EPA v. WHEELING DISPOSAL SERVICE COMPANY, INC.

Case summary

THE WHEELING DISPOSAL SERVICE COMPANY LANDFILL SITE (THE SITE) IS LOCATED IN RURAL MISSOURI, APPROXIMATELY 65 MILES NORTH OF KANSAS CITY. THE SITE IS A FORMER INDUSTRIAL LANDFILL WHICH OPERATED FROM THE EARLY 1970S UNTIL 1986. IT CONSISTS OF TWO CONTIGUOUS PARCELS OF LAND COVERING APPROXIMATELY 200 ACRES. PRIOR TO 1975, DISPOSAL ACTIVITIES OCCURRED WITH APPROXIMATELY A 35 ACRE PORTION OF THE SITE. IN 1975 THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (MDNR) ISSUED A PERMIT TO THE OWNER OF THE SITE, WHEELING DISPOSAL SERVICE (WDS), LIMITING INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL TO A 10 ACRE PORTION. UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS PERMIT, WDS RECEIVED AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, WASTE SLUDGES FROM TANNING OPERATIONS, PAINT SLUDGES, BATTERY WASTES, ASBESTOS, SYANIDE WASTES, NEUTRALIZED PICKLE LIQUOR, AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL WASTES. WDS KEPT LOGS OF THE WASTES THAT WERE RECEIVED AT THE SITE. APPROXIMATELY 96,000 CUBIC YARDS OF WASTES WERE DISPOSED AT THE SITE. THIS CASE HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN A STATE LEAD SITE, BUT IN 1986, THE STATE ASKED EPA TO ASSUME LEAD. THE STATE HAS CONTINUED TO SHOW INTEREST IN THE SITE AND HAS BEEN PRESENT AT MOST OF THE MEETINGS WITH PRPS. THE STATE HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET ABOUT THE POSSIBLE NEED FOR A 10% MATCH. IT IS, HOWEVER, UNLIKELY THAT THE 10% MATCH WOULD BE NECESSARY BECAUSE VIABLE LIABLE PRPS EXIST.

Defendants (25)

• SOLID STATE CIRCUITS
• A T & T
• BEAZER WEST, INC.
• BERKSHIRE TANNING CORP. (BLUESIDES CO.)Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• CONSERVATION CHEMICAL CO., INC.
• FARMLAND INDUSTRIES, INC (TECHNE CO, MO)
• FI AEROSPACE CORP (MIDLAND-ROSS)
• FMC CORP.
• HELENA COMPANY
• HENKEL CORP.
• MADGET & GRIFFIN, INC.
• MISSOURI HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORTATION COMMNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• MODINE MFG. COMPANY
• NORRIS & SON, INC.
• OLIN CORP.
• PEACHTREE DOORS, INC.
• PLATTE CHEMICAL (DALE ALLEY)
• QUAKER OATS
• RALSTON PURINA (EVEREADY BATTERY)Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• SPRINGFIELD PARK BOARD
• UNION CARBIDE
• UNIROYAL CHEMICAL COMPANY
• WHEELING DISPOSAL SERVICE COMPANY, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• CHEVRON
• WIRE ROPE CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• WHEELING DISPOSAL SVC CO INC

  OFF HWY K 1.5 MI S OF TOWN, AMAZONIA, MO, 64421

  Registry ID: 110007633472

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• WHEELING DISPOSAL SERVICEentered 1992-10-07

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (8 milestones)

• 1990-01-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1990-09-28PRN Sent
• 1990-10-02Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1992-02-02Complaint Filed With Court
• 1992-10-07Final Order Lodged
• 1992-10-07Final Order Entered
• 1992-10-07Concluded
• 1992-11-05Enforcement Action Closed