EPA v. INDIANA PALLET SITE UNILATERAL ADMIN ORDER (CERCLA)

Case summary

THE INDIANA PALLET SITE (IPS) IS LOCATED IN EAST CHICAGO, LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA, AND IS AN INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL AREA. THE IPS BUILDING WAS ONCE USED FOR PROCESSION STEEL. THE DRUM STORAGE AREA WAS APPROXIMATELY, 120' BY 30'. TWENTY-SEVEN INVESTIGATIVE SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM POLY DRUMS. STEEL DRUMS, AND POLY BAGS ON JANUARY 21ST AND JANUARY 22ND, 2003, WERE ANALYZED FOR CHARACTERISTICS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE. THE SAMPLES EXCEEDED THE CRITERIA FOR CHARACTERISTICS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE. BASED UPON THE FOREGOING FINDINGS OF FACT, THE RESPONDENTS SHALL CONDUCT REMOVAL ACTIVITIES, AND REIMBURSE U.S. EPA, UPON WRITTEN DEMAND, FOR ALL RESPONSE COSTS INCURRED BY THE UNITED STATES IN OVERSEEING RESPONDENTS' IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ORDER. VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION OF THIS ORDER MAY SUBJECT RESPONDENTS TO CIVIL PENALITIES OF UP TO $27,500 PER VIOLATION PER DAY.

Defendants (3)

• HYDROMET ENVIRONMENTAL INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• METECHNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• SERGIO MAGANA ASSOCIATESNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• INDIANA PALLET SITE (CERCLA)

  4610 KENNEDY AVENUE, EAST CHICAGO, IN, 46120

  Registry ID: 110000863405

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 106A — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• INDIANA PALLET SITE UAOentered 2003-05-21

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2003-05-21Final Order Issued
• 2003-06-30Enforcement Action Data Entered