EPA Lists Keams Canyon Public-Water Enforcement Docket as Closed
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has updated the enforcement record for the BIA Keams Canyon Public Water System, listing the docket as closed and the disposition as payment received.
The EPA record was last updated June 17, 2026. It concerns docket SDWA-09-2013-0001, a Safe Drinking Water Act penalty matter associated with the public water system serving the exact community of Keams Canyon.
What the record shows
The docket identifies the system as the BIA Keams Canyon Public Water System and lists its status as “closed.” Its disposition is listed as “payment received.” The record also lists an administrative filing dated September 19, 2013.
That timeline matters. The underlying enforcement action dates to 2013, while the current development is the EPA database’s June 17, 2026, status update. The update changes the current status displayed in the federal administrative record; it does not establish that a new enforcement action began in 2026.
The record does not announce a new contamination event, active violation, water outage or current drinking-water service disruption in Keams Canyon. It also does not provide a basis for concluding that payment receipt, by itself, proves current drinking-water compliance beyond the docket’s listed status.
What it means locally
For residents and other users of the BIA Keams Canyon Public Water System, the practical takeaway is that the federal enforcement docket is now recorded as closed rather than open. The entry provides a current status check on the system’s federal drinking-water enforcement history, but it is not a notice of a new service change.
The approved record does not provide the amount of the payment, describe the underlying alleged or established violations, or identify additional corrective work. Those details should not be inferred from the closed status or the “payment received” disposition.
Separate county record
A separate Navajo County tax report, dated July 23, 2026, identifies a parcel on the New Keams Canyon Highway. That county record supplies road and county-record context, but it does not establish a new development and does not change the EPA docket’s status.
As of the EPA update, the known next step is not a new hearing or deadline: the docket remains listed as closed. The federal record is the latest identified status for this historical enforcement matter.
Sources
- BIA Keams Canyon Public Water System EPA Administrative Enforcement Docket, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Navajo County Tax Report for Keams Canyon Highway Parcel, Navajo County, Arizona
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