EPA v. LIBBY GROUNDWATER SITE

Case summary

THE LIBBY GROUNDWATER SITE WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF A LUMBER AND PLYWOOD MILL COMPLEX WHICH PRODUCED TIMBERS AND POLES THAT WERE TREATED WITH CREOSOTE AND PENTACHLOROPHENOL, ALONG WITH CARRIER OILS. GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION WAS FIRST DETECTED IN DOMESTIC WELLS WITHIN THE CITY OF LIBBY IN 1979. THE SETTLING RESPONDENTS WILL PURCHASE THE PROPERTY WHICH IS LOCATED WITHIN THE DEFINED BOUNDARIES OF THE SITE, TO DEVELOP A RETAIL CENTER FOR OPERATION OF AN ALBERTSON'S SUPERMARKET AND SALE OR LEASE OF SHOPS TO RETAIL MERCHANTS.

Defendants (1)

• LIBBY GROUNDWATER SITENamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL LIBBY PLANT

  1600 US HIGHWAY 2, LIBBY, MT, 59923

  Registry ID: 110010597005

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 122G — Administrative De Minimis Settlement

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• LIBBY GROUNDWATER SITEentered 1998-10-06

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 1998-10-06Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1998-10-06Final Order Issued
• 1998-11-16Enforcement Action Data Entered