EPA v. AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS

Case summary

CASE REGARDING THE GEMS LANDFILL SUPERFUND SITE IN GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. RECOMMENDING THE INITIATION OF A CIVIL ACTION, PURSUANT TO SECTION 107 OF CERCLA, TO RECOVER PAST COSTS AND TO OBTAIN A DECLARATORY JUDGMENT FOR FUTURE COSTS TO BE INCURRED BY THE U.S. EPA IN TAKING RESPONSE ACTIONS AT THE SITE. THE PROPOSED DEFENDANTS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: OWNER OF THE SITE; OPERATORS OF THE SITE; GENERATORS OF HAZ SUBSTANCES WHICH WERE DISPOSED OF AT THE SITE; AND TRANSPORTERS. ALL OF THE PROPOSED DEFENDANTS WERE NAMED IN A UAO ISSUED BY EPA IN 1988 FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE REMEDIAL ACTIONS NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT THE PHASE I COMPONENT OF THE REMEDY REQUIRED AT THE SITE PER THE ROD, WHICH WAS ISSUED SEPT. 27, 1988. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PHASE II COMPONENT OF THE REMEDY WHICH RELATES TO GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION AT THE SITE WAS NOT REQUIRED BY THE ORDER AND ITS DESIGN WILL BE UNDERTAKEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE USING STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS.

Defendants (45)

• ROHM & HAAS CONamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• AMERICAN CYANAMID CONamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• MONSANTO CO
• NL INDUSTRIESNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• SANDOZ PHARMACEUTICALS
• SCM CORP
• OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLASS CORPNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• PAISLEY PRODUCTS
• PARKER CHEMICAL
• POLYREZ DIVISION, ATOCHEM NORTH AMERICA
• PUBLIC SERVICE GAS & ELECTRIC
• SHELL OIL
• SPERRY RAND (UNISYS)
• THIOKOL CORP
• TRIANGLE PUBLICATIONS INC (NEWS PUBLIC.)
• UNIVERSAL OIL PRODUCTS (ALLIED SIGNAL)
• A.E. STALEY
• AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALSNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• AMADEI, ANTHONY
• AMERICAN CAN CO (AMERICAN NATIONAL CAN)
• AMERICAN INKS & COATINGS CORP
• ANTHONY AMADEI SAND & GRAVEL
• CONTINENTAL VANGUARD
• CROWN CORK & SEAL CONamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• DAUBERT INDUSTRIES, INC
• …and 20 more

Facilities (1)

• GEMS LANDFILL

  ERIAL & HICKSTOWN ROADS, GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ, 08012

  Registry ID: 110009300041

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC ET ALentered 1997-06-27

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (7 milestones)

• 1991-12-24PRN Sent
• 1991-12-24Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1992-07-06Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1992-09-02Complaint Filed With Court
• 1997-01-02Final Order Lodged
• 1997-06-27Final Order Entered
• 1997-06-27Concluded