Cooper v. Aviall Ruling 2 

Region 2 Administrator Resigns 

Beede Waste Oil 3 

Tri-Cities Barrel CD 

“Return to Use” 4 

Delaware River Oil Spill 5 

In the Courts 6 

Lavaca Bay Settlements 

Tidbits 7 

PRP Search Enhancement 

Conference 

Safe Needle Disposal 

Calendar 8 

Glossary 

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newsletter highlighting hazardous 

waste cleanup cases, policies, 

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Office of Site Remediation Winter 2005 

Enforcement (2271A) EPA 300-N-05-002 

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Leavitt Nomina vitt Nominated for

Health and Human Health and Human

Services P vices Post

WHITE HOUSE PHOTO BY ERIC DRAPER 

President George W. Bush looks on as Administrator Leavitt speaks 

during the nomination announcement. 

President George W. Bush 

has selected EPA Administrator Michael 

Leavitt for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human 

Services, a post previously held 

by Tommy Thompson who resigned December 3. During the 

December 13 announcement at 

the White House, the President 

thanked Leavitt for his service to 

EPA and said that while leading 

EPA Leavitt “enforced high standards and a spirit of cooperation 

and with good common sense.” 

Leavitt said that he felt “understandable regret” in leaving EPA 

and described the agency as “filled 

with dedicated people whom I have 

come to have great affection for.” 

Leavitt has served as EPAAdministrator since November 2003. 

During his tenure, EPA finalized 

two significant Superfund settlements, a consent decree for the Fox 

River cleanup worth $60 million 

and a $40 million settlement for 

the groundwater cleanup at San 

Gabriel Valley. Leavitt also announced a record $75 million in 

Brownfields grants; unveiled the 

Clean Air Rules of 2004; and 

oversaw the development of the 

Great Lakes Regional Collaboration, a collective of agencies dedicated to restoring the Great Lakes 

through an executive order. 

Senate confirmation hearings are 

scheduled for mid-January. Deputy 

Administrator Stephen Johnson 

will serve as Acting EPA Administrator pending Bush administration nomination and Senate confirmation of a replacement. 

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Supreme Cour eme Court Rules No ules No

Contrib Contribution Rights F ution Rights ForVoluntar oluntary

CERCLA Clean CLA Cleanups

By Clarence Featherson, Office of Site Remediation Enforcement 

The Supreme Court ruled in 

Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Aviall 

Services, Inc. (No. 02-1192) on December 13, 2004. By a 7-2 majority, the 

Court held that a private party who 

has not been sued under CERCLA Sections 106 or 107 is not permitted to 

bring a contribution action under 

CERCLA Section 113(f)(1) 

against other potentially responsible parties (PRPs) for response 

costs. Petitioner Cooper Industries, Inc., supported by an amicus 

brief filed by the United States, 

asked the Supreme Court to reverse an en banc decision by the United 

States Court of Appeals for the Fifth 

Circuit that CERCLA Section 113(f)(1) 

allows a PRP to conduct a “voluntary” 

cleanup and then seek contribution 

from other PRPs. 

Congress amended CERCLA in 

1986 to include Section 113(f)(1), 

which provides an express cause of action for contribution. Section 113(f)(1) 

states that any person may seek contribution from any other person who is 

liable or potentially liable under 

CERCLA Section 107 during or following any civil action under Section 106 

or Section 107 of CERCLA. The last 

sentence of CERCLA Section 113(f)(1) 

states that, “[n]othing in this subsection shall diminish the right of any person to bring an action for contribution 

in the absence of a civil action under 

Section 9606 of this title or Section 

9607 of this title.” 

Justice Thomas, writing the majority opinion, found that the natural 

meaning of Section 113(f)(1) is that 

persons may only seek contribution 

subject to specified conditions, i.e., “during or following” a civil action under 

Section 106 or Section 107. The Court 

held a different reading would render 

the “during or following” language superfluous and eliminate the need for 

contribution rights for settlements unThe Court ruled 7-2 that private

parties who have not been sued

under CERCLA cannot bring

contribution actions against other

PRPs. 

der CERCLA Section 113(f)(3)(B). 

