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10th Circuit Court of Appeals – First Dismissal Vacated (2017)
– UNANIMOUS DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT (2019) –
10th Circuit Court of Appeals – Second Dismissal Vacated (2020)
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Utah District Court – Third Dismissal (Misinterpretation of Jana and Prevailing Authority)(2021)
– Federal Court of Claims (Jana) (Citation of Prevailing Authority)(1998) –
see also U.S. ex rel. Dugan v. ADT Security Services, Inc., WL 3232080, at *14, D. Md. (2009)
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10th Circuit Court of Appeals – Dismissal Affirmed (Misinterpretation of Jana, Harrison and Prevailing Authority)(2022)
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TIMELINE OF EVENTS
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Misuse of Water Rights Deeded to the Only Active Federal Military Cemetery Created by an Act of Congress for the Construction, Remediation & Expansion of the Legally and Technically Defunct Emigration Oaks Private Urban Development:
– Deed of the Sixtieth Congress of the United States to the Mount Olivet Cemetary (January 23, 1909) –
– Deed of the Mount Olivet Cemetery to the Boyer Land-Development Company (March 8, 1983) –
– Boyer & Mount Olivet Cemetery Land-Development Application (March 9, 1983) –
– Lead Contamination of Emigration Oaks PUD Water Source Nr. 1 (April 25, 1984) –
– Lead Contamination of Emigration Oaks PUD Water Source Nr. 2 (April 18, 1994) –
– Expansion of the Emigration Oaks PUD by Kem Gardner and W. Plumb III (September 22, 1999) –
– Utah State Deficiency Report of the Emigration Oaks PUD Water System (May 25, 2000) –
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Misappropriation of Federal Funds Administered under the Safe Drinking Water Act (“SDWA”) & False Claims Act (“FCA”) Violations:
– Commitment of Federal Funds and SDWA Loan Requirements (January 3, 2001) –
– R. Steve Creamer & EID Contract to Secure SDWA Loan Proceeds (December 14, 2001) –
– Installation of Water Lines Not Approved for Culinary Drinking by Land Developer R. Steve Creamer (May-June 2002) –
– Finding of No Significant Impact Contrary to Expert Reports of Groundwater Depletion & Contamination (August 5, 2002) –
– Award of Federal Funds to Land Developer R. Steve Creamer (September 30, 2002) –
– Refusal to Certify Federal Funds in Violation of SDWA Regulations (October 22, 2002) –
– SDWA Loan Extension (October 25, 2002) –
– Kem Gardner, W. Plumb III & EID Contract to Secure SDWA Loan Proceeds (November 14, 2002) –
– Undisclosed Payments to EID Chairman Hughes by Kem Gardner and W. Plumb III (March 6, 2003) –
– Waste Disposal by Energy Solutions Inc. CEO R. Steve Creamer & Structural Defects by Mayor Joe Smolka (October 2003) –
– Expiration of SDWA Temporary Operating Permit (February 1, 2004) –
– Final Release of Federal Funds for an Ineligible SDWA Project (September 29, 2004) –
– R. Steve Creamer & Emigration Oaks PUD Land-Development Agreement (February 13, 2013) –
– SDWA Loan Default (June 1, 2013) –
– Federal False Claims Act Complaint (September 26, 2014) –
– Misrepresentation of the SDWA Loan to the United States Department of Justice Impeding Federal Investigation (January 13, 2015) –
– Undisclosed Utah State Report of SDWA Loan Violation (July 30, 2015) –
– Community Letter Denying Lead Contamination of the Emigration Oaks PUD Water System (November 11, 2019) –
– Falsification of Government Records to Conceal SDWA Loan Violations (December 19, 2019) –
– Groundwater Depletion & Contamination Caused by Misappropriation of SDWA Loan Proceeds (June 16, 2020) –
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LEAD CONTAMINATION OF THE EMIGRATION OAKS PUD WATER SYSTEM
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Notification of Single Water User of the Emigration Oaks PUD Drinking Water System (October 29, 2019):
Public Denial of Lead Contamination of the EID Water System:
Salt Lake Tribune (November 8, 2019):
EID Community Letter Denying Lead Contamination of the EID Water System (November 11, 2019):
EID Lead Enhanced Consumer Notice
EID Trustee Chairman Michael Scott Hughes: Emigration Improvement District Had No Obligation to Report Lead Contamination To Water Users in 2016
Download Internal Email Correspondence to EID General Manager Eric Hawkes of the Simplifi Company Acknowledging Lead Contamination of the EID Water System
(November 7, 2016)
Lead Emails (Nov 2016 markup)
Internal Email Correspondence to EID General Manger Eric Hawkes of the Simplifi Company Reporting Lead Contamination of the EID Water System (January 10, 2017)
EID Public Trustee Meeting (June 11, 2020):
Internal Email Correspondence from EID General Manager Eric Hawkes of Simplifi Company to EID Trustees and Legal Counsel Jeremey R. Cook Acknowledging Lead Contamination of the EID Water System
(July 6, 2020)
EID Water Bill Prepared by Eric Hawkes of the Simplifi Company For Emigration Canyon Resident Previously Serviced by Private Well
EID Water Bill Prepared by Eric Hawkes of the Simplifi Company For Emigration Canyon Resident Not Connected to the EID Water System With Impaired Superior Water Rights
Sheya Water Bill
Protest Letter Filed Against EID’s Proposal for Construction of 500+ New Homes in Emigration Canyon in Violation of Federal Loan
Protest - Sheya (resubmitted)