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Table of Contents 

FY 1992: Strong Performance in Traditional Enforcement Activity, 

Record Setting Penalties and Fines, and Implementation of a 

Cross-Program /Multi-Media Enforcement Perspective 

Environmental Enforcement Activity 

hqff Enfom!ment Litrgation and Key Legal Precedents 

Federal Fadtities Enforcement 

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I. FY 1992: Strong Performance in Taditional Enforcement 

Activity., Record Setling Penalties and Fines, and 

Implementation of a Cross-ProgramlMdti-Media 

Enforcement Perspecfive 

Fy 1992 was a very successful year for both the Environmental Protection 

Agency @PA) and State enforcement programs. EPA and the States maintained high 

aggregate levels of judicial and administrative enforcement activity, and new 

records for Federal civil and criminal p"alties and fines were established (see 

Section II for detailed info-). At the same time, EPA continued to fully 

implement the &ament approaches that are called for in its 

Fhforcement Four-Year skate& Plan. 

SignScant progress was made in the broad effort to htegmte a cros+ 

program/multi-media approach into all stages of the inspection and enforcement 

program. Iltis will enable the Agency to better pursue its goal of additional public ' 

health and environmental protection results, deterrence, and effiaency which could 

riot be achieved through ttw use of traditional singiemedia approaches &ne. 

Notable actdevements in FY 1992 include the effort to strengthen the cooperative 

Addendum to the Pole Framework on StatJEPA Enforcement Agreements. The 

Multi-Media Addendum establishes procedures for enhanced multimedia 

enforcement by Federal and State authoritia and invaIves States mure fully in the 

process of identifying and implementing annual ~tionsl enforcement initiatives. 

In FY 1992, ~tional initiatives were undertaken to address spedfic pollutants, 

industries, and geographic areas which present a ~tional risk from the standpoints 

of human health, the environment, and maintenance of the integrity of Agency 

relationship between EPA and the States through isauanOe af the Multi-Media 

resulatov pmogr-. 

EPA's long-term commitment to cross-program/multi-media enforcement is 

a reflection of its desire to better integrate health and ecologid rkks into inspection 

targehg and case selection While these concepts apply in SingIe-medium cases as 

well, crozr-program/multi-media enforcement is intended to resultin 

comprehexuive idenWcation and remediation of problems at a facility. Crosoprogram/multi-media inspxbm also have the potentid of better focusing senior 

management in the regulated community on the broad range of environmental 

compliance issues, enartwaging a more holistic approach to sigruficant 

environmental problems. 

=A's Regional Offices have strengthened operating procedures and 

organizational structures to support mss-program/multi-media enforcement. 

hitidy viyed by many in the Agency with reservation and concern, this process is 

now being impl-slented with enthusiasm in the spirit of Total Quality 

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criminal enforcement continues to be the fastest growing component of the 

Agency's enforcement effort with Resident Agent Off~ces opening in Houston, Los 

hgeles, Buffalo, St Louis, and Miami. The program sup- progra.m-speczfic 

enforcement prioritier and is expected b be increasingly useful in supporting crossprogram/multi-media and international eeorcement efforts and in addressing 

interstate violations 

The office of Criminat enforcement is working dosely with the media 

proolyams to implement the new Sentencing Guidelines for organizational 

Defendants (primarily corporations) convicted of -tal &e. 

Implementing these guidehm wiU require extensive Regional program tedurical 

input to develop recommended conditions of ~~rporate probation kduding restitution, remedia- and amphuerelated relief. The god is smooth 

judges and probation 

During FY 19k the Agency crafted the.Crimi~I krfotcement Addend- to 

the Policy FrumMork a StutdEPA Enforcement Agreements which was issued in 

final form in January 1993. The Addend- will improve coordination and 

communications among Federal, State, and local law enforcement Unitr. Its major 

pravisions include the designawn of OM or more intra-State cuntact to serve as a 

investigations and cases, cross referral of cases, tedmiccrl support and training, and 

coordination of State/Federal avil and uiminal proceedings. 

notable achievements during FY 1992, many of which are highlighted t\ the pages 

environment through expeditiously deaning up and ensuring compliance at 

Federal hazardow and radioaceive waste sites. EPA is also establishing a framework 

tk,t ensures the Federal government is held accountable to che public for its 

environmental recotd. In mcognition of the public's vital interests, EPA will work 

to further engage the public with the Federal sector in the dedsion-maldng process 

for management and clean-up of environmental contamination at Federal facilities. 

A key to implementing EPA's new ad enhanced approah to enforcement 

is the ability to readily look at patbma of noncompliance within or 862059 

environmental programs. Zb meet this em, EPA developed a computer 

capability which linlo informatla from over ten Agency mainframe computer 

systems. KMwn as Integrated Data for Enhmmnt Analysis PEA), W computer 

capability utilizes EPA'o poweru mainframe computer capaaty to allow EPA 

enforcement personnel to &gage in an inkractive analysis of =A's compliance and 

enforcement data. This capability provides EPA staff with the abitity to structure 

enforcement analyses based on areas of potential concern including industrial sector. 

pollutants, corporate structure, and/or geographic sector. 

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coordination within EPA 90 that timely support can be provided b sntenan '8 

focal point for exchanging information regarding the status of criminal 

EPA's rapidly developing Federal Facility EnfoKement program had many 

of this Report. The program is working to protect public health and the 

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.. IILT~L chapter ptooihr mgMight, of major 

FY 1992 litigation which support Agency 

enforcement prioritin and demonstrate 

innovatioc appwachira in th. enfircement 

yaw far €PA3 +ranmi qjW. The Asay continued implemrrrtatfon of the new 

by which FnlmJ and SWe 

govmmentr dd better promote cmnplfanu 

with, and cffcaior det- againat violatiow 

of, environmental laws. Cora 'pe listed 

alphabetical1 y. 

Natirnrl Mdtimedlr Enforcement 

Initiaiives 

pmca FY1992msacrdiirrgordchda~g 

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Th C?@e of En-s (OE) d- 

&la en- f&&ttua amm tkt EPA 

and miunmentd pmotrctlon tkargh integrated 

u+cofolloooihblcmov~ InFY1992,OE 

conducted national multi-media enforcement 

initfatfa /owrd on ololntiona of hzae 

stan- and the rqdethu gavtming three 

OnAugustS5.199tDAad Dole 

amunkrofbaurlwdatai~tpdioru 

EPA selectd bmuena u thaet of an 

enforumnt hftMUr, &I plr, yponh 199olbxicr RdaDI ImmltOTy, mMng knrnu 

mh -g carchgm in tums 4M poluub 

released to the mmronmmt. The W 

initintior resulted in a@cematt dmu under 

the CAA, RCRA, and CEKCLA. On behalf of 

€PA. DOf lodgel two signij'kmt cmil judicial 

actions for bmzmbrdatcd Oialationr. Fin:, in 

an action agpinst Chevron, U.S.A.'s 

Philadelphia. PA petroleum rrpnery, the 

large: penalty for violations of hazardow air 

pollutant standardr far bmzm was obtained. 

An additional bmzene-related civil judicial case 

was settled mith Sharon Sted's Mowson. PA 

mort -,;2&dy implrnvnts mulfi-lllcdia\emrrpgrm mfirrnnnt to clehimr publac Wth 

spw~~try- , 

phnt, and &PA pled soen administrative 

actions against chemical and petroleum 

C~p~b /or moktionr of the Underground 

Shrpsr TnnL ngvhtfonr 

on Scptonber 10, 1992. EPA and DO1 

PnnOUnd th ping of number of industrysp- afmcanart Miac &used on oioiations 

WW rr~ufocth~g, W manujkturing and 

mdting, and organic &emid manufacturing. 

initfatma were bad on gach indwtyt 

of dgnjflcnnt nonsarplirnce and large 

4f JtrrlvW in th indwtry MOTS - pip and 

PlllOpALl of nportal*rdcpra 01 mwlsfen of toxic 

- In FY 1992, EPA atmd into afirrcement dth pulp and PIpa UmQania tht 

Oiabted anoftoranrntal strkricr tht will dt 

in lllon thn 518 nnllfon in cmil and crimtiol 

pdi& Mod d-t wa~ tk $13 dlion 

utrlmmt, including criminal and cioil 

pcrrrltkr. against the Dater Cmyomtion (see kow DbhtiQu of tk m and tk RCRA. 

Th $73 adllion dvil pmulty asused against -@- of tk CHU u tk lagat 

fin8 mu assmud fin violation of a water 

polhkim pmd. Onehdf of the $7.2 mUwn 

pdty will go to the State of Connecticut 

wh&b the EFA IS a plelntf.ffn tk action 

OgrinrtDCrtn: DatuahqFalimtkcavnt 

to install cgvipmmt to hap: both nontoxic and toxic pollutants, to prepare a spill 

pmtntion pka. to pafonn atra monif&ng and 

rtpming, to dcla-q hawdm waste arm at 

the focurty and perform a mul'i-facility 

Anothar SignipUnt agreement inwlving 

CorrSctiDI mwura daipd to help msure 

future colnplinncr t a eprurr;: .... .: 

repiring the Lou&&na Paij7.e Coworahon's 

Samoa, Calrnh, pulp mill to install a new 

blcrJdng par by 1995. Undn 

tk agrement. tk plant wvld barn the flnt 

plant in tk nation to achieve la% production of 

chlorine-free pulp. The pulp and paper 

initfa* included poC CiOJ judicial Oaionr and 

settlmmts and thrre civil administrative 

enfomnat actions 

Pursuant to the primary metals 

mfotcnnmt initfative, EPA ped five Cd 

judicial and administrative enforcement actions 

~totkalmmmut 

amiramartal carplipnu midit. 

