EPA v. NEW BUFFALO ASBESTOS TRAILER ADMIN ORDER ON CONSENT (CERCLA) - BECHSTEIN CONSTRUCTION
Case summary
AGREEMENT FOR RECOVERY OF PAST COST INCURRED AT THE SITE. THE THREATENED RELEASE AT THE NEW BUFFALO SITE WAS FROM DETERIORATING BAGS OF ASBESTOS IN AN IMPAIRED AND ABANDONED TRAILER. IF THE TRAILER COLLAPSED, IT COULD HAVE RELEASED ASBESTOS (A KNOWN HUMAN CARCINOGEN), THEREBY EXPOSING HUMAN POPULATIONS TO A HEALTH RISK. EPA RESPONDED TO THIS THREAT BY COORDINATING THE REMOVAL OF APPROXIMATELY 1,200 TO 1,500 BAGS OF ASBESTOS FROM THE TRAILER AND THE CLEANING OF THE TRAILER, AS WELL AS OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES CONNECTED TO THE ASBESTOS REMOVAL.
Defendants (1)
- BECHSTEIN CONSTRUCTIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
NEW BUFFALO ASBESTOS TRAILER
US12 & M-60, NEW BUFFALO, MI, 49117
Registry ID: 110013801270
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 122H — Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement
Enforcement conclusions (1)
NEW BUFFALO ASBESTOS TRAILER ADMIN ORDER ON CONSENT (CERCLA) - BECHSTEIN CONSTRUCTIONentered 2005-12-20
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (2 milestones)
- 2005-12-20Final Order Issued
- 2006-03-07Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 170813
- Case number
- 05-2006-0713
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 05
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 05-2006-0713 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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