{"id":9735,"date":"2022-11-28T16:58:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T23:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=9735"},"modified":"2023-01-11T15:30:57","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T22:30:57","slug":"10th-circuit-court-of-appeal-order","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=9735","title":{"rendered":"Order Affirming Dismissal & Circuit Split \/ Federal Safe Drinking Water Act Violations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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10th Circuit Court of Appeals – First Dismissal Vacated (2017)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n

–<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>UNANIMOUS DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT (2019)<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0–<\/span><\/h3>\r\n

10th Circuit Court of Appeals – Second Dismissal Vacated (2020)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Utah District Court – Third Dismissal<\/a>\u00a0 (<\/span><\/strong>Misinterpretation o<\/span>f<\/span> Jana<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/em><\/span>and Prevailing Authority)(2021)<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\r\n

– \u00a0\u00a0Federal Court of Claims (Jana<\/em><\/span>) (Citation of Prevailing Authority)(1998)<\/a> \u00a0 –<\/span><\/h3>\r\n

see also <\/a><\/span>U.S. ex rel. Dugan v. ADT Security Services, Inc., <\/a><\/span><\/em>WL 3232080, at *14, D. Md. (2009)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n

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10th Circuit Court of Appeals – Dismissal Affirmed<\/span><\/a> (Misinterpretation of <\/span>Jana<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong>,\u00a0<\/i>Harrison<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/i>and Prevailing Authority)(2022)<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\r\n

Order - 10th Cir<\/a><\/p>\r\n

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TIMELINE OF EVENTS<\/span><\/h1>\r\n

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Misuse of Water Rights Deeded to the Only Active Federal Military Cemetery Created<\/span><\/a>\u00a0by an<\/span>\u00a0Act of Congress<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>for the <\/span>Construction, Remediation & Expansion of the Legally and Technically Defunct\u00a0Emigration Oaks Private Urban Development<\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/h1>\r\n

– \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Deed of the Sixtieth Congress of the United States to the Mount Olivet Cemetary<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0(January 23, 1909) \u00a0 –<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

– \u00a0 <\/span>Deed of the Mount Olivet\u00a0Cemetery<\/span>\u00a0to the Boyer Land-Development Company<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 (March 8, 1983) \u00a0 –<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

– \u00a0 <\/span>Boyer & Mount Olivet\u00a0Cemetery<\/span>\u00a0Land-Development Application<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 (March 9, 1983) \u00a0 –<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

– \u00a0 <\/span>Lead Contamination of Emigration Oaks PUD Water Source Nr. 1<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0(April 25, 1984) \u00a0 –<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

– \u00a0 <\/span>Lead Contamination of Emigration Oaks PUD Water Source Nr. 2<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0(April 18, 1994) \u00a0 –<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

– \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Expansion of the Emigration Oaks PUD<\/span><\/a>\u00a0by<\/span>\u00a0Kem Gardner<\/a><\/span> and<\/span> W. Plumb III<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0(September 22, 1999) \u00a0 –<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

–<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0Utah State Deficiency Report of the Emigration Oaks PUD Water System<\/a><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(May 25, 2000) \u00a0 –<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

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Misappropriation of Federal Funds Administered under the Safe Drinking Water Act (“SDWA”) &\u00a0<\/span>False Claims Act (“FCA”) Violations:<\/span><\/h1>\r\n

– \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Commitment of\u00a0Federal<\/span>\u00a0Funds and SDWA Loan Requirements<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(January 3, 2001) \u00a0 –<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

–\u00a0 \u00a0R. Steve Creamer<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0EID Contract to Secure SDWA Loan Proceeds<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0(December 14, 2001) \u00a0 –<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n

– \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Installation of\u00a0Water<\/span>\u00a0Lines Not Approved for Culinary Drinking<\/span><\/a>\u00a0by <\/span>Land Developer R. Steve Creamer<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 (May-June 2002) \u00a0 –<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\r\n

–<\/span> \u00a0 <\/span>Finding of No Significant\u00a0Impact<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Contrary to\u00a0<\/span>Expert Reports of Groundwater\u00a0Depletion<\/span>\u00a0& Contamination<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0(August 5, 2002) \u00a0 –<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

– \u00a0 Award of Federal Funds <\/a><\/span>to Land Developer R. Steve Creamer<\/span><\/a> <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0(September 30, 2002) \u00a0 –<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