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and three settlements involving metal 

manufacturing and metal smelting facilities. 

Thir included a settlement m'th the WkelingPittsburgh Steel Corpornth in which it agreed 

to pay a t2 million dollra doil pnolty for CWA 

violations. 

The EPA also filed three new 

administrative enforcement actions and an 

administrative wfiLmnt inrtollling indusfriol 

organic chemical manufactdug facilities. A 

civil penalty of Sl882toO b sought in an 

administretive complaint filed against 

Monsanto chrmicpl Company JIW 23 alleged 

violations of the RCRA and applicable 

Massachusetts rguhtionr. In addition. the 

Agency hued an Administmihe Order on 

August 6, 1992, mug the Union Camp 

Corpomtion in Doorr, Ohto. to prrfa afPairy 

waste ViohliON. 

vt orul to hcgpn m rnnaihtc lhsprdory 

. Clean AI. Act Enlorcement 

In FY 1992. this pmgram's rctivitia 

(CM) pmgrom regulates the anirdon of 60th 

toxic and criteria pollutanta from both 

stationary (frctoria, plantr. utilitia) and 

mobile (auto) sonms. StaUomwy smme ab 

to* litigation ctmterai upom vialatiom I# the 

ibrINESHAPS). aprciolly tbsc 

involving asbestos and bmuru. StatlOuav 

-(NMQS) UI criteria 

pollutants inwlvd oidnrionr of rcguiationr JIW 

volatile organic compouu& (VOCs), snl@ 

dioxide and particdata. Mobile source 

litigation emphasized violatlOnr of tlu led 

phasedown da, ru wdl thm involving JW 

switching, volatility. and additive 

rrpvimMlk 

ccntwed vpon impl~tation o/ tk clam Ab 

Act ~4-b of 1990. ~hr aan ~b Act 

Source mfmvmcnt o/ the 

Stationary Source Progrun 

(D. Kan.): Thir is the Ant a- Air Act case in 

which dw court upkld EPA's assadon that rha 

appropriate civil parally should be decumined 

by fint calculating the stalutoy maximum 

penalty and then adjusting that amount 

downward only to the extent each mitigating 

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Adz.): In FY 1992, u put of Region DCs 'good 

pollubn conk01 pmdees' hridaLetpc. rha Region 

discovered NSpS and SIP violrtio~ at a plant 

owned by ~rizolu ?WIk Service Company. The 

company failed to adhere to the NSPS 

requirements concerning the installation. 

operation and nuineuKe of continuoru mission 

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$159 million will be paid by Bethlehem for their 

particulata matter violatio~ of the federally 

enforceable Pmylvania Sbte Implanatation 

Plan (SP) at their coke oven bateria and 

elesa* M furnaces in Jobtown and BethlehmL 

coke ovens are used El mnsfonn coal inm coke, 

Which is rhsr used inhrmaeer in thesteelmaking 

'procas. Alro included 'in thb vtrkmat is S2 

million worth of iniunaip. relief which will 

return Bethlehem tu compliznce, plus a 

suppiemarbl Environmma pr0f.a (srp) to 

m m provent hodacrofbpMwutd 0- 

NESHAP recmtly pmposed by EPA for embiau 

fmmalkeovem. 

kUU Luw-CgP. COL 000n doon WNeh WU 

& tDXh in a mUrnar CONb-t With rh. 

ltm ParruyhnnL Depammt of hvimnmenhl 

wul rrcaiw -of thdd pa\plria in rh 

paulrrcr inrh Bethl*d6aea 

UAlk (Splaowr Point 

Resouro~ & a paq to bothca~arrdcerra and 

Joohnrtown dmw and thir(g-mmt of rh. 

Mylmd,Plln~(D.Md.kAcome~tdaRawu 

entered on +I 24,1992, rwoivfng a CM civil 

enforcement action against Bethlehem Steel 

Corporation for dcged excm mte nuamiuQN from ab wen ba- and rh Buk 

Oxygen Fumra during steel ~~g at 

BctNehw'r spurowr Point MuyLnd. pLnt a 

violation of tho fed- arlbrerrbb Mmyland 

SIP. 

Earlier in 1992 Bethlehem cud coke wen 

operrrionr at the Spumm PointpLntforrrpJn 

and possible re-bddhg. Unda by terms of (hs 

decree Bethlehem hr aged to pay a dvll 

penalty of 535 millton. to bo divided equally 

between tho Unied Shra and tho ShM of 

appliublo Maryland SIP md/or CM pamlt 

of o~tlonr of the ah wm b.tlab. 

Marylud. BerNehcmmwtalsocumply&9 

teqhmmabeforeany~ar~ 

-.PA): 'Ihe Wty sum in tht a L, by hs 

the largest civil penalty ever obtained in an 

me. A consat decree to saltlo this inorganic 

anenic NEsHAe case wu entered on May 12. 

1992, in US. DisMct Cow. The co-t decree 

inorganic anarir MSFIAP case, and ir muof the 

hrpt avu parltia obtained in any =HAP 

requires the defendants to upgrade the 

electrostatic pdpitamn serving the gks 

mlrf.rhuing hunrca at ho Sbte C~Ut?ge, PA 

plant (by installing automatic voltage 

conmllen, aummtic nppa contmllm, and a 

a detailed operation and rminlwrnoa plpn: and 

if eithar tuwr is found b~ k out of compliance. 

In ddition, theddmdmb am quhd bD pay 

sum crrmpuba); to develop ad implemert 

m CDndUctartrin sack rocrand repair ad reest 

SI~OOO a dvll paul~. 

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nplbg the equipment, periodic ouagu for 

maintmance were neceasuy. Theae cleaning 

Operatbu, conducted during ouw, dad in 

massive bunb of particdata emiasiono. EPA 

alleged PSCC failed to maintain good air 

pollution control practices for minimizing 

emiui. 

undar the bmla of th. QuuQLt a, Kcc 

agreed to roph~8 the Pawnee fadliys faulty 

pollution control equipment (electroatatic 

precipfhtor) with wtha available pollution 

conk01 te!chnoogy (Fiber Rlbsr DLutcouemr) at 

a costof approzianatay%6+aQ,oWbyDgamkr 

of199c TbsettiethelctlawatbothhUm, 

pscc hr agreed to pip a dvil psrrlty of 

s6oom, of WNCk wlom win be pdd to the uniw strhr 'Itucuy ad Sl~wiU bepaid 

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pursued utbfraion of unwtisfied dvil Wty 

judgmene agrtut Wh&ng-Pitbburgh for prior 

Pittsburgh phe in west mginh, pennsy~vanir, 

and Ohio, in the contax: of a aupter 11 

bankmptcyptoarding. 'Ih.unsrWieddvil 

pcruly toad sws9 (dl of wh(ch except for Sl7Ja0, were CM paulue3) Ud be us. 

zecmd a99C of rht sum (s3,rOorn. The 

origind sUp91.tion approved by the US. 

Unadcd~tlpuLtbnrpPmedbyhehptcy 

Gurt on ApdI241991. 

aern Air Act Administndve Penalty 

Initiative 

coO&l8tal llaffomide flhg If s aan Air 

Act rdminishptior pmclly COYI scatng mom 

thmW~inpCreplHa ~CnraIpaliu 

reglllnrimrt. indndhrg new rlyimnmtr fo? 

(sm and Rm ViOhUON at W&grafiuOfth~Ur~hM 

Mpw On my 11,1989, Ud h M 

On May 20. 1992, EPA anMyIIcIL( th 

26 Stua d Rurto Rim, mforcrd I orih 

veridy # UIOn Air Ad prootimu and 

contkuow mrlrsioru monitoring cedpnvrrt at 

petroleum rcpndes. national ,missions 

storuhrdr for ubatm, kruw and uranium 

mining waste pila, and stat. standards for 

In a& 96 C~LILI werejlld dyrirrg Ikjiw month 

of FY 92 duuring which the ovtlwlly to bhg 

these cnsa aisted. In FY 92. twelve 

administrative penalty cua settled with 

peualth totdhg S413,0(5. 

The initfatior waa dnigned to 

publicize EPA's WI of its nm clan Ai. Act 

adminirtsntior PIIUlty Orrthody, .ON o/ seved 

new mforcmunt todr prvvi&d to EPA in the 

1990 Clem Air Act AWU&IICU~& Publicized 

through national and rgiod prrrr daws 

tbt were cooldinatd with I rpach by 

th Adtaat A/ &r@ E-t. the 

initiotioc daMlukated EPA's commkt to 

oigomvr ay3rummt 4 th CrCpIl Air Art and 

sent a mssap of darnayr to.regu&tcd sourcn. 

Administratior penalty actions, with their 

streamlined Iftigetion pmcedura, allow EPA to 

apmd moderate mQWc0 on middlr-mge but 

imprtmtcnsa; ad to reme ma -/or 

nnok8 dovity d airbm8 $tWti& mdrrionr. 

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judicial litfgation in large more COIUQ~ m. 

Accordingly, EPA's new administrative 

mfirurncnt program ensure that middle-range 

viohtioru raeiw a commensurate mforcrarort 

response, which in turn -results in grato 

compliance m'th the Clan Air Act at less cost 

both to government and to the regulated 

community. 

