EPA v. Alcan Aluminum Corporation

Case summary

EPA requests the initiation of a civil action against three parties pursuant to Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. Section 9607(a). Two Defendants were generators of hazardous wastes who sent wastes to the Site. The third Defendant was a prior owner and operator of the Quanta Resources Corporation Site. The proposed civil action would seek reimbursement of EPA's past costs incurred in conducting a series of removal actions in connection with the Site, which consisted of an abandoned waste oil processing facility on .75 acres. A number of companies owned and operated by proposed Defendant conducted waste oil processing at the Site from the late 1950s until the early 1980s. In 1982, Quanta filed for bankruptcy, abandoned the Site and dissolved. Sloppy waste handling, leaking tanks and containers, as well as vandalism resulted in releases and threatened releases of hazardous substances at and from the Quanta facility.

Defendants (3)

• Mahler, RussellNamed in complaint
• Alcan Aluminum CorporationNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• Consolidated Rail Coporation

Facilities (1)

• QUANTA RESOURCES SITE USEPA REGION 2

  2802-2810 LODI ST, SYRACUSE, NY, 13208

  Registry ID: 110000738989

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Alcan Aluminum Corporationentered 2007-08-23

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (8 milestones)

• 2002-12-30Referred To Headquarters
• 2002-12-30Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 2003-01-08Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2003-06-19Complaint Filed With Court
• 2007-07-11Final Order Lodged
• 2007-08-23Final Order Entered
• 2007-08-23Concluded
• 2008-09-18Enforcement Action Closed