– \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Refusal to Certify Federal Funds<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>in Violation of<\/span>\u00a0SDWA Regulations<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 (October 22, 2002) \u00a0 –<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

–<\/span> \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0SDWA Loan Extension<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0(October 25, 2002)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0–<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

– \u00a0 Kem Gardner<\/a>, <\/span>W.\u00a0Plumb III<\/span><\/a> & <\/span>EID Contract to Secure SDWA Loan Proceeds<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0(November 14, 2002) \u00a0 –<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

–<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0Undisclosed Payments<\/a>\u00a0to<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>EID Chairman Hughes<\/span><\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<\/span>Kem Gardner<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>W. Plumb III<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0(March 6, 2003) \u00a0 <\/span>–<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

– \u00a0\u00a0 Waste Disposal<\/a> by Energy Solutions Inc. CEO R. Steve Creamer<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0&<\/span>\u00a0Structural <\/u><\/span><\/span>Defects<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>by<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Mayor Joe\u00a0Smolka<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(October 2003) \u00a0\u00a0–<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

– \u00a0\u00a0Expiration of SDWA Temporary Operating Permit<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0(February 1, 2004) \u00a0 –<\/span><\/h4>\r\n

– \u00a0 <\/span>Final Release of\u00a0Federal<\/span>\u00a0Funds<\/span><\/a>\u00a0for an <\/span>Ineligible SDWA\u00a0<\/span>Project<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0(September 29, 2004) \u00a0 –<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

– \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>R. Steve Creamer<\/span><\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0Emigration Oaks PUD Land-Development Agreement<\/a><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(February 13, 2013) \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>–<\/span><\/h4>\r\n

– \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>SDWA Loan Default<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0(June 1, 2013)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0 –<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

–\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0Federal False Claims Act Complaint<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 (September 26, 2014)\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0–<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n

– \u00a0 <\/span>Misrepresentation of the SDWA Loan\u00a0<\/span>to the United States Department of Justice Impeding\u00a0Federal<\/span>\u00a0Investigation<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0(January 13, 2015) \u00a0 –<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

– \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Undisclosed Utah State Report of SDWA Loan Violation<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(July 30, 2015) \u00a0 –<\/span><\/h4>\r\n

– \u00a0 Community Letter<\/a><\/span>\u00a0Denying\u00a0Lead Contamination of the Emigration Oaks PUD Water System<\/a><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(November 11, 2019) \u00a0 –<\/span><\/h4>\r\n

– <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0Falsification<\/u><\/span><\/span>\u00a0of Government Records to Conceal SDWA Loan Violations<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(December 19, 2019) \u00a0 –<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

– <\/span> Groundwater\u00a0Depletion<\/span>\u00a0& Contamination<\/a><\/span>\u00a0Caused by\u00a0<\/span>Misappropriation of SDWA Loan Proceeds<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(June 16, 2020) \u00a0 –<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

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LEAD CONTAMINATION OF THE EMIGRATION OAKS PUD WATER SYSTEM<\/span><\/h1>\r\n

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Notification of Single Water User\u00a0<\/span>of the Emigration Oaks PUD Drinking Water System<\/a> <\/span><\/span>(October 29, 2019):<\/span><\/h2>\r\n

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Public Denial of<\/span> Lead Contamination of the EID Water System<\/a>:<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\r\n

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Salt Lake Tribune (November 8, 2019)<\/a>:<\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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EID Community Letter\u00a0Denying Lead Contamination of the EID Water System<\/a><\/span> (November 11, 2019):<\/span><\/h2>\r\nEID Lead Enhanced Consumer Notice<\/a>\r\n

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EID Trustee Chairman Michael Scott Hughes<\/a><\/span>: Emigration Improvement District Had No Obligation to Report Lead Contamination To Water Users in 2016<\/span><\/h2>\r\n

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Download Internal Email Correspondence<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to EID General Manager <\/span>Eric Hawkes<\/a> <\/span>of the Simplifi Company <\/span><\/span>Acknowledging Lead Contamination of the EID Water System<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\r\n

(November 7, 2016)<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\r\nLead Emails (Nov 2016 markup)<\/a>\r\n

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Internal Email Correspondence to EID General Manger Eric Hawkes<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>of the Simplifi Company Reporting Lead Contamination of the EID Water System<\/a><\/span> (January 10, 2017)<\/span><\/h2>\r\n

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EID Public Trustee Meeting (June 11, 2020):<\/span><\/h2>\r\n