EPA v. Alliant Techsystems Inc

Case summary

From 1955 through 1970, operations of a manufacturer of solid rocket fuel contaminated the soil at the facility now know as the Denville Technical Park. This contaminated soil is a source of groundwater contamination and has contaminated the Rockaway Township Wellfield. The rocket fuel manufacturer is defunct but a successor, the Respondent, has agreed to assume responsibility for remediating soil and groundwater contamination at the Denville Technical Park facility and paying EPA future non-RD/RA oversight costs. The Respondent has agreed to a series of demand letters, and its predecessors paid all EPA past costs that were not RD/RA oversight costs (The Third Circuit has ruled that parties are not liable under CERCLA for those costs). In this agreement, the Respondent agreed to pay future non-RD/RA oversight costs and to waive a possible future Statute of Limitations defense if the law should change of EPA must require additional work.

Defendants (1)

• Alliant Techsystems IncNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP WELLFIELD SITE

  EXTENDS ACROSS MANY STREETS, ROCKAWAY, NJ, 07866

  Registry ID: 110007925077

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Alliant Techsystems Inc.entered 2002-07-18

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2002-05-06Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2002-07-18Enforcement Action Closed
• 2002-07-18Final Order Issued
• 2002-10-11Enforcement Action Data Entered