EPA v. MUSKEGO SANITARY LANDFILL

Case summary

EPA INITIALLY IDENTIFIED THESE PARTIES AS PRPS BASED ON AVAILABLE EVIDENCE. AS A RESULT, THEY AND 44 OTHER PARTIES RECEIVED A UAO FOR CLEANUP OF THE CONTAMINATION SOURCE AREAS THESE RESPONDENTS, ALLIED WASTE SYSTEMS AND PRESTIGE FOOD CORPORATION, PAID TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PRP GROUP THAT PERFORMED THE WORK. AT THE SAME TIME, THEY BEGAN PROVIDING EPA WITH NEW INFORMATION INDICATING THAT THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE SITE WAS DE MINIMIS AT MOST. EPA EVENTUALLY AGREED THAT THESE PARTIES WERE DE MINIMIS, DID NOT NAME THEM IN THE SUBSEQUENT UAO FOR PERFORMANCE OF THE GROUNDWATER REMEDY AT THE SITE, AND AGREED TO ENTER THIS SETTLEMENT TO PROVIDE THEM WITH CERTAINTY AND CONTRIBUTION PROTECTION. $5-10,000 IN PAST COSTS.

Defendants (3)

• ALLIED WASTE SYSTEMS, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• MUSKEGO SANITARY LANDFILLNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• PRESTIGE FOODS CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• MUSKEGO LANDFILL

  HWY 24 AND CROWBAR RD, MUSKEGO, WI, 53150

  Registry ID: 110008231494

• MUSKEGO LANDFILL

  HWY 24 AND CROWBAR RD, MUSKEGO, WI, 53150

  Registry ID: 110008231494

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107 — Superfund

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• MUSKEGO SANITARY LANDFILLentered 1998-09-01

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 1998-09-01Final Order Issued
• 1998-09-24Enforcement Action Data Entered