Multi-Media Benzene Enforcement 

Initiative 

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issued through the st.t.'s. licensing 

regulations. This enforcement iction 

highlight¶ the fact ht stam can be 

succ~hJ. in pursuing violtionr at fed4 

facilities, Including the asaasment of 

pedh whawunned u8drcarant 

Iawruii a&rt ~I&M Chi Mhhg 

brponrion.=oparUmmgore from surface operaiolu (ow plW and 

undergrod (mine dub). nu lawshit .Il.ga 

that hedun Girl operated a heap luch 

cyanide appllution process ushg spmer 

irrigation inread of drip irrigation for the 

application of dlw eyanMe soIu(L0n to it, 

leach pw combusted high rulhv diesel oil in ib 

stitio~y ad mobile died equipment bud of 

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Pb W¶Iabom,MA): Tb Apaof 

Anleboro, IUA, manufactures of various 

DEP to be in violation of ai^ wataz and 

hazardous waste regulations. Th. air 

viohlloni included, among orhus. tutllllng 

UNPP~OV~ VOC co~l equipmi Mer a 

referral to the stam Am- Gmenl'r office, 

a fvul c-t judvt was Bled on Aupt 6, 

1992 between Teknot Apex and the 

pluudzar, wu formd by the Masmchruem 
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Final Order (W) was tiled tn July lS, 1992 in 

settlement of US. I9A's .dminittnUva action 

against tito City of Adrl.n. Michigan, for 

porform We8 mvironmartrlly bat8ficiai 

projects. First, the city will Instal1 a 

dechlorination systom at la wasmwater 

keamt facility at a cost of S1SpoO. AlWugt! 

Mrkn t prektty In ODmpllma wiul lb TRC 

me, inautlon of -up dahiorirution 

syMan wUI reduce the pibllity of fuw TRC 

exceedances. Second, rh dy hm agreed to 

perform a water quality study of the South 

Branch of fhe River RaIsjn, in cDnjuKIlon with 

rh. Rlver hisin watershed cod m study 

will cost u8.937. nu resulring dot. will k used 

6 improve stomwater marag~lentof h wrdy 

rural atop through which the South Bd NN. 

Third, Adrian has agreed to perform a 

ViOlati~ of th. CWA. 'Ihr w fequim 

AdrlAn to pay a civil pdy of ufm ud 

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. F-b- . FY 1992 Enforcanmr Accomplirhavror prpDn 

The Decree dw, contaha several innovative 

meas- biped to addma the ha thrc the 

defendants have grossly violated severdl 

previow rcttlemmb md to, hopefully, prwcnt 

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iurrher violations. it, the court will appoint a 

Special Administrator to oversee compliance 

with the Deuec. W Special Administxiator 

will have extraordinary powers to aid the 

defendants' compliance with this Decree, 

mcluding the ability to circumvent other 

guvemmental subdlvisions that have previously 

blodrednecesury~inwates.Seamd, 

the Special Administratoq subject to prior 

approval by EPA, must appoint m went 

contractor to opare the wastm.m treatmslt 

pht Thirindapedartconmc&rbgkcnbmni 

authority to openta the plant in comphnce 

with the Decree, including thm authority to hin 

the Decree requlm the defendants (or the 

Spd Administrator) to provide sufficient 

funding necessary to comply with the 

-tsdhOeaae. 

Finally, unwu pmiour suthwnts with the 

defendants, this settlement ' requires the 

defend- ti to y. y a ckii pedyof $12 miIuon 

(S.D. Trxaa):The 

US. brought suit QL behalf of EPA against Kodr 

~~mpanyun&rtlwCleanWa@x Act for 

from August 1989 through February 1990. lhe 

Harbor and the Nueca RkaW bin. The 

facility's violating discharges were of 

conventional non-toxic pollutants, Nuding 

hexavalent chromiua In addlUon, a leaking 

a ditch without a pamit for ruth-. 

EPA and Koch negoUabed a cansent decree for 

ad Ara employeel and procure ruppuw. Mrd. 

OVerfInKyan. 

NPDG parmit eaiuent violaumu WhLlr oenured 

faciIily discharges to the corpur chrisu Innor 

pumpwardixharginsunkealed pmcewmrer to 

SSOoAoo. whichwuon(aed OnFebruary la, 1992. 

(N.D. U:On 

Sepbwber 10,1992. a anumt decree xmdiflath 

wulodgedintheunikdSclta~cOurlfor 

'the Norrham DL&ict of CaUfomh lmdu which 

Louisiana Pacific (m aped to imphent m 

all chlorine the bleaching praeu at its Samoa, 

Cdifomia pulp mill. Th modiAution amends 

an mrh consent agreement. entered March 11. 

1992, betwear the United Sew ad LF' under 

which LP paid a civil penalty of $2.9 million 

(plus interest) and agreed to implemmt treatnwnt 

measur- to abate toxicity in the mill's effluent 

The mended CON-t decree will expre¶siy 

prohibit the w of chlorine at Ws SMOr mill 

after September 1, 19% and will include 

stipulated penalties of USPOO/day, if LP uses 

chlo-at (hir mill aRa rtra 1995 dedllns The 

modification also requires LP to meet certain 

period Irrdiq~ up to Sepcamkr, 1995, to exmd its 

ouW to a depth of25 meien, and to measure 

raaartlon/h..lth eff- by conducting skin 

hitalian &sa. 'Thr SllminrQn of chlorine from 

\h mill's bug pnrar, L QIpaclld to yield 

sigdicant mvlrommna barefits since the 

chlorinated orgrnlc compounds should be 

virtually eliminated worn the Ws waamwater 

lev& of chlorine free pulp production over rhe 

gwnrionaf dioDdn ud many other highly to& 

-. (N.D. IN): On May 26,1992, a 

for tiu NO& OLtdct of IndLru, thereby 

-1- aforeamat web\ brought agrirut 

LN Sted Company. In A complaint filed 

contemporaneourly witk the decree, US. EPA 

alleged tht W SW' hd violabed 9 'I1 and 

402 of the CWA by dtxhrgins oil utd other 

pollutanta into A mtaway at LTV Steel's 

kdtuu Harbor works Muy in Eut Chicago, 

kdLN ThramartdeueerrquLaLN Steel to 

pay add PQUllyof~~and rmdatake an 

atarrhndimmttrarndLLiOnprq/Cr, 

-tdecme wu lodged in us mkictcourt 

Thir a~hd bepn Inkbruary1988 when oil 

-pad from an oil rrdrmrtion installation a& 

the Ldiuu Harbor Works into the facility's 

pclmuy mta htah chnncl Investigation of 

the spill Ltar revealed two unpermitted 

pip0 and shciwd tht sedknent in the 

intako channel was conhminrted with heavy 

oil. UV Shd rulrd off th. oil rackmation 

trutdlath and -bed the dhchrge pipes to 

permined was^^ Subsequent negotiations 

mulbed in LN SWs agrrtcnart to pay the 

S250,OW paulty and perform a three-phase 

pmjut to rema?. thm oil and rcmrdiate the 

contaminated #dimant in riu water intake 

druvuL EPA ntiuuta ht LN Stctl will 

rrmadkta approxbna&iy l00,alO cubic yards of 

sedfma\tat a cost d 56 bJ SlO millbrr 

PEPAmteda 

Consent Dccrea Cm with Mennm de Puerto 

Rico ("Memen3 on July 1, 1992. which was 

entered on %ptambcr 23, 1992. Tha decree 

resolved =As civil action initiated in 1990 

against M-n for violatiom of its NPDES 

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permit limitations. Under the decree Mennen 

paid a dvil penalty of SSn.7W; cd the direct 

diSChacge of wastewater from one of ib outfab; 

and agreed m undertakecertain-w~ to b&g 

ib facility into compliance with ib NPDES 

permitThe desree ded for compllurce t~ be achieved. 

by kpdrmba 30,1992. ofith. W, 

humeri M- notiftd EPA ht it could not 

CO@Y with OM Of h mt (th 

Color ptmJlnmF) by rhrt &or, d rcquated rhrt 

an tnarim limit be M unul September 30, 

=-b*P=P+ 

1994. Amodi&atianb~rhdeaeepmvidjngruch 

(D. Ma., Booton): Parhap3 the slngle most 

important event to &m in the Boston Hubor 

sludge direhtger to ch harbor finJly were 

Dmkurad Th. tcrminrrian of these sludge , 

discharp had been a ceria obbaive of the 

govmmmrs ~~foroment caae sinre its mg in 

19as. . 

cieMup OENTred m Drcemba 24 1991. when 

For yew, dude coUactcd at th two eOr& uea 

~rmertphbhad+enuntnfungdbchprsed 

at th ad of oqch day, ngrthg the bene58 of 

the heatmmt. Under court ordrr, the 

Masrachusetta Watrr Resources Authority 

(MWRA) devaloped pLN to Wy tenni~h 

th. dixharges. PwW to these ph~, the 

sludg b convertd into JIUI reused as krbilirer. 

