EPA v. MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & RECREATION
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION (DCR) OPERATES A DIVISION OF STATE PARKS AND RECREATION. THIS DIVISION OPERATES PEMBERTON PARK, AN APPROXIMATELY FIVE ACRE PARCEL THAT IS PART OF THE LAWRENCE STATE PARK LOCATED IN LAWRENCE, MA. FAILURE TO DETERMINE THAT SOILS EXCAVATED FROM ITS PEMBERTON PARK FACILITY WERE HAZARDOUS WASTE , RESULTED IN THE DISPOSAL OF 619 TONS (18 TRUCKLOADS) OF CADMIUM-CONTAMINATED HAZARDOUS WASTE IN AN OUT OF STATE FACILITY NOT PERMITTED TO ACCEPT HAZARDOUS WASTE.
Defendants (1)
- MASSACHUSETTS DEPT OF CONSERVATION & RECREATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
PEMBERTON STATE PARK
OFF CANAL STREET NEAR CENTRAL BRIDGE, LAWRENCE, MA, 01843
Registry ID: 110018910687
Statutes cited
- RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
Enforcement conclusions (1)
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & RECREATIONentered 2004-11-29
Primary law: RCRA
Federal penalty: $12,375 · SEP: $80,000
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2004-06-29Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2004-10-05Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2004-11-29Final Order Issued
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 130601
- Case number
- 01-2004-5023
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 01
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 01-2004-5023 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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