EPA v. City of New York

Case summary

Region 2 entered into an Administrative Order and Settlement Agreement (AOC) with the Respondent relating to the Gowanus Canal Superfund Site, which is located in Brooklyn, New York. As a result of years of discharges, storm water runoff, sewer outflows and industrial pollutants, the Canal is extensively contaminated with PCBs, coal tar wastes, heavy metals and volatile organics. The AOC provides for the installation and sampling of groundwater monitoring wells at Respondent’s former properties along the Gowanus Canal in support of the EPA’s ongoing remedial investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS). The AOC also provides for the performance of additional work that may be identified by the parties to support EPA’s RI/FS, and for reimbursement of EPA’s oversight costs.

Defendants (1)

• City of New YorkNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• GOWANUS CANAL

  BUTLER ST (BETWEEN BOND ST AND NEVINS ST, BROOKLYN, NY, 11231

  Registry ID: 110033604197

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery
• CERCLA 122A — Agreement to Perform Work Under 104B

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• City of New Yorkentered 2010-04-29

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2010-04-29Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2010-04-29Enforcement Action Closed
• 2010-04-29Final Order Issued