EPA v. WESTERN MINERALS DENVER PLANT SITE
Final Order With Unspecified Cost Recovery
Case summary
This administrative order on consent for removal action is issued to the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company for removal action at the Western Minerals Denver Plant Site. Between 1967 and the 1980s, the Western Minerals Denver Plant received vermiculite ore from a mine in Libby, Montana. The vermiculite ore contains high levels of amphibole asbestos, a hazardous substance. Amphibole asbestos has been found in soils at the Western Minerals Denver Plant Site.
Defendants (1)
- Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway CompanyNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
WESTERN MINERALS DENVER PLANT
111 SOUTH NAVAJO, DENVER, CO, 80223
Registry ID: 110013805436
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 106A — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Western Minerals Denver Plant Siteentered 2004-03-17
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2004-03-17Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2004-03-17Final Order Issued
- 2004-04-02Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 115222
- Case number
- 08-2004-0065
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 08
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-2004-0065 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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