EPA v. San Gabriel / El Monte
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
Case summary
This is an Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) pursuant to CERCLA 122H by which EPA and the City of El Monte have established a cost recovery amount to be paid by the City for EPA's groundwater cleanup actions at the San Gabriel superfund site. The EPA response was due to the City's failure to properly close and abandon a drinking water production well, leading to contamination of a deep aquifer.
Defendants (1)
- City of El MonteNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
SAN GABRIEL VALLEY (AREA 1)
PECK ROAD & REAL (HWY 10), EL MONTE, CA, 91733
Registry ID: 110009329538
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 122H — Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement
Enforcement conclusions (1)
San Gabriel / El Monteentered 2007-03-29
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2007-03-29Final Order Issued
- 2007-03-29Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2007-03-29Enforcement Action Closed
- 2007-04-17Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 600039038
- Case number
- 09-2007-0066
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 09
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 09-2007-0066 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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