EPA v. SOLVENTS RECOVERY SV

Case summary

SOLVENTS RECOVERY SERVICES OF NEW ENGLAND, INC AND LORI ENGNRNG CO - SOUTHINGTON, CT FILED 12/17/79, CIVIL ACTION #H79-704, US DISTRICT CT FOR THE DISTRICT OF CT COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT ACTIVITIES OF SOLVNTS RECOVRY SERVICE OF NEW ENG, INC. HAVE RESULTED IN CONTAMINAT'N OF AN AQUIFER USED AS A PUBLIC DRINKING WATER SUPPLY. SOLVNTS RECOVERY ACCEPTS WASTE PRODUCTS FROM NEW ENG. INDUSTRIES, DISTILLS THE WASTES, RECOVERS THE USABLE CHEM, AND RETURNS THE CHEM TO INDUSTRY FOR REUSE. SINCE 1955, SOLVNTS RECOVRY HAS TEMPORARILY STORED DISTILLED & UNDISTILLED CHEM WSTES IN DRUMS ON ITS PROPERTY. THESE DRUMS,PLACED ON BARE GRND UNTIL 1979 HAVE LEAKED WSTES ONTO & INTO THE GRND. SOLVNTS RECOVRY HAS DIRECTLY DISPOSED OF MIL OF GAL OF CHEM WSTS DIRECTLY ONTO THE GRND & INTO UNLINED LAGOONS. THE LAGOONS WERE DRAINED IN 1967, BUT SUBSTANTIAL AMNTS OF POLLUTANTS MAY REMAIN IN THE SOIL. COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT THESE ACTIONS HAVE RESULTED IN PERCOLATION OF WSTES THRU SOIL, CONTAMINATING UNDERLYING GRNDWTR. THE GRNDWTR MIGRATES SOUTHEASTERLY IN THE DIRECTION OF THE CONTAMINATED WTR SUPPLY. COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT WSTE MIGRATION FROM SOLVNTS RECOVERY OPERAT'NS HAS RESULTED IN POLLUTANT DISCHARGES VIA A STORM DRAIN INTO A TRIBUTARY OF THE QUINNIPIAC RIVER. SOLVNTS RECOVRY DOESN'T HAVE A NPDES PERMIT (APPLICAT'N WAS MADE IN 1979), & IS THEREBY IN VIOLATION OF PROVISIONS OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT. CASE PLAN: TRIAL COMMENCES 11/30/82 ON FINAL PROPOSED CD RECEIVED 11/23/82 FOR REVIEW.

Defendants (2)

• LORI ENGINEERING COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• SOLVENTS RECOVERY SERVICE OF NEW ENGLANDNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• SOLVENTS RECOVERY SERVICE OF NEW ENGLAND

  114 LAZY LN, SOUTHINGTON, CT, 06489

  Registry ID: 110000611017

Statutes cited

• RCRA 7003 — Imminent Order: Solid or Hazardous Waste

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• SOLVENTS RECOVERY SERVICEentered 1983-02-23

  Primary law: RCRA

  Federal penalty: $69,778

Timeline (7 milestones)

• 1979-11-19Referred To Headquarters
• 1979-11-26Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1979-12-06Referred TO U.S. Attorney
• 1979-12-17Complaint Filed With Court
• 1983-02-23Final Order Lodged
• 1983-02-23Final Order Entered
• 1983-02-23Concluded