EPA v. MC CARTY LANDFILL - BALD KNOB

Case summary

THE INACTIVE BALD KNOB LANDFILL (AKA MC CARTY'S LAND- FILL, OWNED BY HERBERT ROWE BUT LEASED BY GE,) LOCATED WEST OF MT. VERNON, INDIANA ACCEPTED SANITARY AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE FROM 1970 TO 1979. THE LANDFILL ACCEPTED MUNICIPAL WASTE FROM MT. VERNON FROM 1972 TO 1979. A SEPARATE CHEMI- CAL/INDUSTRIAL WASTE AREA EXISTED AT THE SITE WHERE HAZARD- OUS LIQUID WASTES WERE DEPOSITED. A SEARATE SOLID WASTE AREA WAS ALSO OPERATED WITHIN THE LANDFILL BOUNDARIES. GEN- ERAL ELECTRIC WAS THE PRIMARY INDUSTRIAL WASTE CONTRIBUTER TO THE SITE AND DISPOSED OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE CONTAINING LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF PHENOL FROM 1970 TO 1978. THREE AQUIFIERS BELOW THE LANDFILL ARE CONTAMINATED WITH PHENO. AN ESTIMA- TED 1000 PEOPLE OBTAINED THEIR DRINKING WATER FROM PRIVATE WELLS TAPPING INTO THESE AQUIFIERS; THEY NOW RECEIVE THEIR WATER FROM THE MUNICIPALITY. BALD KNOB LANDFILL CLOSED IN 1979 AND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPLETED CLOSURE ACTIVITIES. THE SITE WAS CAPPED WITH A ONE-FOOT OF CLAY. IN JANUARY, 1987 THE SITE WAS PROPOSED FOR NPL LISTING. THIS PLACEMENT IS BEING CHALLENGED BY GENERAL ELECTRIC (3/19/87). A PRP SEARCH HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND AN INFORMATION REQUEST LETTER HAS BEEN SENT TO THE IDENTIFIED PARTIES.

Facilities (1)

• MCCARTY'S BALD KNOB LANDFILL

  BALD KNOB ROAD, MOUNT VERNON, IN, 47620

  Registry ID: 110012139284

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery
• CERCLA 104A — CERCLA 104(a)

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 1987-03-25Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1987-03-25Complaint Filed/Proposed Order