EPA v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
Default Order With Specified Cost Recovery
Cost recovery
$237,996
Case summary
EPA ALLEGES THAT IT HAS A CLAIM AGAINST THE RESPONDENT FOR RECOVERY OF PAST AND FUTURE RESPONSE COSTS PERTAINING TO THE BAXTER/UNION PACIFIC TIE TREATING SITE, LOCATED IN LARAMIE, WYOMING PURSUANT TO SECTION 107A OF CERCLA, 42 USC SECTION 9607A. WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT AS DEFINED, THE RESPONDENT SHALL PAY TO THE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES SUPERFUND PAST RESPONSE COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $237,996.12.
Defendants (1)
- UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
UNION PACIFIC RR LARAMIE TIMBE
SW QUAD OF HWY I 80 & US 287, LARAMIE, WY, 82070
Registry ID: 110010732323
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery
Enforcement conclusions (1)
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANYentered 1992-04-13
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 1992-03-31Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1992-04-02Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1992-04-13Final Order Issued
- 1992-08-19Compliance Achieved
- 1992-08-19Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 49051
- Case number
- 08-1992-0063
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- CER
- EPA region
- 08
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Cost Recovery
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-1992-0063 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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