EPA v. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO-HOUSATONIC RIVER SITE
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
Compliance action
$12,500,000
Case summary
EPA ISSUED A CERCLA 106A UNILATERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER TO GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY. THE UAO REQUIRED GE TO IMPLE- MENT INTERIM MEASURES,SUBMIT A DATA REPORT, PERFORM SOURCE CONTROL AND PERFORM CLEAN-UP MEASURES FOR THE TWO MILES OF THE HOUSATONIC RIVER IN PITTSFIELD, MA.
Defendants (1)
- GENERAL ELECTRIC CONamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
GE HOUSATONIC RIVER SUPERFUND SITE
EAST ST AREAS 1 & 2, PITTSFIELD, MA, 01201
Registry ID: 110013745947
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 106A — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order
Enforcement conclusions (1)
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO-HOUSATONIC RIVER SITEentered 1998-06-03
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1998-06-03Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1998-06-03Final Order Issued
- 1998-09-30Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2002-02-22Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 928
- Case number
- 01-1998-0121
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- CER
- Branch
- OES
- EPA region
- 01
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 01-1998-0121 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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