EPA v. City of New York
Final Order With Unspecified Cost Recovery
Case summary
On June 9, 2016, Region 2 entered into an Administrative Order and Settlement Agreement (AOC) with New York City relating to the Gowanus Canal Superfund Site, which is located in Brooklyn, New York. The AOC provides for the remedial design of a CSO storage tank at 2 locations, acquisition of property to site the tank, performance of a removal action to prepare the property for the installation of the tank, 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 122H — Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement
- CERCLA 122A — Agreement to Perform Work Under 104B
- CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery
- CERCLA 106A — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order
Enforcement conclusions (1)
City of New Yorkentered 2016-06-09
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2016-06-09Enforcement Action Closed
- 2016-06-09Final Order Issued
- 2016-06-13Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3600740745
- Case number
- 02-2016-2003
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 02
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 02-2016-2003 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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