..The MWRA also is developing an in-sate 

LivldRu to ensure that any sludge which is not 

wketed as fertilkn ir safely &posed. The,. 

termination of h rludp dbdurga ads the 

is brineg ht a sijacmt improvemart in the 

~of.krutmtnapa&yof~~. ThL 

a 

BosmnHuba-May~b - 

(D. -- 

%pwr 2,1992, Cedifklg VbhhN of the 

Me., Podmd): Aumnau dam was mmnd on " 

Clean Wakr Act at tho Lmfston, Wine, 

PNlipr-Elmet plant of tba North Amarican 

had charged the company with violations of 

~Lionrl categortd pretmht sandardr for 

metals manufacturing and metals forming, 

violatio~ of Iwl pretreatment Limitatioru and 

violations of pretreatment reporting 

cequhmts. 

philip c~rpomtia ~h. gw-rr cDplpht 

Pumaant to the settlement, the company WIII 

correct ib violations and pay a.$SGU,GUO avil 

penalty. In addition, as a supplemental arvkonmmtil project, tha company wiU spend 

about 5583,000 to eliminate wastewater 

discharges from two non-federally regulated 

processes at ib facility, thu going beyond 

<- 'UtoYRq- . EPA~munger pollurion pmation pmjcca of &is ldnd and can 

lake such projecb into account when setting 

-peul- 

;ornine int~ compliance ami +g out the 

pOUutton prapentton project, tiw company wd 

dwdy reduce ib dkhup of pollutants. 

of molyklcnum wtll be reduced by 

lM6 kuogrum pa dlvhrga of ammonia 

be dd by 839 w-pu year, aiid 

of fluoridr will ba reduced by 691 

-paF , 

Blnr Ridge, South 

Dakota): (;kr Oc@ber 16,1991, an adminishative 

compllwr order was lwued m tha SIOUX Tribe 

sewage -from iB Pine Ridge fadlity. Citizen 

compU fmm rh mewaUcm and the obvious 

human Mth dab maodated with the release 

mrdhutlm with rh munidpd facilities 

brpdrdEPA tl& adm pmed to be successfuL 

Th. dkhuga wu cd u rquired by the 

ordar Th. dbchmga of raw sewage tu the 

NWS -tan ara a common occurrence on 

caservatioN.dur to the lack of treatment 

capacity. 'Through coordlna&n with municipal 

facilities, EPA un help to eliminate these 

canditb~ by providing the hiba with money, 

Qdmicrl aastturaa ad a reawnable vhedule for 

diking complluve with the Clean Water Act 

lhir CUI Ius srmed u a model for providing 

urbm to oh rr#~&ma with inadequate 

wutm*ee8emmt hdliw. 

orddlq rh we to tea# tha dfxhargt of raw 

d nw rmgr prompted rNs rrtion. Through 

-A 

hdf mllllon dollan in PQUlth wu ordered by 4~ court u pm rn for enforcement of 

euiiu comt decrees and for additional 

Viohtiona of th OCSM Dumping Ban Act of 1990 

(ODBA) by W N.w JW rnunidpdea. 
'\ 

FY 1992 Enforcmvru AccomplichmmtJ Repon 

A- -was B16aed in Jurureroivinga 

avii action iniriated in 1990 a-t the Pucre 

Ria Administntion of Comaionr (?'RAC) for 

viohebnr of ita "DES pemrib at three pa. 

Under Consent Decree, PR4C will pay a $1 

miikn avil pdty for ib put viohtioru, and 

undertake plant improvements to bring the 

fadEtia intn complbnce with tkir permits by 

-1993. llwpavltyboneofthalylclt 

obhinedby Ibghxllndahaan Watas Act 

a@mtapubkageqhPua(oRlcP 

'Ih. trdlitiar'hrooked are beatad in Cuavate, 

krnlmdCu.y~~~y,Pwrt~RLD. EF'Aobekred 

putirl sv judgment on the hue of 

WUty for pannit vtohthu in Ocmkq 1991. 'Ihz COMarr Dccna rrquira PRAC to ue ils 

c~y.mr ~ty htn them systemby my 

1,1993, and tn mderbka improvemmb to ib 

Cuavam and krnl hdlltta w rht they will 

in aompuanse with r~r NPDES permia by 

May 1,1991 and Februmy 1,1993, respdvdy. 

Ih. psvity la tn be pahi in two kutrllments, 

with inmest 

Reuion I1 &rued a conrolldatad Conrent 

.. ~ ~ 

RhonePoulenc and Union Carbide al1;ging 

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FY 1992 Enforconmt Accomplishurn Rcpon 

problem pohtantr M coming from, and in 

saugetin 1996 

(N.D. US: On Much U, 

1992, a consent deaee wi~ end in tw am 

Water ActdorceumtraionrequirineSimpacm 

Paper to pay a dvil penalty of $29 million (plus 

inter&). !hit was Aled against slmpon Paper in 

1989 for National Pollutant Dirchugo 

occurring at im pulp mill on tho Humboldt 

had experienced nnmoroua viohtbnr of 16 

limits for chronir toridty (u meanmd by a 

bioassay), viottiona of numariul llmitr for 

nductlon of MIUA light huumlttrnco in 

rocetving watea, and genua proNbitiona 

am awing hpacb to bmddd - 

of warn, indudlng - 

In addiuonm IhepaymmtofdvilpexuIMes,rh 

vataaant rrquke simpam Paper to impklnmt 

hephnwt -or pcocus cfvng~ to abate 

SmddtyinthemilL'aWuQlt undathndcenc 

Simpson Papar wu .Ira requimd to stpdy 

whaha itr daum!an be mted to rh point of 

wng~tiauyfrrrofcoosodo4rldninltmo. 

and potontially mutagonlc/cudnogenic 

compounds. 11 ~mp~m P8pu L urub10 to 

dewrumto through ib rtudy that treatment 

will acwmpLLh thae gorlr, it tr nquifcd m 

aped to duce rha useofchkdno hit, pulp 

bledringpmces& 

reissuing an appropriate NFDES permit for 

Ellminatlon system (NPDES) permit violatl~ 

~UiAinNOrthanIlifomL. TluMIity 

NPDES panrit indudhg vidatlau OfrmwkJ 

atend iLI OQM OUU samp#n dS0 

&L- (9.D. Roridr); On 

Febnuy 26 1991 rh Mrwrpndumopwonand 

Order entered the previously aveod to 

SeUknaU Ageemmt a columt dam, ad 

ra~ivcd 9 e~imr ofthnariw purb m rh 

lawsuit, filed wre thn he. yean a(IP by th 

United Shta against tho South PIOW Mter 

MaNgcmart District (SFWklD) ud Florida 

Daputmslt of Ihimmend RqdaILm (DER) 

for ail@ failure to enforce rme water WV 

regulations. Tti. Complaint, ckimrd that high 

lev& of phosphorous in the hrm-wrtsr wff 

from the Eveglades A@culfural Area (EM) 

have impacted the.fmgile ecosystem^ of the 

Everglades National Park (Park) and 

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hmiw cyanide, and pH-A Consmt Order was 

issued on November 12, 1992, tfiat requires 

Syntha USA to pay a dvil penalty of 515,000 

and undertake Supplemental Environmental 

Roiecb (SEPs) bDpllng 514lu6. Ihe SER that 

waste disposal system and a fluid management 

syswill be -include development of an OiIy 

. Data Quality Enforcemcdt Initiative 

IU my rrnd I-. 1992, ~cgion n ~nud a 

total of nineteen Ch I administrative 

Comphintc pursur: to 5309fg) of the Clear 

Water Act. Th C-tr Pugr that NPDES 

pmittees (mainly POIWd kpar faiIed to 

wly mith 5308 of the .CWA b! not subinitting 

adylicoi dam aa required by €PA'S Diuhaqe 

MonMng Rrport Quality Acnapnu Study No. 

11 Eoel: Conplaint urb the inpith of a 

Each yac €PA seeks to rmh the 

quality of dfwwnitoring doto gmclotcd by €PA 

permittees. Th permittea an sent blank 

wnples a, unhom conrtfhmts; they must .adm tku and'raunr the rrrvltr to EPA. IU 

the past, nrbrtantial nun&?¶ of pmnirtrs have 

/aiedhJkl!ycomply. Lustyarrdmihractiou 

m(rc initiated against 22 pumittw. 

Shte Water Enforcement Actions 

n0,ooo mty. 

- 

D 

*!~rnslvimnmmt.l 

t of 8nrironm.ntll 

and law 

enforcement am joined form during PY 1992 

to form an Environmmtal criwr UNt, with a 

full-tlw proaecuclpr, state trooper investigabr, 

legal wistmt, and coordinacled ruppolr from 

within the Department of Environmental 

Consemation (DEC). h he Ant months of 

operation the unit participated in seven1 

investigrtimu, ranging from 'PhUrQm dumping 

fordeasesofdanpousehloringrr ThoMce 

ia b concmba on huudourivua and 

water violations and to seek restitution which 

can assist in pollution prevention objectives. 

hdicmmb were brought a-t kvo individuals 

for dumping hazardous waste and other 

indichnonbampending. . 

. 

of hvrdow we (0 Q%king emu rapanribL 

.. 

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FY 1992 &~forcemcntAccomplish~ Repn 

-(Lo* wn: 

Western Sugar exceeded the BOD limihtio~ 

estabhhed in ib "DES permit for a period of 

six months. As a rcsult, the Wyoming 

Department of Environmental Quality filed 

action in coa7 to seck avii pondties md 

~reUeffor~violatioru. OnJ-29, 

1992, Western Sugar paid 535,000 in civil 

penalties and hu agreed to an additional 

Sl00,CQO in stipultcd pBultla should it have a 

'sipifbnt viohUon. in tha future 

Marine Protection Research and 

Sanctuaries Act CMPRSA) 

0om~Bm'ActC.wr 

The New York and New, lenry 

municipalities which mcn dumping sewage 

sludge at the lodmt7e site fl the coast of Ntw 

1mry &r mnny yean haw now dJ cased 

dumping sewage dudg8 into the oemn, as 

('ODEA'). The office of Enfirctmcnt was 

havily involved in th ngotfation and 

dmwg of thr j%M judicbl cmrmt ordrn 

that wtrc ngotiatal with the munLipnlitia 

The ODBA amended th8 Marine 

Rotcctbn, Rrrcnrch and Sanetuada Act, 33 

U.S.C 1401 ci uq., and rrqvhd NY and Nl 

municipalities to cw. ocean dumping by 

DLEmrkr 31, 1991. The NI nrvnLipaittr wrr: 

Bergen County UNitLc Authdy, loht Mraing 

of Essa and Union Cmrta. Lhdrn WJe 

Sewerage Authority, Middlesex County 

Utilitia Authority, PassaL Valley Sewerage 

Commissioners and Rahway Valley Sewerage 

Authly. All. th NI mmicipalftim ccpud 

dumping by h6we.h 17, 1992. hew Ymk was 

gmntd a St month afavion of he to comply 

with the rtatutoy deadline. NY ceased 

rmd cpmpLtdy cn%d dumping by Iwu 30,1992. 

