EPA v. Giove Funeral Home, Inc.

Case summary

III. JURISDICTIONAL STATEMENTS 1) Giove Funeral Home, Inc. (“Respondent”) is a Person within the meaning of Section 1401(12) of the SDWA, 42 U.S.C. 300f(12). 2) Respondent owns and/or operates a facility located at 640 Middle Country Road, Middle Island, NY11784. 3) There is a Class V injection well at the facility, as defined at 40 C.F.R. 144.6(e) and 144.80(e). 4) The facility’s injection well(s) discharge into or above an aquifer that meets the definition of an Underground Source of Drinking Water (“USDW”). The facility discharges wastewaters into or above the Long Island Sole Source Aquifer, a USDW. 5) Wastewater from funeral home prep rooms typically contain wastes such as phenol and formaldehyde as well as bodily fluids that can pose a threat to human health if ingested in drinking water 6) Based on the above, Respondent is subject to the requirement of th UIC program established pursuant to the SDWA. 7) EPA issued a Notice of Violation and proposed Administrative Order for Compliance on February 1, 2007. 8) The public notice of the Proposed Order was published on the EPA Region 2 website for thirty days, from February 9, 2007 until March 11, 2007.

Defendants (1)

• Giove Funeral Home, Inc.Named in settlement

Facilities (1)

• GIOVE FUNERAL HOME

  1000 MIDDLE COUNTRY ROAD, SELDEN, NY, 11784

  Registry ID: 110028195227

Statutes cited

• SDWA 1421 — UIC Regulations
• SDWA 1422/1423 — UIC Regulations Classes I - V

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Giove Funeral Home, Inc.entered 2007-04-27

  Primary law: SDWA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2007-04-27Enforcement Action Closed
• 2007-04-27Final Order Issued
• 2007-06-27Enforcement Action Data Entered