EPA v. CHEMICAL LEAMAN TANK LINES, INC

Case summary

THIS IS A REFERRAL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REQUESTING THE APPROVAL, SIGNATURE AND SIMULTANEOUS LODGING OF A COMPLAINT AND A JUDICIAL CONSENT DECREE REGARDING THE LEAMAN TANK LINES SUPERFUND SITE LOCATED IN LOGAN TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY UNDER CERCLA 106A. THE SITE INCLUDES AN ACTIVE INDUSTRIAL TERMINAL USED FOR THE DISPATCHING, STORAGE, MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING OF TANKER TRUCKS AND TRAILERS; AND FALLOW FARMLAND AND THE WETLANDS ADJACENT THE CHEMICAL LEAMAN TERMINAL. CHEMICAL LEAMAN TRANSPORTS CHEMICAL COMMODITIES IN BULK QUANTITIES, SOME OF WHICH ARE CLASSIFIED AS HAZARDOUS. THE TERMINAL HAS BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE 1961. PAST WASTEWATER HANDLING AND DISPOSAL PRACTICES AT THE SITE RESULTED IN ORGANIC AND INORGANIC CONTAMINATION OF SOIL, GROUNDWATER AND THE ADJACENT WETLANDS. THE CONSENT DECREE REQUIRED CHEMICAL LEAMAN TO UNDERTAKE OPERABLE UNIT I, TREATMENT OF THE GROUNDWATER CONTAMINANT PLUME AT THE SITE, AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF APPROXIMATELY $5.4 MILLION. IN ADDITION, THE CD PROVIDES FOR REIM- BURSEMENT BY CHEMICAL LEAMAN OF $714,579.05 IN PAST RESPONSE COSTS, AN AMOUNT $100,00 LESS THAN THE TOTAL PAST RESPONSE COSTS INCURRED BY THE U.S. WITH REGARD TO OPERABLE UNIT I. THIS SETTLEMENT FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE REMEDY AND PAY- MENT OF $714,579.05 IN PAST RESPONSE COSTS AND ALL FUTURE OVERSIGHT COSTS, WILL RECOVER OR AVOID OVER 98.4% OF TOTAL RESPONSE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH OPERABLE UNIT I. THIS CD WITH ORIGINAL SIGNATURE PAGES HAS BEEN SIGNED BY CHEMICAL LEAMAN AND BY EPA REGION II OFFICIALS. EPA'S OE HAS BEEN KEPT APPRISED OF THE NEGOTIATIONS WHICH RESULTED IN THE CD AND DOJ REPRESENTATIVES HAVE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN THOSE NEGOTIATIONS. * FACILITY ADDRESS: OAK GROVE ROAD AND CEDAR SWAMP ROAD LOGAN TOWNSHIP, NJ 08014 * OWNERSHIP: PRIVATE RECEIVED $35,000 FROM CHEMICAL LEAMAN TANK ON 06/04/93 ACCORDING TO THE SUPERFUND TRUST FUND REPORT. * 2Q99 - REASSIGNED CONTACT FROM K. LINK, TO FARNAZ SAGHAFI AT 212-637-4408 * 3Q2002: CD REMAINS IN COMPLIANCE AND WORK IS ON-GOING. *

Defendants (1)

• CHEMICAL LEAMAN TANK LINES, INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (4)

• QUALITY CARRIERS INCORPORATED

  CEDAR SWAMP ROAD, BRIDGEPORT, NJ, 08014

  Registry ID: 110002043887

• QUALITY CARRIERS INCORPORATED

  CEDAR SWAMP ROAD, BRIDGEPORT, NJ, 08014

  Registry ID: 110002043887

• QUALITY CARRIERS INCORPORATED

  CEDAR SWAMP ROAD, BRIDGEPORT, NJ, 08014

  Registry ID: 110002043887

• QUALITY CARRIERS INCORPORATED

  CEDAR SWAMP ROAD, BRIDGEPORT, NJ, 08014

  Registry ID: 110002043887

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 106A — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• CHEMICAL LEAMAN TANK LINEentered 1991-09-05

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (6 milestones)

• 1990-09-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1991-04-17Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1991-06-17Complaint Filed With Court
• 1991-09-05Concluded
• 1991-09-05Final Order Lodged
• 1991-09-05Final Order Entered