npvtma by tip oornr, Dumping Ban M of 1988 

dumping half cy it¶ sludge by Dsumkr 31.1991 

brought by EPA ii the &ai decision dt'the 

presiding officar imposing a S10,CUJ peulty, W 

EnvironmentJ Appeals Board (EAB) med 

and assessed a penalty af S12S.000 for 

Respondent's violadons of the Marine Probxtion 

Section 4W of the Clean Water Act 

rcgvhta the discharge of dredge and fill 

material into m'gable waters. Enfircement 

rmphnrisa ndrm fot wrprrau'tted dkharges 

in mvirmmmtally sensitive areas and seeks 

restoration of, or compensation for. 

mVimwtL' &mag+% 

On th eve of a Class I 

addmLStrrUve penalty hauing scheduled to 

begin m kphmbQ 23.1991 tiu CllftDn Water 

District aped to pay r S20AXNl pdty for 

co~~lmclfng a mrmidprl water supply dkcnion 

sauchuu in ch Colondo River east af Gd 

Jwtlon, blot.do, in viohUm of 

in th. law hll of 1988 and wlnt.r of 1989, 

rffacad a reuh of th river krhbiad by the 

Colorado Squawfish, r federally listed 

auiangesed rpedu, and tlm nzdack sucker. 

which hu been proposed for listing as 

endangered spades. 'Th. psnrly settlement 

repnsenred a mllaaru in a rab of BIforcmt 

X~~ON in rapanso m tha DhWs Clean Water 

Act #04 viohtloru during construction of the 

diversion stnrchll& In June I=, EPA ordered the 

of 

aemwatarAct~~,wNchornared 
I 
rrqvifi EPA to set drinking motn rtandurdr 

(including hfaximum Contnminnnt LcorL) for a 

variety of poilutanis. 

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nnd targeted initinfines. With a new RCIU 

civil penalty policy' in plncz the .RCIU 

enforcement program will seek increnrcd 

pnnlties nnd economic sanctions, while 

continuing to ~"frm~gr seitlemmts incorpmting 

pollution prevention and mute minimizntion 

goals. 

mi year, & nggrasiue rnf~rummt pmgmm. 

including both civil indid and ndminutrntivr 

nctions, mpkruized multi-media coordinntior 

3-23, 

(N.D. Ohio): 01 

Docroe u put of the multi-media Primary 

Metab lnihrivo. Ih. complaint, filed May 26. 

Septombsr 10,1992. h us lodged a Comt 
FY 1992 Enforcement AccomplirhwmrRrpon 

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as of'A&t 21,1992 or request m atauion of 

of finnibd, Missouri; Holnrm, hC. Of 

Clarbvill., Mhourl; and Ash Cmoe Cement 

Company's facility heated in Qunute, Kuw, 

eirm to do m GJnebrenal Ccma\t bmpury, Inc 

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3-28 
Which the government dixovered the alleged 

nolation. Tha Court's decision duifia and 

strengthens an important aspect of EPAs 

dorcement authority under RCRA because, 

where a Court applies a statute of limitations m 

a RCRA acnon, the US. wlll have sup~ort in 

arguing that the tohq of such statuto of 

limiarioru ~uldnotkginun~ bplpDvanment 

knewahdnnvlnmLmDwofthovioLILarr 

GNEU~M St. hguatine Corp. ~~~ 

gslarrba a numbe of R(=RA hprdnu wasfrom its operation stripping. repainting and 

refurbishing drmft at ita facility in St. 

Aqustine, Florida.. 

&D Ipdh 

-Ztm-a 

Ccwmt Deueo.'Ih.daam xmolvingw QII 

roquira, kdkru Woodmatlng Cocpontlon m 

~cwo~fmpamdmabdrrrraJwus 

pilasinrcordurawlthRcRA~(hu. kr 

addition, WC must llro porfonn a RCRA 

FaciUty hvwtigrtion follow(ng tiu hum 

acuvium. Th. duo of tiu rrcrlrmmt ia 

VP-WIdhu Woodtrsr~ corp. CIWC) opatrr a 

~lingiadulyinDbomine(lplLpI. m 

compury dopodbed hsudocu wase ganmmbed 

from the wood-hating process in surface 

impndnmu, a wta pUe, Md a seeaman its 

pmperty. WC dlegrdly Nod (0 properly now EF'A of lb VtMty and apply for a parnit, 

as required by RCIU IwC .Ira rll.gcdly viohki regulationr appllablo 0 in- satus 

' faditla. ~+r a resuit, hazardous substuues 

contrminated rh aeek ad gmndwa(B. h 1989, 

tho court found Iwc liabk Md Iwc cwed 

businas advitia at du sib By orda of rh 

Court, IwC atso dopairad its rowning useti 

with tho Court for pdomuxa d dorun ud 

corrective adon adviclrr 

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approval of thA% hi its clpimr &at EPA 

acted arbi-y and capridowly when It 

artacdinohha Rucburtwlbrmdht 

the US. hd failed to Mia burdm of duwhg 

the absence of material fa& as to the 

aftlrnutived-.IhayrbpndlnlG 

In an oplnton md ordrr dad Iudusg 24,1991. 

Michigan's Motbn for puri.L Summary Judgmmt 

on Injunstive Relief, requiring defendants to 

implrment ad compleg a ft.mpproved dosum 

d~l comolv wi(h mW resuiremer ti. and 

the Dbeict Courtgraned in part the us.' ad 

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In th dedsion, tho Court also upheld EPA's 

provbioh Th. Court hdd tht EPA hd Mt 

exceeded its statutory authodty in tncluding 

resource recovery in rh. rcgvLtD~~ dcenitbn of 

'treatment. of Mow waste, and bt EFA 

had compiled with notico and comment 

requirrmarm with respect bD &at regulation. 

Secondly, r)le Court neld that EPA'r 'permit 

shield' provision, protecting RCRA permit 

holden from arforc-t actions for most RCRA 

definitbn of 'mmuslr and tho 'psmit rMdd3-32 

was(8. -ding rsdioactivt mixed WYQ. DOE 

and NYSERDA perform a RCRA Facility 

additional work depending on wht the 

The 3300 acre sim b home to the West Valley 

Demonstration Project (WDP), a joint 

Fedal/State effort, authorized by Congress in 

1980, to solidify hi@ level &&e wmms 

left over from tha nation's only commercial 

nueleu M repmawing opention, and to dean 

hatigarion urd Inraim Measures u well as 

hVese@ON d 

UpthahdlltbrWdinhp* 

FLul Order wu Lcvhcd with th univemity of 

periupa in rhr, united Sara in the rmount of 

-Amt&d 

Wyow which -dad th lugest dement 

with a public inrtitution in the Region and 

S43m Addltlonally, h respondent agreed to 

submit a aDmprehmsivr waste minimintion plan 

and submit a compmIwuive pecsmnd Iraining 

pia-. The respondent hired a qualified 

Th. complaint aUoged 10 squaw Mdena of 

illegal &pod d R(RA hzardoru waste by 

openbwnin!gad/a~debma~fnecanrt for 

him 10 now hrzprdoua wm aciivity was 

al.YoMded. 

NATIONAL LNITIA'ITVES 

ufay/RcRAhrrudourwa8~eDordtnrh,r 

Illegal OpMtOr Initiative 

olr Fhwy 41992, EPA and nine stata 

an~unocdamajarnatlon~campaign 

against thw who haw ban nwLifng the 

nation's haadnu management system 

and handling such waste in a pottntially 

&ngm wmw. EPA and the data tagethrr 

iuvld 50 cioil ay6nzmnt actiar. assosing 

ow $20 dlfm in penaltfa, against 

gennntoo and troruportm of hazardow waste 

and awnen and apa'aton of fiih who have 

disregarded the rcqyiremtnts of the Resource 

C~~mtiOn and Rfcoorry Act, In addition, €PA 

announced tkt it had taken criminal 

enJorcement actions b Ut criminal hazardous 

waste actinitits The stam participating in the 

inrtratioc wen: Maryland, Alnbamo, Florida. 

Cmrgia. South Camlina. North CnrOlinO, Ohm. 

Colorado, and Washington. Some of the cases 

Fled included: 
U.S.-Mexicm Border Enforcement 

Actio- . . 

Region I1 Waste 011 Enforcement 

Initiative 

% ouo cammmcd in 1990 under thts 

iaitiak'w mm resolved in F( 1992. LLL; :,,qfta 

-du= ' 

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Thae companis hd been 

charged m’th violations of RCRA used-oil 

r@tMu in 4Q CFR Part 266. The cormst 

decrees, which have a Jive year duration, 

mcludcd penalty and injuncfive rd&f pmoiriOnr 

Under the ha, Eastan unll pay a pdty of 

5195,000 and Uonetti dl pay a pdty of 

575,004 Tlu dareapo incmporntr *ns. 

that the facilities do not handle hazardow 

properly. Sign@mt stipulated pdria are 

included te promote compliance with the 

workplan. 

State RCWCERCLA Enforcement 

Actions 

aceding the rgrhlory nqyinmolts, to ClUUn 

waste fvrl and that thry manage wcd oil fuel 

~hthehtcw 

in which the Oregon Department of 

lhvhmmhl Qprutlr hr &pined UhninaJ 

& wvnnt hvalig8ied POrsfbIe CriminJ 

XtMtyd rrhnadhprdourwuc.vbLtioru 

to a DiSM AmDmey for ahhd prosecution, 

Muk Kdrm mr &led in clrdumu county 

Mthktcaptar~z6026,1992.famdguntyotfoui 

arvimnmpnt.l ailnes,Ud - to sped n 

houm lnjd, 36 mmW pmbabion. ad to pay a 

mal of Slspoo in firm¶. 

