EPA v. MARINA CLIFF BARREL DUMP SITE

Case summary

THIS IS NOT A CLOSED CASE. WORK IS STILL BEING PERFORMED PURSUIT TO UAO V-W-98-C-486 DATED JULY 22, 1998. MARINA CLIFFS BARREL DUMP SITE IS AN INACTIVE WOOD AND STEEL DRUM MANUFACTURING, REPAIR AND RECONDITIONING BUSINESS. FORMERLY LOCATED ON 18 ACRES ON THE SHORELINE OF LAKE MICHIGAN IN THE CITY OF SOUTH MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. THE SITE HAS ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL HOUSING. IN 1985, THE SITE WAS DISCOVERED BY THE WDNR. DRUMS WERE SEEN AT THE SITE STACKED AND PARTLY SUBMERGED IN SOIL. THERE INCLUDED EVIDENCE OF ILLEGAL DUMPING OF VARIOUS DEBRIS. THE CURRENT OWNER, TOWNE REALDY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN THE 1980S. AT THAT TIME, IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT THE DRUMS HAD BEEN BURIED IN PITS AT THE SITE SOME 40 TO 50 YEARS. REMOVAL OF THE DRUMS BEGAN IN EARNEST IN 1991. THE WORK WAS CON- DUCTED BY TOWNE REALTY. CURRENTLY, THROUGH EVIDENTIARY SUCCESSION, OVER 100 RESPONDENTS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED AS THEIR POTENTIAL LIABILITY. A PRP GROUP NOW REPRESENTS AND HAS CATEGORIZED MOST OF THE PRP. REMOVAL ACTIONS NOT ADDRESS IN A PREVIOUS UAO ARE NOW UNDERWAY AT THE SITE.

Defendants (30)

• S.C. JOHNSON & SON, INC.
• MARINA CLIFF BARREL DUMPNamed in settlement
• MAUTZ PAINT COMPANY
• MENASHA PRINTING INK CO.
• MINNESOTA MINING & MANUFACTURING COMPANY
• OUTBOARD MARINE CORPORATION
• PFISTER & VOGEL LEATHER CO.
• PPG, INC.
• REICHHOLD CHEMICALS, INC.
• SCOTT PAPER COMPANY
• SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
• SPEED QUEEN CORPORATION
• SPEED QUEEN CORPORATION (RAYTHEON CO)
• THE GLIDDEN COMPANY
• TOUSEY VARNISH COMPANY
• TOWNE REALTY
• TOWNE REALTY, ET AL.
• VALSPAR CORPORATION
• WISCONSIN SOLVENTS AND CHEMICALS
• ZPC INDSTRIAL COATINGS (SHEBOYGAN PAINT)
• ZPC INDUSTRIAL COATINGS_(BR INDUSTRIES)
• BADGER PAINT AND HARDWARE
• BASF CORPORATION
• BENJAMIN MOORE & CO.
• CHRYSLER CORPORATION
• …and 5 more

Facilities (1)

• MARINA CLIFFS BARREL DUMP SITE

  5TH AVENUE & MARINA ROAD, SOUTH MILWAUKEE, WI, 53172

  Registry ID: 110002048427

Statutes cited

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

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• MARINA CLIFF BARREL DUMP SITEentered 1998-07-22

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 1998-07-22Final Order Issued
• 1998-10-30Enforcement Action Data Entered