EPA v. SALSBURY LABS/LA BOUNTY SITE, CHARLES CITY, IA
Source Agrees
Penalty assessed
$300,000
Case summary
DUMP ON FLOODPLAIN OF CEDAR RIVER DISCHARGING ARSENIC AND OTHER CONTAMINANT LADEN LEACHATE TO GROUNDWATER AND CEDAR RIVER. REMEDIES/RELIEF SOUGHT: MAXIMUM MINIMIZATION OF DISCHARGE OF ARSENIC, ONA, ETC. FROM LABOUNTY DUMP TO GROUNDWATER AND CEDAR RIVER. $300,000 IN SETTLEMENT OF PAST COST INCURRED BY GOVERNMENT.
Defendants (1)
- SALSBURY LABSNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
LABOUNTY SITE
910 S GRAND AVE, CHARLES CITY, IA, 50616
Registry ID: 110009279262
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 106A — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order
- RCRA 3013 — Monitoring, Analysis, Testing
Enforcement conclusions (1)
SALSBURY LABS/LA BOUNTY SITE, CHARLES CITY, IA
Primary law: RCRA
Federal penalty: $300,000
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 1979-07-09Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1979-07-09Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1986-10-28Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 42545
- Case number
- 07-1985-0252
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- EPA region
- 07
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 07-1985-0252 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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