-- 

=&ace dy spring of 1992, the 

Envimnmenml Quruty Boud’r (EQB) Land 

Pollution Con801 Fkpm paromel became 

surpldour of marl hddme that they thought 

wem faking place at UU dotorowid company’s 

halitla at Muuri, Puao Rko. SrtCy-Kleen, 

whose bwkuss Is to provide services of 

ncollrctln~ mnrporUn8 and disposing all 

huuQw ad lylpI hrvdour loud wurz wu 

surpcacd of rrmmul.ung hrgn quantities of 

huudour wa8te for sxhndcd parioda of rime 

(over the regulatory hit ot 90 days); for 

mnrgorting hurdou, wUd waste out of the 

companfs premises without the Aling of the 

required nudab; for ucumulaUng hazardour 

solid was* on u~uttrorled locatio118 and Other 

envimnnwtll heguMUes. A invatigadm was 

su~rtyordexed 

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341 
EPA attemp& 0 rmch s#tt&m&, dy 

nprsrntal by a canstnt darajlld k Fakrpl 

District Court, mith potentfafly nrporuible 

jlartia (PRPs). S8ttlem8ntr ba@t both th 

EPA and PRPs by expediting cleanup and 

avoiding excessive litigation and trnnrocfia 

greater input and coniml 00.1 th pmcar of 

gatkring data frmn mhuh a rcmcdy mill be 

represmtntive consent dearer entered OT lodged 

Cor& P~rdk~crdhd~bofhooing 

srlated by th Agency. 

dll?hg fr 1992 

Follm'ng are WnU 
343 
W.N.J.) 

SCPMmlrk NPL Sit., Nmark. N.*r 1-iJuly 16,1992, cnuart decrees werc lodged in 

tha DLW Court for tha Dir*ct'of New Jonry 

with Mae he., Rudolph Pmducs Company, 

ku., Sigwnd Presb and Dominkk Presb in ILE 

Involving rho 

SCP/Newark NPL site. Matlrck ud bndolph 

The second decree settles the liability of 

defendant AVX Corporation with plaintiffs EPA. 

NOAA, and the Commonwealth Of 

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' Massachusem. AVX Corporation is a former 

opelamr of a capacitor manufacturing plant on 

New Bedford Harbor responribl for a subamtial 

' porthoftheKBdumping. Underhahat A deuee, AVX Corporation paid $66 milU011 inm ~n 

escrow account for remedial activities and 

restontion of ~hVrl mowcw. The account 

hhnnisnmopammlllhr 'Thaffntalutmt 

deqeo, whkh aettkA tha liability of dstadmhl 

AaorO4Inrand~wlatda.Inrtora 

tDtrlofsl2.6 mlllI0n.m enQmAbychcoraton 

Jq 16,191. 

I CTI~4,1992,tlw~U~itt~l%gradth 

. 
Sep(smbcr 22 1991, the Dim- Court for the 

District of Muaachusetts entered the fkul 

mmmt deaes for settIemattofrespawarsb at 

G~MN Engineering Corpolrtion operated a 

hazardour waste incineration fadlltg In 

Bridgewater Masrachusetts. Wum from the 

Bddgewater facility were mnwhipped to a si(. 

Guap Site in Londonday, New HMpshire, 

and (0 the Cison Rod Si* fn Nashua N& 

Hampdh. Th.Sht8ofNawhmpdhad 

the Commonwealrh of Musachusem am also 

puria m themnsentd- 

~~tscoMist~sixeencorpontirxa 

and he individuals Wth a&y of thae (a 

decreer, the governments recovered . 

appro-taly W.4% of their put md apcrted 

fuwe cwtr for cleanup at the Cuuur~ Si-. 

These settlemenb repmart the pnd Anale in 

litigation repirut parties who refused to 

participate in an earlier string of settiements 

involving hundred, of @a. €PAS pursuit of 

che rruldkanh ser& a meuage to PWs that the 

government will pursue ih dainu against those 

. rha four si- ~collcctksh/ u rhacannmw 

Ellgimring Corpomh supammd sibs. 'Lhr 

in Plywurh, hfasnchw, to the anU.m's 

3, 

The opardng Inacu~es, Irr. si la a 19oacre, former I.ndw that oparrtd for thirty-six 

yc~. wppbg kid- d mrmicip.l waste. 

In hvo cuflsr ament deerem, EPA hr mtered 

into setthm+a for rh Bnt two operable da 

lor sita control and wnltoring, and the 

corutrurtlon 06 an omits leuhate treatment 

Pbt 

--, (S.D. UIJ Ubr 

Gig Sapufuad Sib, Mciatah Alabama: On 

Nwrmba 18,1992 the Dbtrkt Court for the 

kuthem Dtrmct of ALbrrm end a mmt 

dum8 rquiring Cib~ccigy Corporation to 

requiriq ubcccigg to elun up SOU and 

lpoundwata wnbBhhtcd by a variety of 

chemleds including chlorfruted pesdcides 

(pdduly DDT and its breakdown producW. 

herbidda, vol.Ulea and d-opIatUes at its 

Mdnmsh, Alabama Arnt Thia avt is one 

of the largest private pary settlements in 

Superfund Histoy, valued at appm-cely SI20 

million. The company has also agreed to 

~tmb~ne EPA for ~~2.m in past cor& as well 

a all future oversight cest incumd by EPA. 

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jackron~e, Rod88 : & Apd 24, 1992, th 

DL&ictCourtforthMiddleDbeictd Florid. 

m&a~pumuntto~Wrken 

rattling defendants Including the Uty of 

Jacksonville, Florida, K.n-McGee aUmicd 

Corponth, CSX IhnrporfaUa~, ud shminWilliams Company agm to (1) undertake 

at the Ptcken9i11e Road tndfill Site In 

Jacksonville, Florida, and (2) pay rh. Unhd 

Stam 1Mm (roufly WOOm) of iti rmvtring 

unraimburredeDsti irmrred inamnectionwithhe 

site. The Ptckettville Road Lndfill was 

operated by the 'City of Jacksonville as a 

municipal dump for midmthl, cod, and 

implun6dauonofa remedy dud at $9- 
349 

. PY. 

FY 1992 En/orcemcnt Accomplirhmmrr Repon 

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Mx pmpaty, and the ~ohn llrotta pmperty. The 

remedial dcrion selected for operable Unit No. 1 

indudes exavadon and treatment of mila and 

reiatcd materials at the plant and six ateliita 

sites, and extraction and treatment of 

contaminated poundwater at the plant and 

lwedatelhrites. ThalYNtofthercmedyir 

tlyestimrted in ma mge of w to 163 

ZZt-~ha~tajmtncludaramcrgot 

past EPA -8 of5742,mR 

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(ED. Wi.) 

P 

Hunt% olrparl L.ndflll Sapdd 

Sit.. Cdedonf4 Whonrfn: 01 July 20,199L a 

CDNpnt deaeewu mtaed by r)uDllMcoult 

for the Eastern olraict of wtronrinapprrnring 

the agreement bacwesl h Unimd S~O and 39 

PRPY to implement the kptemba 1990 ROD and 

perform the RD/RA for the Hunt's Mspoul 

Landfill Site in Gledonia, Wwwh Rtnwt 

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activities, including the excavation of 

apprOXimately 15,OOO cubic yard8 Of PCB 

Cataminrted soil, and material# from thc sib?. 

Thae so& and materials are now stored at the 

si& Thaulrimatcmochodofdisposingofrhe 

exuvated dm and mrtarkb ia thesubject of an 

hginedng EvaluaUon/cOrt Andyaia (EE/CA), 

but no dbpovl Wbn hr been made by EPA. 

EPA's adon agrkut Westinghouse and Fall 

ab and a dlclPrrtoy judpent for all future 

cue On JUI- 2S, 1991, the District Court 

liability. In Wksthghmsn agreed to 

comunlced in Wud soU@tretm!ryofrli pa¶t 

panmi EPNs moth\ for Iummaryjud~t on 

pay~.5~5wfor~t~eudb3pay 100% of 

dfutlaarrrporrwcDsbRrhrra~cmta#u 

identified in theEE/cA,ranga betwem keeMd 

hchnobgyul~Qly~~ted. 

w~bLbrmmcP~- 

Court for &be Middle D&aict of PQnrylvuri.. 

qmenting an appmdIm. 983% may of 

tm mllllon dollars d.psding on ch. &pod 

OnSy nkr 6,1!3!?2,two~bortoQl 

of Sl27.U mlllian were bd@ in the Dbidct 

rhe atinvtcd orlw d the uniw ShMcLinrr 

at the WhItmoyer Site. 'Lh. Whitmoyer 

Super;d Sib? J a 21 icra -of Lnd bed in 

I~TomUhip~LebpKnty, Pea& 

owned by whitmoya Lboamries, Inc. An 

atirmad 3.754 dhl pod Of d 

In 

19U.EPA debxbzd aleorted hrcL d Menic in 

rha downgradient stdace wa&r and wdiment, 

mite wnitorhg WdL 

The fht proposed mt decree between rhe 

United States, Rob and Hus Co. md 

SmithKline Baach.m Corp. requires the 

implelnentauon of redid de¶ign ud lcmedbl 

action (RD/RA) in accordutm with -Ida of 

Deciaion for Operable Unita 1 and 3 and 

raknbumement of s2somoo hr put =Pam 

cole. YllQ M cefndy# which involve¶ th. 

