EPA v. Casmalia - De Minimis AOC

Case summary

This is an Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) under CERCLA 122(g) resolving the potential liability under CERCLA 107 and RCRA 7003 of 192 de minimis generators of waste containing hazardous substances that was disposed at the Casmalia Resources Superfund Site. The AOC concerns costs incurred or to be incurred in response actions at the Site, estimated at approximately $284 million. The 192 parties collectively sent 113 million pounds of waste to the Site, representing 2.54% of the total Site waste. The settlement requires the parties to pay EPA $11.9 million in response costs. The settlement also resolves the liability for response costs and potential natural resource damages of these 192 parties to the federal Natural Resource Trustees at the Site (the U.S. Department of Interior on behalf of the Fish & Wildlife Service, the U.S. Department of Commerce on behalf of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, and the U.S. Air Force). Casmalia is a former hazardous waste disposal facility that accepted approximately 5.6 billion pounds of waste from nearly 10,000 generators between 1974 and 1989. EPA has documented the release of hazardous substances into the environment at the Site, and has been responding to conditions at the Site since 1992. This settlement is one of a series of cashout settlements with major and de minimis parties intended to provide funding for the continuing response actions.

Defendants (192)

• Pfizer Inc.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• Pilkington Barnes HindNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• Piper Ranch AssociationNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• Prudential Overall SupplyNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• Quality Metal FinishingNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• Quebecor PrintingNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• Raychem CorporationNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• Redken LaboratoriesNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• Roberts ManufacturingNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• Roche Holdings/SyntexNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• Mitsubishi Silicon AmericaNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• Monogram Aerospace FastenersNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• Montana Vista PartnershipNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• National Metal & Steel CorpNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• National RefractorsNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• National SemiconductorNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• NEC America, Inc.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• NEC ElectronicsNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• NestleNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• Norton PackagingNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• OB Masco Window ProductsNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• Occidental Coating CompanyNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• Occidental ResearchNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• Offshore Logistics Inc.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• Olympian OilNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• …and 167 more

Facilities (1)

• CASMALIA RESOURCES

  NTU RD-539 SAN YSIDRO RD, CASMALIA, CA, 93429

  Registry ID: 110009267532

Statutes cited

• RCRA 7003 — Imminent Order: Solid or Hazardous Waste
• CERCLA 122G — Administrative De Minimis Settlement

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Casmalia - De Minimis Administrative Order on Consententered 2004-09-24

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2004-09-24Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2004-09-24Final Order Issued
• 2004-10-05Enforcement Action Closed
• 2004-10-06Enforcement Action Data Entered