EPA v. DAVIE LANDFILL
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
Cost recovery
$66,369
Compliance action
$100,000
Case summary
THIS IS A CERCLA COST RECOVERY ACTION AGAINST BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE DAVIE LANDFILL, DAVIE, FLORIDA. AFTER HIGH LEVELS OF CYANIDES AND SULFIDES CAUSED THIS SITE TO BE AMONG THE EARLIEST IN REGION 4 LISTED ON THE NPL, THE COUNTY IMPLEMENTED A 1985 ROD REMEDY AT A SLUDGE LAGOON (OU 1), ASSISTED BY A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FROM EPA FOR SOME $1,052,000. BECAUSE ONGOING MONITORING FOUND BENZENE AND VINYL CHLORIDE IN GROUNDWATER, THE COUNTY IS NOW IMPLEMENTING A ROD ADDRESSING GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION (OU 2).
Defendants (1)
- BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDANamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
DAVIE LANDFILL
SW 142ND AVE, DAVIE, FL, 33314
Registry ID: 110009275417
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery
Enforcement conclusions (1)
BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDAentered 1997-01-07
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (6 milestones)
- 1992-10-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1996-04-24Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1996-10-04Complaint Filed With Court
- 1997-01-07Final Order Lodged
- 1997-01-07Final Order Entered
- 1997-01-07Concluded
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 21678
- Case number
- 04-1996-0214
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- CER
- Branch
- CER
- EPA region
- 04
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Cost Recovery
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 04-1996-0214 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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