Feds sue ‘polluting’ LI tribe guy

A member of Long Island’s Shinnecock Indian Nation is being sued by the Trump administration for allegedly dumping construction waste on federal land.

Gordon Smith Sr., who lives on the government reservation in Southampton, has allegedly been dumping bricks, rebar, concrete and other debris into the area’s marshy wetlands, in violation of the Clean Water Act, since 2013.

The construction materials are polluting the ecosystem, charges the lawsuit, which was filed in Long Island federal court by the United States government.

The feds are asking a judge to bar Smith from dumping anything else into the water, which is considered part of the “waters of the United States.”

They also want the tribe member, 62, to pay out of pocket for alleged damage to the area and any civil penalties that may be levied.

“The Shinnecock Wetlands perform several ecological functions, including serving as wildlife habiitat, reducing wave energy, protecting the shoreline against erosion, and providing water quality improvement benefits to Heady Creek,” the suit reads.

The Environmental Protection Agency, at the request of the Shinnecock reservation’s council, tested Smith’s land in June 2016, papers state.

The EPA discovered the materials and charge that Smith never applied for the proper permits.

When asked for a list of the construction agencies he was involved with, Smith ignored the EPA, the suit alleges.

Smith could not be reached for comment.

Five Native American tribes filed suit against the Trump administration last year after Trump issued an executive order to reduce the boundaries of Southern Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument to make way for potential oil drilling.

That suit, which argues the president only has the power to create monuments, is still pending.