EPA v. AGWAY ET. AL.
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
Cost recovery
$1,415,069
Compliance action
$5,000,000
Case summary
FACILITY: POLLUTION ABATEMENT SERVICES, OSWEGO, NY POLLUTION ABATEMENT SERVICES FACILITY OPERATED A HIGH TEMPERTURE LIQUID CHEMICAL WASTE INCINERATOR FROM 1970 TO 1977. DURING THIS PERIOD, NUMEROUS DRUMS CONTAINING A VARIETY OF CHEMICAL WASTE FROM NUMEROUS GENERATORS, WHICH INCLUDED HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECT. 101(14) OF CERCLA, 42 WASTES CONTAINING HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES WERE ALSO STORED IN LAGOONS OR TANKS AT THE SITE. 146 (PROPOSED DEFENDANTS) 09/30/92 - PRE-REFERRAL LITIGATION REPORT SENT. * 09/29/97 - REFERRED CD TO DOJ FOR SIGNATURE; LODGING & ENTRY 01/22/98 - COMPLAINT FILED AND CD LODGED ? -DATE - AMENDED COMPLAINT FILED 08/10/98 - CD ENTERED BY THE COURT. 09/28/99 - TELEPHONIC REFERRAL TO DOJ (AMENDMENT ENTERED) 01/21/00 - COMPLAINT FILED & CD LODGED (CORNELL UNIVERSITY). 04/17/00 - CD ENTERED CTNO DIFFERENT 00-CV-0121.
Defendants (82)
- ASHLAND CHEMICALNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- CECOS INTERNATIONAL INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- CORNELL UNIVERSITYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- JONES CHEMICALS INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- MOBIL OIL CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- PFIZER INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- SAFETY KLEEN ENVIROSYSTEMS CONamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- TEXACO INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- UNION CARBIDE CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- WR GRACE & CONamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- AGWAY INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- ALLIED SIGNAL INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- AMERICAN STANDARD INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- AMF INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- CHEMCOAT INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- AMOCO OILNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- ATLANTIC RICHFIELDNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- AZON CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- BAYER CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- NEWCUTNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- NOCO ENERGY CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- …and 57 more
Facilities (1)
POLLUTION ABATEMENT SERVICES
55 SENECA ST, OSWEGO, NY, 13126
Registry ID: 110009260806
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery
- CERCLA 106A — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order
Enforcement conclusions (2)
CORNELL UNVIERSITYentered 2000-04-17
Primary law: CERCLA
AGWAY ET ALentered 1998-08-10
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (7 milestones)
- 1993-09-30Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1993-09-30PRN Sent
- 1997-09-29Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1998-01-22Complaint Filed With Court
- 2000-01-21Final Order Lodged
- 2000-04-17Final Order Entered
- 2000-04-17Concluded
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 4817
- Case number
- 02-1993-0188
- DOJ docket
- 90-11-2-2A& 2/3
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- CER
- Branch
- NYSUP
- EPA region
- 02
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Cost Recovery
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 02-1993-0188 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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