EPA v. FORT LUPTON DRUM SITE
Final Order No Penalty
Case summary
ON 5/1/98, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE SAG'S OFFICE AND EPA'S CID WERE TAKEN TO THE SITE BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF DRUMS AND CONTAINERS. SAMPLES FROM 16 OF THE DRUMS WERE COLLECTED AND THE RESULTS SHOWED THAT SEVERAL OF THE DRUMS CONTAINED HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES. THE CONDITIONS AT THE SITE PRESENT AN IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL THREAT TO HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND MEET THE CRITERIA FOR A REMOVAL ACTION.
Defendants (1)
- FORT LUPTON DRUM SITENamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
FORT LUPTON DRUMS
19607 WELD COUNTY ROAD, FORT LUPTON, CO, 80621
Registry ID: 110009270635
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 122H — Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement
- CERCLA 106A — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order
Enforcement conclusions (1)
FORT LUPTON DRUM SITEentered 1998-10-27
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 1998-10-27Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1998-10-27Final Order Issued
- 1998-11-16Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2005-02-23Enforcement Action Closed
- 2005-02-23Pipeline Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 51135
- Case number
- 08-1999-0011
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- CER
- EPA region
- 08
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-1999-0011 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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