Blue Legs v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BATTEY, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs Taylor Wallace Blue Legs, administrator of the estate of Mattie Blue Legs, and Margaret Jenkins, have sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), its Administrator Lee Thomas, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), the Indian Health Service (IHS), and the Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST), alleging that all are in violation of the provisions of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq., and the federal regulations applicable to it.

The Plaintiffs seek an injunction and declaratory relief…