EPA v. WINTHROP STREET DRUMS SUPERFUND SITE / ZENECA INC

Case summary

May 26, 2010 administrative settlement agreement and order on consent requiring performance of a removal action at the Winthrop Street Drums Site in North Dighton, Massachusetts. The settlement requires three potentially responsible parties (PRPs) identified by EPA, namely, Zeneca Inc., Waste Management Disposal Services of Massachusetts, Inc., and the Barbara Gustafson Trust, to complete a removal action which includes, among other things, a geophysical survey to determine the extent of buried drums and contamination at the site, identification of hazardous substances located there, and the removal of known hazardous substances to a licensed off-site disposal facility. EPA estimates the cost of the removal at approximately $1.8million. The settlement also requires PRPs to reimburse EPA for over $93,000 in past costs incurred at the site and to pay all future costs in the event the PRPs fail to complete the clean-up and EPA is required to take over the work.

Defendants (3)

• ZENECA INCNamed in settlement
• BARBARA GUSTAFSON TRUSTNamed in settlement
• WASTE MANAGEMENT DISPOSAL SERVICES OF MASS. INCNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• WINTHROP STREET DRUM

  2357 WINTHROP STREET, NORTH DIGHTON, MA, 027641015

  Registry ID: 110040319615

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 106A — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ZENECA INC/WINTHROP STREET DRUMS SUPERFUND SITEentered 2010-05-26

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2010-05-26Final Order Issued
• 2010-05-28Enforcement Action Data Entered