The Court stated that the last sentence of CERCLA Section 113(f)(1) did 

not change the precondition for a civil 

action. Rather, the Court held the sole 

function of the savings clause is to acknowledge that any other rights to 

contribution that may exist are not 

“diminished.” The Court also explicitly affirmed that CERCLA created 

a separate right of contribution under Section 113(f)(3)(B) for a PRP who 

has resolved its liability to the 

United States or a State in a judicial 

or administrative settlement. The 

majority opinion did not address 

the question of whether a unilateral administrative order (UAO) 

under CERCLA Section 106 is a 

“civil action” that would trigger 

contribution rights. However, the 

United States’ amicus brief filed in 

this case states that the position of 

the United States is that a UAO does 

not grant contribution rights. The 

Court left open the possibility that 

continued on page 5

Head of Head of Region 2

Resigns

EPA Region 2 Administrator Jane Kenny resigned effective November 

26, 2004. Kathleen Callahan, who has worked with EPA since 1971 and 

served as Deputy Regional Administrator under Kenny, is serving as 

Acting Regional Administrator. Prior to her selection as deputy last 

year, Callahan helped direct EPA’s response to the World Trade Center 

tracks, and she was appointed Assistant Regional Administrator for 

New York City Response and Recovery Programs in May 2002. As 

Acting Administrator, Callahan will be oversee a $750 million annual 

budget and manage 1,000 Regional employees. 

Callahan’s biography is available online at: 

http://www.epa.gov/region2/rabio.htm.

2 cleanupnews 
Small Contrib Small Contributors Resolve Beede e Beede

Waste Oil Lia aste Oil Liability

Enforcement News

EPA and the New Hampshire 

Department of Environmental Services (NH DES) announced a 

settlement with 276 parties to the 

Beede Waste Oil Superfund site in 

Plaistow, New Hampshire on December 6, 2004. This is the fourth settlement with de minimis parties (i.e., 

parties that contributed minimal 

amounts of hazardous waste at the 

site compared to other parties) and 

will provide $10.7 million for the 

cleanup. EPA has collected about $17 

million in four settlements with 1,199 

parties, and the monies raised are being held in a site-specific Superfund 

special account for application to 

costs associated with cleaning up the 

Beede site. To date, EPA and NH DES 

have spent $22 million 

The on-site oil recovery system, which has been in operation since February 

2000, has removed over 85,000 gallons from the site. 

tributors benefit from early settlements 

because they are able to quickly resolve 

their liability and avoid 

and 1997, EPA and NH DES removed 

approximately 100 above-ground storage tanks and 800 drums. The January 2004 Record of Decision calls for 

soil removal and disposal, a soil vapor extraction system, long-term 

monitoring, and institutional controls. The remedy allows for future 

redevelopment of the site for residential or recreational use. 

Additional information about 

Beede Waste Oil Superfund site and 

the settlements is available online 

at: http://www.epa.gov/ne/superfund/ 

sites/beede/index.htm. 

For additional information, contact 

Cynthia Lewis, EPA Region 1, 

lewis.cindy@epa.gov.

on site investigation Targeting small lengthy and costly litigaand cleanup. contributors first tion. 

This settlement rep- ensures EPA will have From the 1920s to 

resents another EPA funds for the cleanup. 1994, the 40-acre site 

success with targeting 

small contributors first and working 

to make Superfund a simpler, more 

helpful process. Using this “bottom 

up” enforcement strategy, EPA ensures that parties will provide funds 

for the cleanup. Also, by offering 

small contributors early settlements, 

EPA saves litigation costs and focuses 

resources on pursuing major parties 

to site contamination. Small conwas used for a variety of 

oil-related activities, including waste 

oil processing and resale. In 1995, 

groundwater sampling identified volatile organic compounds in on-site monitoring wells and two private residential 

wells. Additional testing found unhealthful levels of several contaminants, including PCBs, in groundwater 

and soils, and the site was added to the 

National Priorities List in 1996. In 1996 

Agreement Signed f eement Signed f eement Signed forTri-Cities Bar ri-Cities Barrel

