EPA v. PALMERTON ZINC
Source Agrees
Compliance action
$11,000,000
Case summary
THE UNILATERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (UAO) WAS ISSUED TO FOUR DEFENDANTS: HORSEHEAD INDUSTRIES, INC.; HORSEHEAD RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC.; VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC.; AND TCI PACIFIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. THE UAO REQUIRES THE RESPONDENTS TO IMPLEMENT THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE SELECTED REMEDY SET FORTH IN THE OPERABLE UNIT ONE (OU#1) RECORD OF DECISION (ROD) FOR THE SITE SIGNED ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1987. THE OU#1 ROD REQUIRES REVEGATION OF DEFOLIATED AREAS OF BLUE MOUNTAIN. EPA ENTERED INTO A CONSENT DECREE (CD) WITH ZINC CORPORATION OF AMERICA (ZCA), A DIVISION OF HORSEHEAD INDUSTRIES, INC., FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ROD IN 1988. ZCA REVEGETATED APPROXIMATELY 1,000 ACRES OF BLUE MOUNTAIN, BUT HAS REFUSED TO COMPLETE THE WORK UNDER THE CD. APPROXIMATELY 1,000 ACRES REMAIN TO BE REVEGETATED.
Defendants (4)
- HORSEHEAD INDUSTRIES, INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- HORSEHEAD RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT CO INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- TCI PACIFIC COMMUNICATIONS INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (9)
PALMERTON ZINC SUPERFUND SITE
8TH ST & DELAWARE AVE, PALMERTON, PA, 18071
Registry ID: 110000603749
PALMERTON ZINC SUPERFUND SITE
8TH ST & DELAWARE AVE, PALMERTON, PA, 18071
Registry ID: 110000603749
PALMERTON ZINC SUPERFUND SITE
8TH ST & DELAWARE AVE, PALMERTON, PA, 18071
Registry ID: 110000603749
PALMERTON ZINC SUPERFUND SITE
8TH ST & DELAWARE AVE, PALMERTON, PA, 18071
Registry ID: 110000603749
PALMERTON ZINC SUPERFUND SITE
8TH ST & DELAWARE AVE, PALMERTON, PA, 18071
Registry ID: 110000603749
PALMERTON ZINC SUPERFUND SITE
8TH ST & DELAWARE AVE, PALMERTON, PA, 18071
Registry ID: 110000603749
PALMERTON ZINC SUPERFUND SITE
8TH ST & DELAWARE AVE, PALMERTON, PA, 18071
Registry ID: 110000603749
PALMERTON ZINC SUPERFUND SITE
8TH ST & DELAWARE AVE, PALMERTON, PA, 18071
Registry ID: 110000603749
PALMERTON ZINC SUPERFUND SITE
8TH ST & DELAWARE AVE, PALMERTON, PA, 18071
Registry ID: 110000603749
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 106 — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order
Enforcement conclusions (1)
PALMERTON ZINCentered 1999-12-10
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1998-11-05Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1999-12-10Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1999-12-10Final Order Issued
- 1999-12-10Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 18386
- Case number
- 03-1999-0015
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- CER
- Branch
- 3RC23
- EPA region
- 03
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 03-1999-0015 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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