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BIA Preliminary Assessment In February 2003, the BIA issued a Preliminary Assessment (PA) for the Gay Mine. The PA recommended that a Site Investigation be performed for the Gay Mine under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). … Continue reading →

The Gay Mine The Gay Mine is located on the Fort Hall Reservation. It is one of 31 phosphate ore mines in the Southeast Idaho Phosphate Resource Area. Originally named after Gay Simplot, the daughter of J.R. Simplot, the Gay … Continue reading →

History of Land Ownership Questions regarding the appropriate role of government power over persons and property have existed for centuries. Such questions are particularly complex when they involve the overlapping and, at times, conflicting roles of federal, state, local and … Continue reading →

Superfund/CERCLA Path Forward EPA Administrative Settlement Agreement for Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study On August 22, 2008, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sent FMC and Simplot a General Notice of Liability and Special Notice Letter for the Gay Mine … Continue reading →

Selenium at the Gay Mine Area-Wide Selenium Investigations in SE Idaho In the mid-1990s, a naturally-occurring trace mineral called selenium, found in the “center waste shale” of phosphate mines (the rock layer found between layers of phosphate ore), was found … Continue reading →

Reclamation at the Gay Mine By 1996, FMC and Simplot notified BLM that all the Gay Mine reclamation required under the federally and Tribally-approved mining and reclamation plans was substantially complete. The BLM and the BIA inspected the Gay Mine … Continue reading →