EPA v. Orofino Asbestos Cost Recovery

Case summary

On August 2, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho entered an ability-to-pay Consent Decree resolving liability and ordering payment of $523,000 in past costs for EPA?s removal actions at the Orofino Asbestos Superfund Site during 2008-2010. The asbestos contamination occurred when Owyhee Construction, a contractor of the Riverside Water and Sewer District, crushed concrete asbestos pipe and then disposed it as fill across several properties in Orofino, Idaho.

Defendants (5)

• TAYLOR ENGINEERING, INC.
• OWYHEE CONSTRUCTION, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• RIVERSIDE WATER AND SEWER DISTRICTNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• JOHN ANDERSON AND RICHARD BURNHAM
• CLEARWATER OPERATIONS, INC.

Facilities (1)

• OROFINO ASBESTOS SITE

  GREATER OROFINO AREA, OROFINO, ID, 83544

  Registry ID: 110042266687

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Orofino Asbestos Cost Recoveryentered 2016-08-02

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (6 milestones)

• 2014-12-02Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 2015-01-20Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2015-03-13Complaint Filed With Court
• 2016-06-13Final Order Lodged
• 2016-08-02Final Order Entered
• 2016-08-02Concluded