EPA v. PETERSON/PURITAN SEACONCKE WAMPANOAG TRIBE

Case summary

ON JUNE 30, 2008, EPA ISSUED AN ORDER FOR ACCESS ( ORDER) TO SEACONCKE WAMPOANOAG TRIBE-WAMPANOAG NATION INC. (RESPONDENT), A RHODE ISALND 501(c)(3) NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION. THE RESPONDENT RECEIVED BY GIFT TTWO PARCELS LOCATED IN THE PETERSON/PURITAN, INC. SUPERFUND SITE IN DECEMBER 2006. ONE OF THE PARCELS IS TEH J.M. MILLS LANDFILL. BEGINNING IN JUNE 2007, NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS (WRITTEN AND IN PERSON) WERE MADE BY THE PORTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTIES AND EPA TO OBTAIN THE RESPONDENT'S WRITTEN CONSENT FOR ACCESS TO THE PROPERTIES. THE RESPONDENT NEVER SIGNED EPA's ACCESS AGREEMENT LEAVING EPA WITH ON OTHER OPTION THAN TO ISSUE THE ORDER. PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE ORDER, 10 BUSINESS DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE RECEIPT BY THE RESPONDENT, THE ORDER SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.

Defendants (1)

• sEACONCKE WAMPONAOG TRIBE-WAMPANOAG NATION INC.Named in settlement

Facilities (1)

• PETERSON PURITAN SUPERFUND SITE

  31 MARTIN STREET, CUMBERLAND, RI, 02864

  Registry ID: 110071099838

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 104E3 — Entry Access

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• PETERSON/PURITAN SEACONCKE WAMPANOAG TRIBEentered 2008-06-30

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2008-06-30Final Order Issued
• 2008-09-09Enforcement Action Data Entered