EPA v. RAMONA PARK LANDFILL

Case summary

REMOVAL - CURRENTLY DOING PRP SEARCH. ON MAY 14, 1998, REGION 5 SUPERFUND DIVISION DIRECTOR ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER BY CONSENT (AOC) FOR THE RAMONA PARK BATTERY CASING AREA SUPERFUND SITE, LOCATED AT 6255 AUBURN ROAD, UTICA, MACOMB COUNTY, MICHIGAN. THE AOC WAS SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING 11 POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTIES (PRPS): AUBURN SUPPLY COMPANY, CHRYSLER CORPORATION, DETROIT EDISON COMPANY, FORD MOTOR COMPANY, GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, GLICK IRON & METAL COMPANY, H. HIRSCHFIELD SONS COMPANY, L. SURATH &* SONS, INC., MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, SEARS ROEBUCK AND CO., AND SLC RECYCLING INDUSTRIES, INC. UNDER THE AOC, THE PRPS ARE REQUIRED TO CONDUCT AN ENGINEERING EVALUATION AND COST ANALYSIS (EE/CA) FOR THE SITE AND PAY COSTS OF U.S. EPA OVERSEEING THE ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED UNDER THE AOC. BACKGROUND: THE RAMONA PARK BATTERY CASING AREA SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 4-6 ACRE AREA LOCATED IN A RESIDENTIAL RECREATIONAL AREA IN UTICA, MICHIGAN. THE SITE IS SITUATED IN THE FLOOD PLAIN OF THE CLINTON RIVER AND CONTAINS A SIGNI FICANT QUANTITY OF LEAD-ACID BATTERY CASINGS. THE SURFACE SOIL SAMPLING AT THE SITE IN 1992 INDICATED THE PRESENCE OF LEAD IN THE RANGE OF 48 PPM TO 207,000 PPM. THE SUBSURFACE SAMPLES INDICATE LEAD UP TO 8,700 PPM AT A DEPTH OF 6.5 FEET PRP AUBURN SUPPLY COMPANY IS THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE SITE. THROUGH 1966, STANDARD LEAD CORPORATION, NOW KNOWN AS SLC RECYCLING INDUSTRIES, INC., ENGAGED IN A BATTERY PROCESSING BUSINESS IN WHICH IT WOULD RECEIVE USED BATTERIES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES AND ATTEMPT TO RECOVER THE LEAD FROM THE BATTERIES. THE PRPS LISTED ABOVE (AS WELL AS OTHERS), WITH THE EXCEPTION OF AUBURN SUPPLY COMPANY, ARE ALLEGED TO HAVE ARRANGED FOR STANDARD LEAD CORPORATION TO DISPOSE OF USED LEAD ACID BATTERIES. STANDARD LEAD CORPORATION IS ALLEGED TO HAVE DISPOSED AT THE SITE REMNANTS BATTERY CASES FROM WHICH IT ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE LEAD AND ACID, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CASES FROM THE BATTERIES OF THE 10 NON-OWNER SIGNATORIES TO THE AOC.

Defendants (1)

• RAMONA PARK LANDFILLNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• RAMONA PARK SANITARY LANDFILL

  6255 ASHBURN ROAD, UTICA, MI, 48315

  Registry ID: 110009292078

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 106 — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• RAMONA PARK LANDFILLentered 1998-05-14

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1996-05-29Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1998-05-14Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1998-05-14Final Order Issued
• 2001-03-26Enforcement Action Closed