On November 26, 2004, the 

EPA Region 2 Regional Administrator signed a consent decree 

(CD) with Alcan Aluminum Corporation for the Tri-Cities Barrel 

Superfund site in Broome County, 

New York. Under the CD, Alcan has 

agreed to reimburse EPA up to $1.4 

million for its past and future response 

costs and to pay a $360 thousand penalty for violating a CERCLA cleanup 

order. 

Alcan was among a large number of 

potentially responsible parties (PRPs) 

at the site. EPA initially entered into 

early de minimis settlements with 28 

PRPs. Then, in an August 2001 consent decree, 43 additional parties 

agreed to implement the remedial decontinued on page 6 

cleanupnews 3 
“Return to Use” n to Use” Initiative to

OSWER News

Spur Reuse

On November 10, 2004, EPA 

launched a new initiative— 

”Return to Use”—that encourages 

reuse and redevelopment of 

Superfund sites. Through “Return to 

Use” (RTU), EPA will review implemented site remedies for unnecessary 

barriers to reuse and determine if 

small modifications will enable communities to reuse properties while 

protecting human health and the environment. EPA wants to remove the 

stigma typically associated with 

former contaminated sites and spur 

commercial, ecological and recreational use of fenced, abandoned, and 

underutilized properties. 

RTU focuses on the approximately 

500 National Priorities List sites 

where remedies were implemented 

before the 1999 launch of the 

Superfund Redevelopment Initiative 

(SRI). Prior to SRI, remedy selection 

was focused primarily on removing 

immediate threats to human health 

and the environment and less on how 

the site would be used after cleanup. 

With the introduction of SRI, EPA 

encouraged considering future site 

use when determining a remedy 

and ensuring that the remedy would 

“Return to Use” will 

encourage the reuse and

redevelopment of Superfund

sites. 

be consistent with anticipated or 

potential use. When reviewing sites 

where remedies were initiated before 1999, EPA will consider modifying restrictive fences or deed limitations that go beyond what is required for the site to remain protective, issuing Ready for Reuse 

(RfR) determinations, and eliminating misleading signs. 

EPA has selected 11 demonstration projects for the initiative. One 

of the sites, HOD Landfill in 

Antioch, Illinois, is a former landfill where overly restrictive barriers and concerns about the site being a Superfund site were preventing reuse. EPA and stakeholders reviewed and updated the risk assessment, and EPA issued an Explanation of Significant Differences removing unnecessary parts of the remedy. 

EPA then issued an RfR determination assuring residents that the site 

can be used for recreation, and the 

former landfill is being turned into 

athletic fields for a high school adjacent to the site. The RfR determination for HOD Landfill was highlighted 

in CleanupNews II – February 2004, 

which is available online at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/Compliance/resources/ 

newsletters/cleanup/cleanup15s.pdf. 

Additional information about the 

initiative, including a fact sheet and 

demonstration project descriptions, 

is available online at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/superfund/programs/ 

recycle/rtu/index.htm. 

For additional information, contact 

Melissa Friedland, National Program 

Manager for Superfund Redevelopment, (703) 603-8864 or 

friedland.melissa@epa.gov.

The Arlington Blending and Packaging site in Tennessee is one of 11 

“Return to Use” demonstration 

projects. For seven years, the Arlington site was used for formulating and 

packaging pesticides, and spills led 

to soil and groundwater contamination. In 1996, 41,000 tons of contaminated soil were removed from the 

property. Over the past 10 years, vegetation has returned to the site. 

Residents and community leaders 

had shied away from reusing the 

property because it had been a 

Superfund site. Through a “Ready 

for Reuse” determination and comVacant Field to be Converted to

Neighborhood Park

fort letter, EPA assured the community that the property was safe 

to use for recreational purposes, 

and the city will be converting the 

land into a 2.3-acre neighborhood 

park. EPA has determined that 

the land can be used for this purpose without interfering with ongoing groundwater monitoring. 

