EPA v. ARMSTRONG RUBBER COMPANY, ET AL

Case summary

THIS IS AN ACTION AGAINST EIGHT PARTIES WHO REFUSED TO ENTER (OR OTHERWISE DID NOT ENTER) THE CONSENT DECREE IN US V. THE B.F. GOODRICH COMPANY ET AL., CIVIL ACTION NO. N-87-286 (PCD) (D. CONN), ENTERED 09/15/87. UNDER THE CONSENT DECREE, THIRTY-TWO ALLEGED GENERATORS AGREED TO PERFORM THE ENTIRE REMEDIAL ACTION FOR THE BEACON HEIGHTS LANDFILL SUPERFUND SITE IN BEACON FALLS, CONNECTICUT, AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF APPROXIMATELY $22 MILLION. THIS REFERRAL SEEKS RECOVERY OF AT LEAST $1,823,169 IN PAST COSTS AND FUTURE OVERSIGHT COSTS THAT THE US WILL NOT RECOVER UNDER THE CONSENT DECREE, PLUS INTEREST AND ENFORCEMENT COSTS. THE BEACON HEIGHTS LANDFILL WAS USED FOR THE DUMPING OF A VARIETY OF MUNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL WASTES FROM THE EARLY 1950'S, AND PERHAPS EARLIER, UNTIL IT CLOSED IN JULY 1979. THE MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ARE THE ACTUAL AND POTEN-I TIAL CONTAMINATION OF GROUNDWATER, INCLUDING GROUNDWATER WHICH SUPPLIES RESIDENTIAL WELLS NEAR THE SITE, AND THE PO- TENTIAL FOR DIRECT CONTACT WITH LEACHATE SEEPS AND, POSSIBLY CONTAMINATED SOILS. EPA ITSELF PERFORMED THE RI/FS AND ISSUED THE RECORD OF DECISION ON 09/23/85. THE ROD SPECI- FIED A REMEDY CONSISTING OF EXTENDING THE MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY LINE TO 57 HOMES THAT CURRENTLY DEPEND ON PRIVATE WELLS, INSTALLING AN IMPERMEABLE CAP, COLLECTING AND TREAT- ING CONTAMINATED LEACHATE, AND LONG-TERM MONITORING. 10/25/88: ON , THE CASE WAS TRANSFERRED FROM JUDGE NEVAS TO JUDGE DORSEY. THE UNITED STATES HAS MOVED TO CONSOLIDATE THE CASE WITH U.S. V. MURTHA, CIVIL ACTION NO. N-87-74 (PCD) (D. CONN.), AN EXISTING ACTION AGAINST THE OWNER/OPERATOR OF THE BEACON HEIGHTS AND LAUREL PARK SITES. THE COURT HAS NOT ACTED ON THE MOTION.

Defendants (4)

• ARMSTRONG RUBBER COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• EASTERN COMPANY
• KERITE COMPANY
• \RIMERICA CORP.

Facilities (1)

• BEACON HEIGHTS LANDFILL

  300 BLACKBERRY HILL ROAD, BEACON FALLS, CT, 06403

  Registry ID: 110009271983

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107 — Superfund

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ARMSTRONG RUBBER COMPANYentered 1999-09-22

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (8 milestones)

• 1988-09-15Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1988-09-15Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1988-09-21Referred TO U.S. Attorney
• 1988-09-22Complaint Filed With Court
• 1998-06-30Final Order Lodged
• 1999-09-22Final Order Entered
• 1999-09-22Enforcement Action Closed
• 1999-09-22Concluded