EPA v. MASON CITY COAL GASIFICATION PLANT/INTERSTATE POWER CO., IA
Cost recovery
$90,002
Compliance action
$2,760,000
Case summary
INTERSTATE POWER COMPANY (IPC) DID A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGA- TION AND PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT INTO POSSIBLE SOIL AND GW CONTAMINATION AT A COAL GASIFICATION SITE IN MASON CITY, IA. PROPERTY NOW OWNED BY IPC. MEETING HELD 11/04/87 WITH IPC. EPA REQUESTED ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION. IPC WANTS EPA TO STATE CLEAN-UP LEVELS. ISSUE AS TO WHETHER WASTES FROM SITE ARE RCRA REGULATED (COMPANY TO FURNISH DOCUMENTATION).
Defendants (4)
- BOB MCKINESS GRADING & EXCAVATING, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
- CITY OF MASON CITY, IOWANamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- INTERSTATE POWER COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
MASON CITY COAL GASIFICATION PLANT
5TH ST, BETWEEN DELAWARE & PENNSYLVANIA, MASON CITY, IA, 50401
Registry ID: 110009279388
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 104E7B — Superfund
- CERCLA 122 — Superfund
- CERCLA 122D3 — Violation of Existing AO or CD
Enforcement conclusions (1)
MASON CITY COAL GASIFICATION PLANT/INTERSTATE POWEentered 1995-07-20
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 1995-07-20Final Order Issued
- 1995-07-20Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1995-07-20Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 43118
- Case number
- 07-1987-0385
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- CER
- Branch
- HWC
- EPA region
- 07
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Superfund
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 07-1987-0385 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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