For additional information 

about the Arlington Blending and 

Packaging demonstration project, 

contact Derek Matory, 

Remedial Project Manager, 

matory.derek@epa.gov. 

In a few months, the unused Arlington 

property will boast a playground, 

walking and biking trails, and a 

basketball court. 

4 cleanupnews
Agencies Respond to Oil Spill on 

Delaware River 

In the Spotlight

On November 27, 2004, a vessel tanker heading for a Citgo 

facility in Paulsboro, New Jersey 

spilled approximately 30,000 gallons 

of crude oil into the Delaware River. 

The cause of the spill is still under investigation. The spill occurred as tugboats were assistand protect wildlife including: EPA, the 

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, New 

Jersey State Police, the Coast Guard 

Marine Safety Office-Group, Delaware 

Department of Natural Resources, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife, 

http://www.incidentinfo.com/external/ 

index.cfm?cid=864. 

For additional information, contact 

the Joint Information Center, (267) 

765-3441. 

Supreme Court, continued from page 2 

Aviall had a CERCLA Section 107 action and remanded the case for further proceedings on that issue consistent with its opinion. 

In a dissenting opinion, Justice 

Ginsberg and Justice Stevens argued 

that the issue of whether Aviall had a 

right to file an action pursuant to 

CERCLA Section 107 should have 

been decided in this case by the Supreme Court and not remanded to a 

lower court. The court did not address 

whether a PRP has a cause of action 

against other PRPs under section 107, 

stating that the issue was not addressed by the courts below or fully 

briefed by the parties. 

The implications of the Court’s decision for EPA’s site remediation enforcement and brownfields’ programs 

and state voluntary cleanup programs 

will be monitored and assessed by EPA 

ing the Athos I, a National Oceanic Responders have collected

750-foot vessel and Atmospheric nearly 65,000 gallons of oil

with a Cyprus flag, and oily liquid. Administration, 

to the Citgo facili- Tri-State Bird Resties pier. Athos I listed 8 degrees to 

the left, and the engine cut off. The 

spill spread from just north of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge south to the 

Commodore Barry Bridge. A safety 

zone was established around the spill 

from the Tacony Palmyra Bridge to the 

Commodore Barry Bridge, and this 

section of the river was closed to all 

pleasure and commercial craft for approximately 24 hours after the spill 

occurred. 

Many federal, state, and local agencies and contractor personnel came together to assist in cleanup of the spill 

cue, and representatives from Citgo 

and the ship’s owner. Thousands of feet 

of protective boom was laid out to help 

prevent the spread of crude oil to other 

areas of the river and wildlife habitat. 

As of early January, responders have 

collected nearly 7,000 tons of oily solids, 65,000 gallons of oil and oily liquid, and 2,000 gallons of submerged 

oil. Also, 228 captured birds have been 

released. The cleanup effort will continue over the next several months. 

Updates on the cleanup effort and 

the ongoing investigation into the cause 

of the spill are available online at: PHOTO BY PETTY OFFICER RUSS TIPPETS, USCG

and states. 

Case background was provided in 

CleanupNews Spring 2004, available 

online at: http://www.epa.gov/Compliance/resources/newsletters/ 

cleanup/cleanup16.pdf. The Supreme 

Court decision is available online at: 

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/04pdf/02-1192.pdf. 

For additional information, contact 

Clarence E. Featherson, OSRE, (202) 

564-4234. 

Workers clean the shoreline December 2.

cleanupnews 5 
Two Lavaca Bay Settlements y Settlements

Announced Announced

In The Courts

On December 10, 2004, the 

U.S. Department of Justice, 

EPA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department 

of Interior, and State of Texas announced two settlement agreements 

with Alcoa Inc. and Alcoa World Alumina related to Lavaca Bay and the 

Point Comfort/Lavaca Bay Superfund 

Site. 

