EPA v. SEVEN OUT TANK SITE (WASTEWATER TREATMENT, INC.)

Case summary

ON JUNE 5, 2008, REGION 4 ISSUED A REFERRAL ASKING DOJ TO FILE SUIT AGAINST WASTEWATER TREATMENT, INC. (WTI), A PRP AT THE SEVEN OUT TANK SUPERFUND SITE IN WAYCROSS, WARE COUNTY, GA. DOJ RESPONDED BY FILING A COMPLAINT AGAINST WTI IN THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT ON JUNE 9, 2008. THE EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT WRI BROKERED WASTE FROM TWO REGIONAL POWER PLANTS TO THE SITE IN THE FALL OF 2003. BEFORE IT WAS ABANDONED, THE SITE WAS THE LOCATION OF AN INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. ALL OF THE OTHER WASTE GENERATORS AND TRANSPORTERS IDENTIFIED AT THE SITE HAVE REACHED AN AGMT WITH EPA TO COMPLETE REMOVAL WORK AT THE SITE AND TO PAY THE MAJORITY OF EPA'S RESPONSE COSTS. WTI IS THE SOLE RECALCITRANT PARTY. IN THE LITIGATION, THE U.S. SOUGHT ITS UNREIMBURSED RESPONSE COSTS, PLUS INTEREST AND THE COSTS OF LITIGATION. ON JANUARY 9, 2009, THE COURT ISSUED A DEFAULT JUDGMENT AGAINST WTI FOR $242,707.13. EPA AND DOJ ARE PURSUANT COLLECTION.

Defendants (1)

• WASTEWATER TREATMENT, INC. (SB)Named in complaint

Facilities (1)

• SEVEN OUT LLC TANK

  901 FRANCIS STREET, WAYCROSS, GA, 31501

  Registry ID: 110017937839

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• SEVEN OUT TANK SITE (WASTEWATER TREATMENT, INC.)(04-2009-C013)entered 2009-01-09

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (6 milestones)

• 2008-06-05Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 2008-06-09Complaint Filed With Court
• 2008-06-12Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2009-01-09Final Order Entered
• 2009-01-09Concluded
• 2009-01-09Final Order Lodged