EPA v. LIBERTY INDUSTRIAL FINISHING CORPORATION

Case summary

ON DEC. 13, 2001, EPA REGION II SIGNED AN ADMINISTRATIVE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 122(H)(1) OF CERCLA TO RECOVER EPA'S PAST COSTS AT THE LIBERTY INDUSTRIAL FINISHING SITE FROM THE RESPONDENT, THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THAT FACILITY. THE SITE, WHICH IS NOT LISTED ON THE NATIONAL PRIORITES LIST, BECAME CONTAMINATED THROUGH RESPONDENT'S OPERATION OF A METAL FINISHING BUSINESS BETWEEN 1978 AND 1997. EPA PERFORMED A REMOVAL ACTION AT THE SITE IN 1997 AND 1998 TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, STABILIZE, CHARACTERIZE, SAMPLE AND DISPOSE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES CONTAINED IN SOILS, SURROUNDING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS AND IN ABANDONED DRUMS, TANKS, AND DEBRIS AT THE SITE. RESPONDENT, WHICH IS DEFUNCT AND INSOLVENT, CEASED ALL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES IN 1997 AND HAS BEEN DISSOLVED BY PROCLAMATION OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF NEW YORK.

Defendants (1)

• LIBERTY INDUSTRIAL FINISHING COPRNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• LIBERTY INDUSTRIAL FININSHING CORPORATION

  550 SUFFOLK AVENUE, BRENTWOOD, NY, 11717

  Registry ID: 110000807459

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• LIBERTY INDUSTRIAL FINISHING CORPentered 2002-03-04

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2001-12-13Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2002-03-04Final Order Issued
• 2002-03-04Enforcement Action Closed
• 2002-03-06Enforcement Action Data Entered