EPA v. ELY COPPER MINE

Case summary

The settling parties are Green Crow Corporation (Green Crow), owner of property overlying underground mine tunnels, and Dwight Hill Forest, LLC (Dwight Hill), a newly-created entity that will take title to the property currently owned by Ely Mine Forest, Inc. (EMFI). The proposed Settlement Agreement requires: (1) transfer of the EMFI property to Dwight Hill; (2) provision of access and imposition of institutional controls on a site-wide basis; (3) provision to EPA of a convenient source of borrow material, thereby saving EPA the cost of purchasing clean fill; and (4) maintenance and monitoring activities on the EMFI property.

Defendants (1)

• ELY COPPER MINE (SB)Named in settlement

Facilities (1)

• ELY COPPER MINE

  1515 S VERSHIRE RD, VERSHIRE, VT, 05079

  Registry ID: 110009347055

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 122H — Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement
• CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery
• CERCLA 106A — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ELY COPPER MINEentered 2016-04-25

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2016-04-25Final Order Issued
• 2016-06-30Enforcement Action Data Entered