EPA v. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC. (DWYER PROPERTY GROUNDWATER PLUME SUPERFUND SITE)

Case summary

ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2016, EPA SIGNED AN ADMINISTRATIVE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND ORDER ON CONSENT FOR REMOVAL RESPONSE ACTION UNDER CERCLA SECTION 106(a) AND 122 FOR THE DWYER PROPERTY GROUNDWATER PLUME NPL SITE IN ELKTON COUNTY MARYLAND, UNDER WHICH HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC (HONEYWELL) WILL EXACAVATE AND DISPOSE OFF-SITE APPROXIMATELY 300 CUBIC YARDS OF ARSENIC- AND LEAD-CONTAMINATED SOIL AND WASTE MATERIALS. HONEYWELL IS THE SUCCESSOR TO TRIPMP EXPLOSIVES, INC., WHICH MANUFACTURED VARIOUS ORDNANCE AND MUNITION PRODUCTS AT THE SITE IN THE 1930s AND 1940s.

Defendants (1)

• HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INCNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• DWYER PROPERTY GROUND WATER PLUME

  NE OF INT. OF MD RTE 545 AND MD RTE 279, ELKTON, MD, 21921

  Registry ID: 110013801840

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 106A — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC. (DWYER PROPERTY GROUNDWATER PLUME SUPERFUND SITE)entered 2016-09-16

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2016-09-16Final Order Issued
• 2016-09-20Enforcement Action Data Entered