EPA v. RIVER BEND SITE

Case summary

ON SEPT 28, 1999, EPA REGION III ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT FOR REMOVAL RESPONSE ACTION ( ORDER ), FOR THE RIVER BEND SITE, LOCATED IN WARWICK TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, PA. THE ORDER WAS ISSUED TO THE RESPONDENTS, ANDREW DIDIO III, LAURA ANN DIDIO AND L.A.D. GENERAL CONTRACTORS, INC., PURSUANT TO 106 AND 122 OF CERCLA. UNDER THE ORDER, EPA REQUIRES THE RESPONDENTS TO DETERMINE THE EXTEND OF PCB CONTAMINATION ON PROPERTY THAT IS LARGELY OWNED BY MR. AND MRS. DIDIO AND TO DISPOSE OF PCB- CONTAMINATED WASTES OFF-SITE. THE SITE, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 871 CREEK ROAD, IS COMPRISED OF BUCKS COUNTY TAX PARCEL PARCEL 51-16-66, WHICH IS OWNED BY THE THE DIDIOS, AND CERTAIN PORTIONS OF TAX PARCEL 51.3-137, WHIC IS OT OWNED BY THE DIDIOS. MR. DIDIO HAS STATED THAT HE PLACED PCB-CONTAMINATED SANDBLASTING GRIT (I.E. DEBRIS GENERATED FROM THE SAND-BLASTING OF SWIMMING POOLS) IN THREE AREAS AT THE SITE, AND MOST OF THIS CONTAMINATION IN ONE AREA STRADDLES THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY. WHILE THERE IS SIMILAR CONTAMINATION ON PARCEL 51-3-137, MR. DIDIO STATES THAT HE DID NOT PLACE IT THERE. THAT CONTAMINATION WILL BE CLEANED UP UNDER EITHER A REMOVAL ORDER WITH ANOTHER PARTY OR BY EPA USING CERCLA FUNDS. THIS SITE IS ADJACENT TO THE ANDELA SITE, LOCATED AT 960 CREEK ROAD.

Defendants (3)

• DIDIO, ANDREW IIINamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• DIDIO, LAURA ANNNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• L.A.D GENERAL CONTRACTOR, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• CREEK ROAD SAND BLASTING - AKA - RIVER BEND

  871 CREEK ROAD, HARTSVILLE, PA, 18974

  Registry ID: 110009309006

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 122 — Superfund
• CERCLA 106 — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• RIVER BEND SITEentered 1999-09-28

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1999-08-24Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1999-09-28Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-09-28Final Order Issued
• 2005-02-22Enforcement Action Closed