EPA v. ANDELA SUPERFUND A/K/A WARKWICK TWP LEAD ESTATE SITE

Case summary

ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1999, EPA REGION III ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER BY CONSENT FOR REMOVAL RESPONE ACTION ( ORDER ) FOR THE ANDELA SITE, LOCATED IN WARWICK TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, PA. THE ORDER HAS BEEN ISSUED TO THE RESPONDENT, LC ASSOCIATES, L.P., PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 106 AND 122 OF CERCLA. UNDER THE TERMS OF THE ORDER, EPA REQUIRES THE RESPONDENT TO EXCAVATE AND DISPOSE OF PCB-CONTA CONTAMINATED SOILS GREATER THAN 10 PPM, CAP AREAS WHERE PCBS REMAIN ABOVE 1 PPM, EXCAVATE AND DISPOSE OF PCB-CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS GREATER THAN 1 PPM, CHARACTERIZE AND DISPOSE OF OFF-SITE, IF NECESSARY, MATERIAL FROM PILES AND CHARACTERIZE AND DISPOSE OF OFF-SITE STOCKPILED CONTAINERS. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 960 CREEK ROAD, WARWICK TOWN SHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA AND IS IDENTIFIED AS BUCKS COUNTY TAX MAP PARCEL 51-13-5. FROM APPROXIMATELY THE 1970' UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 1987, THE SITE WAS USED BY FORMER OWNERS, THE DIDIO FAMILY, PRIMARILY FOR FARMING. HOWEVER, MEMBERS OF THE DIDIO FAMILY ALSO UTILIZED PORTIONS OF THE SITE FOR A PAINT AND AUTOBODY SHOP AND UTILIZED THE PROPERTY AS A BASE OF OPERATIONS FOR A SANDBLASTING AND SWIMMING POOL PAINTING BUSINESS. BASED ON AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION AND INTERVIEWS WITH LOCAL RESIDENTS, EPA BELIEVES THAT WASTE CONTAINING HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, WAS DISPOSED OF AT THE SITE SOMETIME AFTER 1970 AND ENDING SOMETIME PRIOR TO 1988. IN APPROXIMATELY MARCH 1997, EPA INITIATED A REMOVAL ACTION WHICH HAS INCLUDED IDENTIFYING NUMEROUS AREAS OF DISPOSALS OF DRUMS AND CONTAINERS OF UNKNOWN MATERIALS. EPA ALSO DETERMINED THAT HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, INCLUDING POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL ( PCBS ) AND LEAD, HAVE BEEN RELEASED AT THE SITE, AND EPA REMOVED AND DISPOSED OF PCB- CONTAMINATED SOIL, DRUMS AND CONTAINERS CONTAINING HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, AND DISPOSED OF BATTERIES. THIS SITE IS ADJACENT TO THE RIVER BEND SITE, LOCATED AT 871 CREEK ROAD.

Defendants (1)

• L.C. ASSOCIATES, LPNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• ANDELA SUPERFUND SITE

  960 CREEK RD, WARWICK, PA, 18974

  Registry ID: 110009322820

Statutes cited

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

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ANDELA SUPERFUND A/K/Aentered 1999-09-28

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1999-09-28Final Order Issued
• 1999-09-28Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1999-09-28Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2002-09-19Enforcement Action Closed