deanup of nive arsenic amamination of 

Nib, xdiments and groundwater and the 

&pod of arsenic ~onthed ina -mdr bated 

onrite, b estimated to cost approxiautdy S1Y 

Won. Ih. second proposed consent decree, 

between the United States and the Estate of 

Clarence W. Whihn~yer, St, require, the Estate 

(D pay the EPA $2.9 am in past cwponx costs, 

placed in a wub? sene vault at the SI& 

and elekated levels of orgrnb wcra also found in 

plw ~Ofop~~Wyinine in &e 

and Hur bought whitmoyer Laboratories, 

founded in 1%M m mandam vetpharmaceUtiQl3, in 1964 and operrted it until 

1978 when it was sold to Beechrm (now 

smi- Beechun). SmithKlina Beecham 

opened th hdlity ma 1982. 

midud 6tlB &USt sthr tha WlMhg. Rohm 

MaaM- On amber 9,1991, tlm unit4 

State8 District Court for tho District of 

~cnarrdacmumtdecmeddrdng 

bur of hhfip. sourwarem of contamha timat 

theWeIbG&HSite. ThedeueerequIra 

defendants to conduct rsmedl.l design and 

remedi.l action for a fht operable unit, 

reimb~chunitcdslak¶forcrrtlin pMt Ewe, 

snd&mbune loo pacent of &a united stam' 

fuuM oversight mtr. In addluon# a smrller sat 

ofthsattungputb agreed topdormaRI/FS 

for the second operable unit, which e--a) he 

deanup d the cmml M of th. Slte. This 

wttlrment provides for recovery of 

apprdnusly 82 pant of ch. GovsmmenW 

put md ednuccd fuhva ab, ud b worth 

appnnimasly w9.u mllllar. 

u=wx-. 

CorporrUon Sapcrtcrnd Site, Bl~dh~ After 

ahnoat a year of negotlpUons, EPA succmfully 

achieved a sethumt for 1OO?k of response cosq 

incurmi for W.Xaon Removrl action, totaling 

S329,130#). . Full paymat wu made in rhi, 

cegud QI Febnuy 24,1992. Silputoth (o the 

Decm Indude PMC Corporation, Mo~anto 

Canpmv. Hnvi.tt pvhrd Company, National 

Saniconducer Corporation, Twu Inraummts, 

We? Aluminum & Qlcmicd Corporation, 

cyrar SpgLlUes, ku. ud CBlrnl kuaument 

Corpontbn. 'Ihir wttlsmalt with FMC et ai. 

ptorridcdfor~ofl00pmmtofEPA'S past 

cme fuaghtud OthaeDIis w dted 

to LroaUgrtive actlvi- at the the rim and 

implerentrtlon by mmal PRR ofa UAO hued 

by R.gbn on July U.1988. No rddlU~~l 

en&y of ch. conmnt dacrca by the court. an 

additional U,ooOM1 (which will be credited as 

interest) waa committed to by the US. 

Bankruptcy Trustee for OM of h PRPs in this 

case, Cordon S. Bird, case No. 87A43190. 

Distribution in this matter should take place 

d On th b mtidpated.' SUbSeqUd b 
wirhinthclrqtsixmmhs. 'Ihirc~erremplifier 

how effedve EPA can be in cwt recovery when 

negotiatim am well [occrsed and given ruffident 

riwtormtura. 

Stab Supufund Sdtlolmm 

Wat 

U, 1952, tk Court for Maxu approved 

a 51z5 miilbn sdewmt belwem NuoxCorp. 

Qudlly (ADEQ). ADEQ had brought m adon 

a-t Nuax under CERMin an effortto clean 

up pxuiwabs in Wet Cmhal phoarir To dah, 

thrcr plums of water in that M have 

boon identified M contamhutrd with the 

indushkl chemicds trichloroathylene (TCE), 

1,l-dichloroethylene (DCH), and 

.tetrachloroethylene (also known as 

-campkmoa&--sapanrba 

andrh~Daputmantof~id 

pachbmchyhu.ormN-oparrcdum 

ekcemic COmpoMna mmuhcturing firm at a 

hdliry hrm -5 th HL3:3rbOm*'.;qk 

D.Mhrina.an.nm 

P(N.D. Ra.) 

Aaron Scrrp Matala Sopdud Sat., Jackaon 

-, Florlda: A aettlrmmt involving 

apprmfnutdy 50 PR€% - Mgd in Dbtsict 

Cowt for du Now Db&kt d PIorida on 

Oaokr30,1992 'IhbMtlrmartwiursullin 

tha impknfmhuon of ch 9oUrm conhol remedid 

vtlon and & repayment to=& of4,NO.DW in 

past Agency ant* Over 200 cornpanh rhat were 

designated u PWs were sent special notice 

letters in May 1991 and negotiated for 

approximately a year before leaching a 

settlement Over half of tho PRPI that settled 
le- to approximately 1200 parries with an 

invitation to partkipate in a & minimis 

settlement at the I€ Brown Superf-md Site in 

Walker, Michigan Tha settlement proposal wu 

sent to the pdes over twa monrhr prlor to 

remedy selection for the Sim, which was a 

bnttery breaking facility from tha early 19- 

anltrminrlcd with Lad. 

Over 150 sd bus- and Individuals 

accepted the & offer, unounting to 

L65omincorrr m b.collcctcd by the Am. 

Included in the group of padm M 10 

individuals and two corporrtionr who were 

allowed to putidpaa in th settlemmt for an 

.mountb rtrm chdr .Llocabcd rhsn based on 

their demonatnted inability to pay. All 

SlgrumfirsWlll recdw a fullaRanvltwtm sue 

and.compl& omtributlon proohctlon upon tha 

p.ymatofttKdrsatlrmentrwMt IhaRegion 

lata Sent spedd rr0tLa lattan m over 100 mrjor 

pRRlQreque9ttheltpaLomvrocofth~. 

Leadvilla, 

unh1 th. early 198or, ommining roil heavily 

Colds: The United Shtn Blrd 

August 6,1986 in the ConroliQtCd Wdet 6ur( 

for the DisMct of Colorado, mulling in two 

omsmtdecreesforthSlb% RUCalUamhGulch 

Supahmd SiQ b hbcd Inrnd~bddO, 

Colaredo, a mining town appmrtmrhtr 100 mihr 

Wuthmt of h~a crllfomi. GuldL 8 mull 

seeam south of Leadville, fbwr 725 mlla fmm 

ib odgin to ib amflume wirh th Atlvlw 

River The site which b approrimrtdy UJ 

drainage basin ad ).ped drainage buh hat 

are hibutaria m th Gulch. Ih. kcy subadace 

feature at the SIte b the Yhk Td, which 

dnkuwaterfromnumsrourmlna 5h.hmnd 

discharga con- high lev& of nutrl. 

for toxicity to frahwata aquatic Uh. Thm 

heavy meab pose a ri@tbnt m huaun health 

and the environment.'- Thi, case involves 

challenges m EPA's assesmnt of the risk trom 

lead and other WbL at Superfund mining sites. 

The enforcement aciiona @ken reinforce the 

straw implementation of statutory mandates: 

in parlhlar the Ageuy's'lead rmarcgy. 

%losad 101Wrionr rgrinrtrtrirtear parueon 

¶quare miles, ellampasse¶ the CllltnnL Gulch 

hvhding~~coppa)lad,odzku. 

level¶ exceed tha ambient wata qurliy ai- 

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Lypa of mins WQM llso pxualt(LcIwuaa 

rodr. t.ilingr ad slag) M rhdr CDKahPrionr of 

Tha comcnt deerea wi* Robert L Eldez owna of 

cermn mining daims,wsr bad on the fact that 

he obtained his mining claim through 

inheritance and ir thus a 'de 

kndowner' ThaEldadecreethudoreprmrtda 

for access and decd restrictions without my 

ceco'vey of mp0n.w cosb. 'Ihe Elder decree was 

enbardCnlrW2&1992 

The conaent decree with the HrcL Mining 

Campmy, opemmr of th M.itr Culch Tailing 

Ponb,propklcrforcecovayofWW)r000of'dtEwide' re¶plnwcosL1 ad PaQrmPres dm a/CA 

ud ulttmrbly a raponu vtionon the Malta 

CdchTaUinp podon of tha SQ. Tha Heda 

anumt deuee was lod@ in Aprilof 1992. 

Wkrtrr Park, Rorlda: On 

December 10, 199% th Dir- Court for the 

Mid& Dbizict of Florid. entered a consent 

decree heoracetbnwith th Uty hdusmes ' site 

in Wmr Park, Fbrid~. 5h. decree obligates 1% 

settling ddad.nrr (includtng 120 & mini& 

defendants) to finance th. EPAduaed 

W miillon), e reimbum EPA for all future 

mponu CDStr (including the cleanup's operation 

andldnhmce m), and rdmbume EPA for 

all past an8 lncuned dma a pmvioua decree? 

EPA dro took several actions against the 

ddtrant PRPs who formerly operabed this site 

(Arthur Creer; City Industries, lnc.). For 

aampk, in Nowmba, 1991, the CD~ pad &e 

govenunenfs motion for partid sudunary 

judgment an WUty a@ut these partles. On 

kbruuy 6,1992, th Unikd Sbba Bted a motion 

m compd Greer m rerpond tha government's 

intemptoria In .ddiriaL on JUM 29,1992, the 

U.S. filed its moth for summay judgment 

against ttma two defendane. lhsa actiodemonstrate rh. panmart's commitment to 

punum redd- @a for EDIE mt rreDvemd 

Colorado Avenue 

SubriQ de mintmh S.ttl8mezib Nabtab This 

innocent ludownan & settlement. 

which wu &ulizrd in June: 1992, mh the 

landownen to clear thctif propay and pmvlde 

access b EPA and any pUy t.king rwPonse 

acdon puowt m an orda with EPA. Before the 

comment period closed on the proposed settlement, th major PRPs filed a contnbuhon 

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nmedLl utia, (atblutd 0 cost approximately 

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€PA has brought a number of 

adminbtfativr actiOru under CERCLA against PRPl in PICpl yar 1992. As an dtanntiw to 

Mgnth, CERUA grunt3 EPA th puthonty to 

iUyr dmfntrtfatior wdm, call& Unifatml 

Administmtive Ordrn IIUO), or to reach 

adminirtratior agrermrntr, called 

AdmhdsmtiOr ordrrr on Gnuen: (AN). The 

YH of EPA'r administrative ~uthority at 

SvpnfYnd ita br dramatically sped up 

cleanup rrctivitia. and ~~Uvely avoided 

MY of th rrpmrcr PQOdptcd with litigation. 

