 27, Northwest � of Southeast �. The subject property is a historic municipal landfill. The landfill is inactive. The property is on the south side of Route 301 South, adjacent to the Pueblo of Zuni Utility Services building. No buildings or structures exist on site. The site is not fenced. There is a single electrical power transmission pole on the landfill site, located approximately 40 yards south of Route 301 South. There is no electrical drop on the property and no transformer was observed on the power pole. The Pueblo of Zuni (POZ) Utility Services building is northwest of HLF #5. The Pueblo of Zuni Waste Transfer Station is adjacent to and east of the landfill. Between the Utility Services building and HLF #5, is an illegal dump site designated as HLF #7. HLF #7 contains approximately 200 cubic yards of construction debris, including metal, roofing material, cast iron pipes with lead solder, concrete blocks, carpet, floor tile, tires, and other materials. Other adjacent land is vacant and undeveloped.

Former Use: The property is a historical landfill site, operated as a municipal waste landfill from 1978 to the early 1980�s. Historical information indicates that the municipal landfills in Zuni Pueblo accepted all manner of household, local industrial and medical waste with little site control. These include but are not limited to the following: o Animal Wastes; o Antifreeze; o Construction debris; o Electrical appliances; o Hospital waste; o Machinery and parts; o Paints and household chemicals; o Petroleum products; o Unused commodity food products from food programs; and o Occasional illegal septic system waste dumping. � Adjacent to the northwest of HLF #5 is an illegal dump site designated as HLF #7. HLF #7 contains approximately 200 cubic yards of construction debris, including metal, roofing material, cast iron pipes with lead solder, concrete blocks, carpet, floor tile, tires, and other materials. HLF #7 reportedly received primarily construction and demolition debris from housing projects at POZ from the late 1960�s to the early 1970�s.
Greenspace (10.4)
Hazardous & Petroleum


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