Under the natural resource damages 

consent decree settlement, Alcoa will 

construct a 70-acre salt marsh on 

Powderhorn Lake’s north shore and an 

11-acre oyster reef in southeast 

Lavaca Bay; purchase and transfer 

approximately 730 acres of land to the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for addition to the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. To 

Alcan alone failed to comply with 

the UAO, and EPAsought recovery 

against Alcan of outstanding past 

and future costs plus a penalty for 

non-compliance with the UAO. 

With the Alcan CD, all financially 

viable PRPs are contributing to the 

site cleanup. 

From 1955 to 1992, Alcan and 

other companies sent drums for reconditioning, and the resulting 

wastewater was discharged into 

unlined lagoons and on-site soils 

and groundwater became contaminated with volatile organic compounds, semi-VOCs, pesticides, 

metals and PCBs. Tri-Cities Barrel was proposed to the NPL on 

May 5, 1987 and listed on October 

4, 1989. In a PRP-lead removal 

action in 1996, all drums, tanks, 

and on-site containers were removed; all structures were decontaminated, demolished, and disposed; and operational equipment 

was decontaminated and removed. A March 2000 Record of 

Decision outlined a remedy, then 

estimated at $20.4 million, to address soils, sediments and groundwater. Under the CD, PRPs have 

completed the cleanup of the soils 

and sediments and are now evaluating the groundwater remedy. 

Approximately 350 drums and 

93,000 tons of soil and sediment 

have been excavated and disposed 

offsite at appropriate disposal facilities. Some materials were incinerated prior to disposal. 

The CD with Alcan was lodged 

with the United States District 

Court on December 14, 2004, and 

the 30-day public comment period 

began December 29, 2004. 

For additional information, contact Michael Mintzer, EPA Region 

2, (212) 637-3168. 

operations at Alcoa Inc.’s 

Point Comfort facility. Alcoa owned 

the plant from 1948 until 1994 when 

it was purchased by Alcoa World Alumina. Alcoa operated a chlorine-alkali processing unit and discharged 

wastewater containing mercury into 

Lavaca Bay. 

Under the two settlement agreements lodged with the U.S. District 

Court, Alcoa will undertake a variety 

of restoration actions. Alcoa has already spent approximately $40 million for early response actions and will 

spend approximately $11.4 million to 

complete the remaining cleanup actions. Alcoa will also pay governmental agencies for incurred costs. Under 

the cleanup consent decree, Alcoa will 

dredge contaminated sediments, operate a groundwater recovery system 

at the former chlorine-alkali plant, 

cap portions of the plant, and monitor 

sediments and fish. 

Sediments in Lavaca Alcoa will help restore the increase and 

Bay were contaminated bay by constructing a salt enhance recrewith mercury from past marsh and oyster reef. ational fishing 

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in Lavaca Bay, 

Alcoa will replace the existing auxiliary boat ramp and construct a new 

timber dock; modify an existing jetty; 

and construct a new timber dock. 

Alcoa will provide funding to local entities for maintaining and insuring 

these structures against loss for the 

next 15 years. 

Comments from the 30-day public 

comment period will be considered 

before the settlement is considered final. 

For additional information, contact 

Gary Baumgarten, EPA Region 6, (214) 

665-6749. 

Tri-Cities, continued from page 3 

sign and remedial action (RD/RA), but 

Alcan refused to participate. In September 2001, EPA issued a Unilateral Administrative Order (UAO) to 

Alcan and to one other PRP directing 

them to participate in the RD/RA. 

6 cleanupnews
PRP Sear PRP Search Enhancement Na h Enhancement National

Conference Held in Den ence Held in Denver

By Nancy Deck, Office of Site Remediation Enforcement 

The Fourth National Confer 

ence on PRP Search Enhancement was held in Denver, Colorado, 

on August 10 through 13, 2004. The 

conference was planned and presented 

by EPA’s PRP Search Enhancement 

Team. Conference participants ranged 

from subject matter experts to those 

new to the PRP search process. In addition to formal programs, the conference provided PRP search personnel 

an opportunity to meet and share experiences with their counterparts from 

other agencies and areas of the country. Participants included representatives of all ten EPA regions, the 

states of Arizona, California, Hawaii, 

Kansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, 

South Carolina, and Tennessee, the 

Navajo Nation, the U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, and the U.S. Department of Justice. 

