EPA v. NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, LOT 86
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
Cost recovery
$627,213
Compliance action
$3,031,000
Case summary
1. TO REMEDIATE GROUNDWATER AND SOIL CONTAMINATION RESULTING FROM OVER 10 YEARS OF BURIAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE. 2. THE CONSENT DECREE WILL BE NEGOTIATED FOR REMEDIAL DESIGN AND REMEDIAL ACTION (RD/RA). 3. SOLE DEFENDANT IS THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 4. THE PRP WILL BE REQUESTED TO PERFORM THE RD/RA. NC STATE, THE SOLE, PRP, DISPOSED OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE L ABORATORY WASTE ON ITS PROPERTY IN RALEIGH, NC. EPA SOUGHT CLEANUP RESPONSE WORK AND REIMBURSEMENT OF PAST RESPONSE COSTS FROM NC STATE UNIVERSITY.
Defendants (1)
- NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV./RALEIGHNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
NC STATE UNIVERSITY
4700 HILLSBOROUGH ST, RALEIGH, NC, 27607
Registry ID: 110004036221
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 106A — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order
Enforcement conclusions (1)
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY AT RALEIGHentered 1999-02-09
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (7 milestones)
- 1996-08-28Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1996-08-28PRN Sent
- 1998-11-13Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1999-02-09Final Order Lodged
- 1999-02-09Final Order Entered
- 1999-02-09Complaint Filed With Court
- 1999-02-09Concluded
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 21771
- Case number
- 04-1996-0434
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- CER
- Branch
- CER
- EPA region
- 04
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 04-1996-0434 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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