EPA v. RHODE ISLAND SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
Cost recovery
$250,000
Case summary
ACTIVE SOLID WASTE LANDFILL WHICH ACCEPTED HAZARDOUS WASTES AT LEAST IN THE LATE 1970'S. OPENED AND OPERATED BY RHODE ISLAND SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION (RISWMC) WHICH WAS CREATED BY STATE STATUTE TO ADDRESS SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND. CONTAMINENTS INCLUDE VOLATIVE, SEMI-VOLATIVES, AND METALS FROM BOTH GENERAL LANDFILL AND HOT SPOT LOCATED ON EASTERN SECTION OF LANDFILL. CONTAMINATION HAS MIGRATED OFF- SITE VIA GROUNDWATER. ROD EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED BY 3/30/94 FOR SOURCE CONTROL OPERABLE UNIT ONE. MANAGEMENT OF MIGRATION WILL BE SUBJECT OF OPERABLE UNIT TWO ROD. RISWMC PERFORMING RI/FS FOR ALL OPERABLE UNITS PURSUANT TO A 1987 AOC.
Defendants (1)
- RHODE ISLAND SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT CORPNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (9)
RHODE ISLAND CENTRAL LANDFILL
65 SHUN PIKE, JOHNSTON, RI, 02919
Registry ID: 110007019190
RHODE ISLAND CENTRAL LANDFILL
65 SHUN PIKE, JOHNSTON, RI, 02919
Registry ID: 110007019190
RHODE ISLAND CENTRAL LANDFILL
65 SHUN PIKE, JOHNSTON, RI, 02919
Registry ID: 110007019190
RHODE ISLAND CENTRAL LANDFILL
65 SHUN PIKE, JOHNSTON, RI, 02919
Registry ID: 110007019190
RHODE ISLAND CENTRAL LANDFILL
65 SHUN PIKE, JOHNSTON, RI, 02919
Registry ID: 110007019190
RHODE ISLAND CENTRAL LANDFILL
65 SHUN PIKE, JOHNSTON, RI, 02919
Registry ID: 110007019190
RHODE ISLAND CENTRAL LANDFILL
65 SHUN PIKE, JOHNSTON, RI, 02919
Registry ID: 110007019190
RHODE ISLAND CENTRAL LANDFILL
65 SHUN PIKE, JOHNSTON, RI, 02919
Registry ID: 110007019190
RHODE ISLAND CENTRAL LANDFILL
65 SHUN PIKE, JOHNSTON, RI, 02919
Registry ID: 110007019190
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery
Enforcement conclusions (1)
RHODE ISLAND SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT CORPORATIONentered 1996-10-02
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (7 milestones)
- 1993-01-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1993-09-02PRN Sent
- 1996-05-23Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1996-07-16Final Order Lodged
- 1996-07-16Complaint Filed With Court
- 1996-10-02Final Order Entered
- 1996-10-02Concluded
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 270
- Case number
- 01-1993-0019
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- CER
- Branch
- ORC
- EPA region
- 01
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Cost Recovery
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 01-1993-0019 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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