EPA v. ALUMET PARTNERSHIP

Case summary

ON 12/20/94, EPA FLED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER FOR REMEDIAL DESIGN/REMEDIAL ACTION. FROM 1969 UNTIL 1986, MUNICIPAL SEWAGE SLUDGE WAS APPLIED TO APPROXIMATELY 160 ACRES ALONG THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN BOUNDARIES OF SECTION 6. THE SLUDGE WAS APPLIED TO THE SUR- FACE OF THE LAND AND THEN INCORPORATED INTO THE NATIVE SOILS. AFTER 1980, LEACHATE COLLECTED IN ON-SITE SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS WAS INJECTED IN THE SAME 160-ACRE AREA. BOTH THE MUNICIPAL SEWAGE SLUDGE AND THE LEACHATE CONTAINED HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES.

Defendants (6)

• ALUMET PARTNERSHIPNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• EARTH SCIENCES, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• FOXMEYER HEALTH CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• NATIONAL INTERGROUP, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• NATIONAL STEEL CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• SOUTHWIRE COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• LOWRY GROUND WATER TREATMENT FACILITY

  3500 SOUTH GUN CLUB ROAD, AURORA, CO, 80018

  Registry ID: 110000610410

• LOWRY GROUND WATER TREATMENT FACILITY

  3500 SOUTH GUN CLUB ROAD, AURORA, CO, 80018

  Registry ID: 110000610410

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107 — Superfund

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ALUMET PARTNERSHIPentered 1996-02-16

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (7 milestones)

• 1994-12-20Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1995-07-10Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1996-02-16Final Order Entered
• 1996-02-16Complaint Filed With Court
• 1996-02-16Concluded
• 1996-02-16Enforcement Action Closed
• 1996-02-16Final Order Lodged