EPA v. CHRYSLER CORPORATION

Case summary

10/9/98: THE FENTON CREEK DUMP SITE IS LOCATED IN FENTON, MISSOURI, I N A RESIDENTIAL AREA OUTSIDE OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, AND ADJ ACENT TO GEORGE C. WINTER PARK, OWNED BY ST. LOUIS COUNTY. THE SITE WAS DISCOVERED IN 1991 WHEN A HOME OWNER NEXT TO TH E SITE CONTACTED THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCE S (MDNR) REGARDING DISPOSAL OF PAINT SLUDGE ON THE PARCEL OF LAND ADJOINING HIS PROPERTY. MDNRS INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT CLARENCE CHOTT HAD OPERATED A LANDFILL ON HIS PROPERTY FROM APPROXIMATELY 1957 TO 1967, DURING WHICH TIME SEVERAL HAULING COMPANIES BROUGHT TRASH AND PAINT WASTE FROM THE FEN TON, MISSOURI, CHRYSLER PLANT FOR DISPOSAL. THE TRASH WAS B URNED, AND THE PAINT WASTE WAS DUMPED IN A DRY STREAM BED. TWO SITE INVESTIGATIONS PERFORMED BY MDNR IN 1993 AND A SUBS EQUENT REMOVAL ASSESSMENT PERFORMED BY EPA IN 1994 REVEALED THAT THE PAINT WASTE IS A CERCLA HAZARDOUS WASTE IN THAT IT EXHIBITED THE RCRA CHARACTERISTICS OF TOXICITY FOR LEAD AND IGNITABILITY. FINDINGS BY THE STATE AND EPA WERE ALSO SUBST

Defendants (6)

• ALLIED SERVICES, LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• ALLIED WASTE SYSTEMS, INC. (LAIDLAW WASTNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• CHRYSLER CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• EVELYN K & CLARENCE J. CHOTTNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• ROY ENGLISH D/B/A ROY ENGLISH TRUCKINGNamed in settlement
• THE KIESEL COMPANYNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• CHRYSLER DUMP

  OLD HWY 41 S, FENTON, MO, 63026

  Registry ID: 110010664003

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• CHRYSLER CORPORATION ET ALentered 1998-07-23

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (7 milestones)

• 1998-07-23Final Order Lodged
• 1998-07-23Final Order Entered
• 1998-07-23Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1998-07-23Complaint Filed With Court
• 1998-07-23Concluded
• 1998-07-23Enforcement Action Closed
• 1998-10-09Enforcement Action Data Entered