EPA v. PUBLIC SERVICE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE-I

Case summary

08/23/89: THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ( PSCNH ) FILED FOR CHAPTER 11 REORGANIZATION PROCEEDINGS ON JANUARY 28, 1988. EPA HAS CLAIMS AGAINST PSCNH, PURSUANT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT, 42 U.S.C. S 9601 ET SEQ., AS A PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR GENERATING HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES WHICH WERE DISPOSED OF AT THE FOLLOWING NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST (NPL) SITES IN REGION I: THE DOVER LANDFILL SITE, LOCATED IN DOVER NEW HAMPSHIRE; THECOAKLEY LANDFILL SITE, LOCATED IN GREEN- LAND AND NORTH HAMPTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE; AND THE SOMERSWORTH LANDFILL SITE, LOCATED IN SOMERSWORTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE. EPA FILED A PROOF OF CLAIM TO PRESERVER THE UNITED STATES' CLAIMS FOR MONIES SPENT OR TO BE SPENT AS A RESULT OF RESPONSE ACTIONS PERFORMED OR TO BE PERFORMED BY EPA AT THE AFOREMENTIONED SITES. EPA HAS SPENT APPROXIMATELY $1.5 MILLION ON RESPONSE ACTIONS AT THE COAKLEY SITE, AND EXPECTS THAT THE COST OF THE OVERALL CLEANUP WILL BE BETWEEN $10-$15 MILLION. AT THE DOVER LANDFILL, PSCNH IS RESPONSIBLE (ALONG WITH WITH EIGHT OTHER PRPS) FOR PAYMENTOF $405,000 IN PAST COSTS, AND FOR PERFORMING THE SITE RI AND ULTIMATELY FOR THE CLEANUP OF THE SITE. AT THE SOMERSWORTH LANDFILL SITE, EPA HAS EXPENDED APPROXIAMTELY $750,000 IN RESPONSE COSTS AND ESTIMATES THAT THE COST OF THE CLEANUP WILL BE OVER $10 MILLION.

Defendants (1)

• PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRENamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (3)

• DOVER MUNICIPAL LANDFILL

  TOLEND RD, DOVER, NH, 03820

  Registry ID: 110009348713

• PUBLIC SERIVCE OF NEW HAMPSHIR

  157 MAIN ST, SOMERSWORTH, NH, 03878

  Registry ID: 110011906269

• COAKLEY LANDFILL

  480 BREAKFAST HILL RD, N HAMPTON, NH, 03862

  Registry ID: 110009341104

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• PUBLIC SERVICE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE-Ientered 1992-11-06

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (6 milestones)

• 1988-10-31Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1988-10-31Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1988-10-31Complaint Filed With Court
• 1992-11-06Final Order Lodged
• 1992-11-06Final Order Entered
• 1992-11-06Concluded