EPA v. International Business Machines Corp.
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
Case summary
The Defendant will perform a cleanup and reimburse EPA for past costs at the Shenandoah Road Groundwater Contamination Superfund site in East Fishkill, New York. The site was previously used as an industrial cleaning operation involving the Defendant's equipment. Chemicals used at the site were disposed of in a septic tank and pit on the property. Tests showed that 60 residential drinking water wells in the area exceeded acceptable levels for tetrachloroethene (PCE) and trichloroethene, which are volatile organic chemicals used in industrial solvents.
Defendants (1)
- International Business Machines Corp.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
SHENANDOAH ROAD GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION
SHENANDOAH RD & BURBANK RD, SEYMOUR LANE, EAST FISHKILL, NY, 12533
Registry ID: 110009304001
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery
- CERCLA 106A — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order
Enforcement conclusions (1)
International Business Machines Corp.entered 2014-07-07
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (7 milestones)
- 2013-04-05PRN Sent
- 2013-04-10Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2013-09-27Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 2014-02-14Final Order Lodged
- 2014-02-14Complaint Filed With Court
- 2014-07-07Concluded
- 2014-07-07Final Order Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3400095097
- Case number
- 02-2013-0001
- Lead agency
- EPA
- Branch
- NYSUP
- EPA region
- 02
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Cost Recovery
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 02-2013-0001 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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