EPA v. FORD CONSTRUCTION SITE
Final Order No Penalty
Case summary
ON 11/10/94, EPA REGION 8 REFERRED A REQUEST TO DOJ TO SEEK AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT IN AID OF ACCESS TO THE FORD CONSTRUCTION SITE IN PROVO, UTAH. EPA REQUESTS ACCESS TO PERFORM A SITE ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE IF DRUMS CONTAINING HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES HAVE BEEN BURIED AND ARE BEING RELEASED INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.EPA IS SEEKING THIS WARRANT PURSUANT TO ITS CERCLA 104(E) AUTHORITIES. PRIOR TO REFERRING THIS MATTER TO DOJ, EPA SOUGHT VOLUN- TARY ACCESS FROM THE SITE OWNER, MR. FORD, BUT EPA'S RE- QUESTS WERE REPEATEDLY DENIED. EPA BELIEVES MR. FORD WAS UNRESPONSIVE DUE TO HIS ILLEGAL DUMPING ACTIVITES AT THE SITE.
Defendants (1)
- FORD, MELBURNNamed in complaint
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 104E3 — Entry Access
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 1994-11-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1994-11-10Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1995-05-08Complaint Filed With Court
- 1995-05-08Concluded
- 1995-05-08Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 50157
- Case number
- 08-1995-0004
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- TOX
- EPA region
- 08
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Entry Access
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-1995-0004 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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