FMC operated an elemental phosphorus plant on fee land within the Shoshone Bannock Fort Hall Reservation for over 50 years, generating approximately 22 million tons of radioactive, carcinogenic, and poisonous waste, according to the court. The EPA declared the plant and storage area a Superfund site and charged FMC with violating the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. A consent decree settling that suit required FMC to obtain permits from the tribes.
FMC and...