EPA v. T H AGRICULTURE & NUTRITION COMPANY, INC.
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$132,600
Case summary
THIS CONSENT ORDER CONCERNS THE PERFORMANCE OF A REMOVAL ACTION FOR THE WAYNE FEEDS SITE LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE INTERSECTION OF SECOND AND OLEANDER STREETS IN PECOS, TEXAS. IN AUGUST 1987 THE TWC RESPONDED TO AN ANONYMOUS COMPLAINT ALLEGING THE WAYNE FEED WAREHOUSE AND SURROUNDING SOILS WERE CONTAMINATED WITH VARIOUS PESTICIDES. THE TWC TOOK THREE SAMPLES FROM SEVERAL LOCATIONS WITHIN AND UNDERNEATH THE WAREHOUSE. THESE ANALYTICAL RESULTS CONFIRMED THE PRESENCE OF DDT, DIELDRIN, METHYL AND ETHYL PARATHION, AND LINDANE.
Defendants (1)
- T H AGRICULTURE & NUTRITION COMPANY, INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
WAYNE FEEDS
2ND AND OLEANDER STREET, PECOS, TX, 79772
Registry ID: 110009346163
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 122 — Superfund
- CERCLA 104A — CERCLA 104(a)
Enforcement conclusions (1)
T H AGRICULTURE & NUTRITION COMPANY, INC.entered 1992-01-23
Primary law: CERCLA
Federal penalty: $132,600
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1992-01-23Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1992-01-23Final Order Issued
- 1992-07-23Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1993-08-17Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 35474
- Case number
- 06-1992-0128
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- CER
- EPA region
- 06
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Superfund
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 06-1992-0128 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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