EPA v. ROADSIDE PCB SPILLS (WARD, ROBERT (ET AL))

Case summary

NATURE OF THE CASE (SUPERFUND SITE): BETWEEN JUNE & AUG 1978 OVER 30,000 GAL. OF PCB-CONTAMINATED TRANSFORMER OIL WERE DISCHARGED ALONG APPROX 210 MILES OF RALEIGH-DURHAM HIGHWAY. IN LATE SUMMER & FALL OF 1978 THE STATE COVERED THE CONTAMINATED SOIL W/ACTIVATED CARBON & EMULSIFIED ASPHALT. IN MAY 1982 THE STATE & EPA ENTERED INTO A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR CLEANUP OF THE CONTAM SOIL. REMOVAL ACTION IS NOW CONTINUING. RESPONSIBLE PARTIES WERE CONVICTED IN FED COURT IN JUNE 1981 OF ILLEGAL DISPOSAL OF THESE WASTES. AS EARLY AS JANUARY 1981 THE CARBON-ASPHALT TREATMENT WAS NO LONGER VISIBLE. THERE IS A PENDING STATE SUIT AGAINST THE RESPONSIBLE PARTIES SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR CLEANUP COSTS & PUNITIVE DAMAGE.

Defendants (2)

• WARD, ROBERT JR.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• WARD TRANSFORMER CO., INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• ROADSIDE PCB SPILL

  210 MILES OF NC HWY, WARRENTON, NC, 27589

  Registry ID: 110009296715

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 104A — CERCLA 104(a)
• CERCLA 107 — Superfund

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ROADSIDE PCB SPILLS (WARD, ROBERT (ET AL))entered 1986-06-13

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (8 milestones)

• 1982-10-20Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1983-01-19Referred TO U.S. Attorney
• 1983-01-26Complaint Filed With Court
• 1986-06-13Final Order Lodged
• 1986-06-13Final Order Entered
• 1986-06-13Concluded
• 1997-08-28Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1999-01-26Enforcement Action Closed