Conference sessions addressed numerous issues encountered by PRP 

search personnel. For example, in the 

Environmental Liability Insurance 

session two EPA subject matter experts and representatives of the Insurance Archaeology Group and the 

law firm Anderson, Kill & Olick discussed insurance law issues that are 

commonly encountered at CERCLA 

and RCRA cleanup sites, EPA’s role 

in seeking insurance coverage for such 

cleanups, and the sometimes difficult 

process of identifying insurance policies that may provide coverage at older 

sites. Other session topics included 

Bankruptcy and Ability to Pay, PRP 

Search “Best Practices,” Superfund 

and Corporate Liability, Sites with 

Numerous Generators, Conducting 

Title Searches, Real Property Law, 

Windfall Liens & Bona Fide Prospective Purchasers, Interviewing Techniques, FOIA Procedures & PRP 

Searches, and Alternative Dispute 

Resolution & PRP Searches. In addition, an important interactive session 

provided an opportunity for representatives of EPA, states, tribes, and other 

federal agencies to discuss ways to enhance their partnerships in the PRP 

search process. 

By all accounts the conference was a 

success, in large part due to the participation of a broad spectrum of the 

PRP search community and the wellrounded expertise of the presenters. 

During FY05, the PRP Search Enhancement Team will follow up on ideas discussed at the conference for facilitating enhanced communication and training for PRP search personnel. 

For additional information about the 

conference or the PRP Search Enhancement Team, contact Team Leader Nancy 

Deck, OSRE, (202) 564-6039. 

Tidbits

EPA Recommends Saf ecommends Saf ecommends Safer Disposal er Disposal er Disposal

Methods f Methods f Methods for Used Syring or Used Syringes

By Diane Bartosh, Office of Solid Waste 

EPA recently issued new pub 

lications that encourage 

people to dispose of used needles 

through community drop-off programs, 

household hazardous waste facilities, 

sharps mailback programs, or athome needle destruction devices. Protect Yourself, Protect Others: Safe Options for Needle Disposal (EPA530-F04-004) and Protecting Your Community from Sharps: Options for Safe Disposal of Sharps (EPA530-K-04-001) 

were developed in collaboration with 

the Coalition for Safe Community 

Needle Disposal. The first document 

aims to re-educate self-injectors about 

better management of used needles, 

and the second is designed for use by 

states to help keep used syringes out 

of all trash collections. The Coalition 

for Safe Community Needle Disposal 

is a collaboration of businesses, community groups, nonprofit associations, 

and state, local, and federal government entities committed to promoting public awareness of the hazards 

posed by improperly disposed sharps. 

The purpose of the documents is to 

encourage people to think about used 

needles from a health standpoint 

rather than as a waste management 

or disposal issue. Approximately 8 to 

9 million people use syringes for a 

wide range of medicinal purposes, 

which creates about 3 billion used 

needles a year. The Agency is distributing the new publications not only to 

promote safer disposal alternatives, 

but also to encourage people to reduce 

the amount of this waste. The new 

publications are free and available 

online at: www.epa.gov/epaoswer/other/ 

medical/sharps.htm. They can be ordered online at: http://www.epa.gov/ 

ncepihom/ordering.htm; by email: 

ncepimal@one.net; or by calling 800/ 

490-9198. Self-injectors should request EPA530-F-04-004; state and local governments should request 

EPA530-K-04-001. 

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Tucson, AZ 

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Gatlinburg, TN 

http://www.state.tn.us/environment/ 

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July 12 – 15 

2005 Community Involvement 

Conference and Training 

Buffalo, NY 

http://www.epancic.org/2005/ 

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