EPA v. Lowe's Home Centers, LLC
Final Order No Penalty
Case summary
On February 7, 2023, Region 2 entered into Administrative Order and Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent for a Removal Action, Index No. CERCLA-02-2023-2002 (Settlement Agreement), under CERCLA with Respondent, for the upgrade of an aging bulkhead and treatment of separated stormwater at the Gowanus Canal Superfund Site in Brooklyn, New York. This is one in a series of new bulkheads needed to provide structural support for the dredging and capping of the Canal, which began in November 2020 and is ongoing. The Settlement Agreement also requires the Respondent to operate and maintain a treatment unit for separated stormwater discharging from the property into the Canal. The work under the Settlement Agreement is valued at $6,000,000.
Defendants (1)
- Lowe's Home Centers, LLCNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
GOWANUS CANAL
BUTLER ST (BETWEEN BOND ST AND NEVINS ST, BROOKLYN, NY, 11231
Registry ID: 110033604197
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 106A — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Lowe's Home Centers, LLCentered 2023-02-07
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2023-02-07Final Order Issued
- 2023-02-07Enforcement Action Closed
- 2023-02-08Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3603500399
- Case number
- 02-2023-2002
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 02
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 02-2023-2002 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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