EPA v. ALLIED WASTE SYSTEMS INC ET AL

Case summary

ON NOV. 9, 2001, EPA REGION II SIGNED AN ADMINISTRATIVE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT PURSUANT OT SECTION 122(H)(1) OF CERCLA TO RECOVER EPA'S PAST RESPONSE COSTS AT THE RAMAPO LDF SITE FROM FIFTEEN PARTIES. THE SITE IS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST, AND INCLUDES A 96-ACRE PROPERTY WHICH WAS OPERATED AS A MUNICIPAL LDF FROM 1971 THROUGH THE END OF 1983, AND THEREAFTER, UNTIL 1989, AS A CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS LANDFILL. BETWEEN 1976 AND 1978, THE LANDFILL WAS OPERATED BY PERSONS WHO USED THE LANDFILL FOR THE UNAUTHORIZED DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS WASTES. WATER SUPPLY WELLS SERVING A POPULATION OF OVER 200,000 ARE LOCATED IN THE AREA OF THE SITE AND LEACHATE EMANATING FROM THE LANDFILL CONTAMINATED SOME OF THOSE WATER RESOURCES. THE REMEDIAL ACTION WHICH INCLUDED THE INSTALLATION OF A CAP AT THE SITE, AS WELL AS THE INSTALLATION OF GW EXTRAVATION WELLS TO SUPPLEMENT AN EXISTING LEACHATE COLLECTION SYSTEM, WAS COMPLETED IN 1997 BY THE SITE OWNER-OPERATOR PURSUANT TO AN ADM ORDER ISSUED TO IT BY NYS. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE IS ONGOING. THE SETTLEMENT WAS WITH FIFTEEN PARTIES, TWELVE OF WHOM ARRANGED FOR THE DISPOSAL OF WASTES AT THE SITE, TWO OF WHOM TRANSPORTED WASTES TO THE SITE, AND ONE OF WHOM WAS AN OPERATOR OF THE SITE.

Defendants (15)

• INTERNATIONAL PAPER CONamed in settlement
• NEPERA INCNamed in settlement
• ALLIED WASTE SYSTEMS INCNamed in settlement
• AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORPNamed in settlement
• AVON PRODUCTS INCNamed in settlement
• BEAZER EAST INC FKA KOPPERS INDUSTIRESNamed in settlement
• FORD MOTOR COMPANYNamed in settlement
• FRANCO, CARMAINENamed in settlement
• GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITALNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• IBMNamed in settlement
• LEDERLE LABORATORIES INCNamed in settlement
• ORANGE AND ROCKLAND UNTILITIES INCNamed in settlement
• PNEUMO ABEX CORPNamed in settlement
• RAMAPO LAND CO INCNamed in settlement
• WASTE MANAGEMENT OF NEW YORK LICNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• RAMAPO LANDFILL

  237 ROUTE 59, RAMAPO, NY, 10931

  Registry ID: 110008004060

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 122H — Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ALLIED WASTE SYSTEMS INC ET ALentered 2002-01-14

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2001-11-09Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2002-01-14Final Order Issued
• 2002-01-14Enforcement Action Closed
• 2002-01-15Enforcement Action Data Entered