EPA v. MADISON COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL

Case summary

SUMMARY OF MATTER: THE PAST COSTS WERE $4,675.44. THE REFERRAL IS BEING FILED AGAINST MADISON COUNTY; THE CITY OF MADISON, FL; ITT THOMPSON INDUSTRIES, INC.; AND ITT INDUSTRIES, INC. GROUNDWATER AT THE COUNTY OWNED LANDFILL WAS CONTAMINATED WITH TCE AND ITS BYPRODUCTS. TCE CONTAMINATED WASTES GENERATED BY ITT HAD BEEN BURIED AT THE LANDFILL SINCE THE EARLY 1970'S. NATURE & NUMBER OF DEFENDANTS: MADISON COUNTY, A MUNICIPAL BODY OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, IS THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE SITE. THE CITY OF MADISON, FL, A MUNICIPAL CORP., ACQUIRED THE SITE BY WARRANTY DEED DATED MAY 7, 1971, AND OPERATED THE SITE FROM APPROX. JUNE 1971 TO MARCH 1980. ITT INDUSTRIES, INC., IS A PRIVATE CORPORATION WHOSE WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY, ITT THOMPSON INDUSTRIES, INC., SENT TCE CONTAMINATED INDUSTRIAL WASTES TO THE SITE. THE REMEDIAL ACTION IS BEING PERFORMED UNDER A UAO AND INVOLVES PUMPING AND TREATING THE GROUNDWATER BENEATH THE SITE AND MONITORING THE GROUNDWATER QUALITY FOR 25 YEARS.

Defendants (4)

• ITT INDUSTRIES, INC.
• ITT THOMPSON INDUSTRIES, INC.
• MADISON COUNTY, FLORIDANamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• MADISON, FL, CITY OFNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• MADISON COUNTY LANDFILL

  ROCKY FORD RD & JESTLMB SCH RD, MADISON, FL, 32340

  Registry ID: 110009349339

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• MADISON COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILLentered 2004-08-12

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (6 milestones)

• 2001-10-15Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 2002-03-11Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2004-05-13Complaint Filed With Court
• 2004-05-13Final Order Lodged
• 2004-08-12Concluded
• 2004-08-12Final Order Entered