EPA v. OGDEN UNION RAILWAY & DEPOT COMPANY
Final Order With Unspecified Cost Recovery
Case summary
THE SITE CONSISTS OF A RAILROAD YARD WHICH CONTAINS THE UNLINED IMPOUNDMENT AREA. THE SLUDGE IN THE IMPOUNDMENT AREA IS BELIEVED TO HAVE COME FROM AN OIL/WATER SEPARATOR WHICH NO LONGER EXISTS. AN INSPECTION, CONDUCTED ON 5/20/93, REVEALED THAT THE SLUDGE CONTAINED HIGH LEVELS OF LEAD AND LOW PH. THIS COMBI- NATION MAY POSE A HAZARD FROM DIRECT CONTACT EXPOSURE. POTENTIAL DIRECT EXPOSURE TO TOXIC MATERIALS EXISTS BECAUSE OF UNRESTRICED ACCESS TO THE AREA. THE POPULATON WITHIN A 4 MILE RADIUS IS 89,900.
Defendants (1)
- OGDEN UNION RAILWAY & DEPOT CO.Named in complaint
Facilities (1)
OGDEN UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY & DEPOT OURD
3300 S 500 W, OGDEN, UT, 844010000
Registry ID: 110009314866
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 106A — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order
Enforcement conclusions (1)
**PROPOSED SETTLEMENT**
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 1995-11-20Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1996-02-09Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2006-10-17Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 50474
- Case number
- 08-1996-0014
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- CER
- EPA region
- 08
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-1996-0014 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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