EPA v. BELVIDERE - CITY OF (MUNICIPAL LANDFILL #1)

Case summary

ROD TO BE SIGNED OCT, 1987. RD/RA NEGOTIATIONS PLANNED FOR SUMMER/FALL 1987. ISSUES -50% SITE -IEPA ROLE IN 50% SITE NEGOTIATIONS -INVOLVEMENT OF GENERATORS. PURSUANT TO THE CONSENT DECREE, SEVEN POTENTIALLY RESPONSI BLE PARTIES AGREE TO IMPLEMENT THE REMEDIAL ACTION SELECTED IN OUR JUNE 1988 RECORD OF DECISION ( ROD ) AND PAY A POR- TION OF PAST RESPONSE COSTS. THE CONSENT DECREE IS BEING IS SUED PURSUANT TO SECT 106 AND 122 OF CERCLA, 42 USC SECTS 96 06 AND 9622. THE BELVIDERE MUNICIPAL LANDFILL #1 SITE (THE SITE ) IS A MUNICIPAL LANDFILL WHICH ACCEPTED HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES FROM 1965 - 1973. USEPA COMPLETED A REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION/FEASI BILITY STUDY (RI/FS) IN MAY 1988, AND ISSUED A ROD FOR THE SITE IN JUNE 1988. THE ROD CALLS FOR PLACING A RESOURCE CON SERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT HAZARDOUS WASTE LANDFILL CAP OVER THE LANDFILL CONTENTS, AND REMEDIATING CONTAMINATED GROUND- WATER THROUGH GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION AND TREATMENT. THE ES- TIMATED CLEANUP COST IN THE ROD IS $7.8M. ON MAY 25, 1988, THE USEPA ISSUED SPECIAL NOTICE PURSUANT TO SECT 122E OF CERCLA. ON OCTOBER 24, 1988, A GROUP OF SEVEN POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTIES (PRP) SIGNED THE CON- SENT DECREE TO PERFORM THE REMEDIAL ACTION DESCRIBED IN THE ROD. ADDITIONALLY, THE PRPS AGREED TO PAY $450,000 OF $1, 023,000 PAST COSTS AND ALL OUR FUTURE OVERSIGHT COSTS. RE- LUTION OF THIS ACTION ON THESE TERMS IS VERY FAVORABLE TO THE U.S., AS IS DESCRIBED MORE FULLY IN THE ENCLOSED SETTLE- MENT ANALYSIS. USEPA INTENDS TO USE THIS REMEDIAL ACTION TO FULFILL PARTI ALLY THE CONGRESSIONAL MANDATE OF INITIATION OF 175 REMEDI- AL ACTIONS BY OCTOBER 1989.

Defendants (9)

• B.F.I.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• BELVEDERE CO.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• BELVIDERE, CITY OFNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• BOONE COUNTY CONSERV. DIST.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• CAMEAR-TEXTRONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• CENTRAL RUBBER CO.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• CHRYSLER CORP.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• EDISON, COMMONWEALTHNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• PARSONS CO.

Facilities (1)

• BELVIDERE MUNICIPAL LANDFILL

  APPLETON RD, BELVIDERE, IL, 61008

  Registry ID: 110018079121

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 122 — Superfund
• CERCLA 107 — Superfund
• CERCLA 104A — CERCLA 104(a)
• CERCLA 106A — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• BELVIDERE-CITY OFentered 1989-04-12

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (8 milestones)

• 1985-10-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1988-10-24PRN Sent
• 1988-12-02Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1989-01-18Referred TO U.S. Attorney
• 1989-01-19Complaint Filed With Court
• 1989-04-12Concluded
• 1989-04-12Final Order Lodged
• 1989-04-12Final Order Entered