FollapingM~#fVnpmmrplfacnSa. 

perform a removal don for a pornon of the 

ANmnd.AlumirmmCa/MnllpEl~~rP.~ 

Sit. in Mkmi, norida. The Site conrb~ of two 
FY 1992 &forconmr Accomplirhnunts Rcpn 

distinct parcels of property located across the 

s@eetfromonemo~inW,FloridL This 

which wu formerly owned by the Anaconda 

'on the Anaconda property from approoldmrrdy 

1962 to 1982 OpaaUom It the sib gmeraod 

mtoaprrcolrrionpitanrhprapi3r -AOC 

de& with th. contaminated roil from a formar 

percolation pit at me Sib The removal Is 

intended to ehbum the source of fudm 

coneminrtbntopundwatarartheSik Inh 

e ARC0 hr agreed to pay dl of EPA's 

action. 

order involve only the poedon of the proPerry 

Nu-. ARC0,oritrpmkesSonin 

in-t oparted an aluminum andzing facility 

COlltamiMhdWaS&~wfiichwp,dischypd 

ooerslght Cora in connedon with the rmmlml 

VF&Sik, Atrk.: 

On July 24,1992, ttm US. Dchrw Logtstics 

Agevy (DU) dpd an AOC with EPArmdar 

which itagreed to conductr RI/Rfor tho Arc& 

Surplusdto. DULthopamulsavyoftha 

Uef- Reutikation and Marketing service, 

which ananged for tnnrport of contunhkd 

wan ulp.gcd 

DU also conducted a mal acthat Araic 

Surplus in 199Qud &laneed. furcharenuval In 

1991. ThirLomoftho~dein(h~ 

where a federal PRP ha agreed to conduct 

mporue acUoru at a privard- dm 

US. .L m. KS.): EPA 

obtained he highest penalty to dam for mure 

to comply with CERCLA SlOyr) quat for 

infomtlrm. AS453?506newup.idby&arco, 

Incorporabed for not complying with r 1990 EPA 

info-u~n mwt ma 51wem) 

regarding the company's involvement in the 

~anwr av shumurl su site in I(.NU aty, 

Kuuu In addition to paying 5u psulty, 

kucD is obligated to p&& a fuU, catU3ed 

repme to =As mmrion ~gua~ 

~h 17.- ~mwr av shucturrl w dte wu 

operamua bad4 smarrmdmknn188oto 

1901 by Consolidated Gnus City Sadling and 

Refining Company (Consolidated). In 1899, 

during he smdler's operation, Gnwlldaod wu 

one of swd -ten thrt pi to fomr ~vrco 

Incorporated. &arc0 thereafter directed the 

smelter's daily operations, although the 

property comprising he sits actually continued to 

be held in the name of Comlidaced 

to the site, when 

h responding to rhc original informrtlon 

-0 responded that it had never had an 

intatsrt. whether direct or indirect, in the site 

and that it Ius no dosumme daring h.om th 

turn of the canhvy that relate to MOW 

informed by a third party litigant of the 

existence of documme establishing Awrco's 

liabiUty at the site and subquently obtained 

uiddocummb.Thhfmxdonwasruedtoform 

the basis for the hwua of a Unhterai 

Adminiamttve Order to wcomfpny to perform 

a removal actbat rh rim 

-sk aaimaq ohlo: 

'IhirAOCC--Utg . theBuckeyeRgLmation 

Sib in Sk Chimilla, Ohto, ia om of the first 

acuedIntobosRrmodki~ &advantage 

of thir Is hat the lwcdid design can 

SM immedkw upcn siptun by the Agmcy withbut awaiting the long entry process for a 

coment decree. Th. past CO8t issues will be 

dcddcdduringm@abu for arawdial action 

amrpntThr BuckeyoSit.wrropenced u hd6ll for 

sohi wut. and .t certain w for hzudous 

waste ARI/FSwucDnduchdatthedteanda 

ROD rquixhg a cap, leachate controls and 

ad hng-mnl Illmi- of rha grod 

warn waa hued in 1991. After a may 

negoUating pcaod ita a@ tht a group of 

thePRPsdductaremdaldesip. The 

anticipated cost for the remedial action is 

approoldmrtdv $40 million. 

mea Noxthem IdahmOn 

July 29,1992, EPA -bed a CERCLA SI06 AOC 

in which smm of tho Bunker Hill PRPs have 

midenW roil mal rrriOn at tho Bunker 

HillsupafundSblinn~dumId.ha Thework 

will bo performed at properUes where lead 

contaminathn am& loU, ppm d \h pmpaY 

b ocorpiod by ON or wra children M2ycan Old 

orprepntwomar. nworderaboreqd*e 

PRPS to remove and nbam conamtuted sea 

temporarily stored from prwiour removal 

acrions, dust con&ol activitle, paform 

monitoring &tias, d provide up to SZOPOO 

to fund the Panhandle Health Mseict's lead 

inrervarUon program. 'Ihe mpondmb must also 

pdom repair work at the properties cleaned UP 

under the 1991 Residential Soil AOC. and 

~ub~tmca at the site.' In mid-1991, FPA war 

apccd 0 @Om th. fourth CONmUtiW 
UAO to Sou* Padfic bpomrion Company 

to Mck M amt during RD/RA consent 

decree negotiafionr. The Region recently 

completed a second ROD to select a new remedy 

for tha rlte rf(u tha rudd vender for in situ 

vilzi5tion withdrew ih khnolo~ from the 

for capping the contaminated roil and 

groundwamr -on and treatment The 

Ra@n adnubs rh coat of the remedy to be 

.ppmdmaMy $14 mllllon. 

~pelfomunca of tha mdy lfra failing 

flurkqllalut- Thanawremedyds ' 
continuing to emphasize PRP cleanups as 

appropriate, as well as conserving a cunsiderabie 

poreionof theBustF‘und. 

Pennsylvania On August 13.1992, EPA Region El 

issued two WCLP. 5 106 UACs for h RD/RA to 

be conducted on Operable UniB 1 and 2 of the 

Domey Road Landfill Superfund Site in 

Allslbpwn, Pmnsybanh ’Thr Bnt UAO added 4 

PRPs to the list of thorn puUcipating in 

landfill. Th. order mirrorad an euk UAO 

pmmm 

operrblr unit 1‘s conrmdon of a cap for the 

RguLtns7 odxf PRPI to build rha cap,d used 

kngrusa such an *coordirub and coo par alp^ in 

standard set in the Rnt UAO despite whether 

pur, of the work rqu. by th order had 

already been completed. The work to be 

perfonnedby WPRR hrapiacntworr)rvalue 

of approxfmrteip S14 millfon dollam A second 

UAO wiu rig& an the same day, addrased 

operable C2t +s pundwata randy. ’Thr work 

to be pdormed under th second order hr a 

pmt worch due of approximately UODPOO. 

Dmolllo, Pitbylvania Come, Virginia EPA 

Region III sought htrllrcion of a S22 million 

RCRA kWtk C lurdflll up, and cost raovey 

of SlrO~ in past and future owe e s106, 

107, and U3 of CERCU Af&r Mnlement 

negotiations with the PRPs, Corning, ku., PLnt 

pfdmont Corporatkm, and Th4 Goodycat llre h 

Rubber Co., did not succeed, a UAO for the 

RD/RAwuissuedJuty23,1992. Onhdeadltnc 

for =pome to W UAO, Aught 24,1992 rha PRP 

Group notiAed Region III that thy would 

OdeZ to hofd the 4 ddihd partla to &bE 

PlrfOmtheRDm 

The Hadley shaar Drum sit. ir 

~c~abedindormewns~~ou~,~~sour~ *sit. 

is a former fabric coating hdtity oparad by 

NeeseCca~dFabrics,kr Ihrdbannpri#CWO 

awbuildins hbuildjngowncdbyNcaa 

Coated Fabrio, Lu. wiu the sib of a fund lud 

mval adon in July and Aupt of 1992 rfba 

the owner/operamr failed to mpond to a 

unilateral order on July 24, 1992. The other 

podon of the site is owned by the Hadley SLRet 

Real Estate C0mpar.y. Inc. A Unilaterai 

Administrative Order was hued on July 24.1992 

requiring the owner to conduct renunral response 

actidtier at ths por(hn of the site OWNd by the 

company. bpodent Hadley Street mtro 

Company, lnc.agmd to undert& the removal 

response activity required by the Unilateral 

AdmirWmtive Order. The removal activitia 

required by the Order indude removal of 

approximately 800 drum, soam containing 

ignitable waste,’ and pumping of several 

mbsmco. 

 der^ smrag. hnt contlining hazardous 

Brevud, 

Florid.: On JMUU~ 23, 1992, the Ham 

CotpoEatlon exaua m AOC for the N/FS for 

Operable Unit 2 at th Harris Superfund Site. 

nbbuneEpA for4 mpaue ad oversight cose 

imurad during tha XI/= process. Tha N/FS 

will a* rha #micaductor prom portion 

of th si& nu portbn of cha site known as the 

Electmnlc Syablmr kaDr is presently being 

-bpazamtlya(aedcorrraudeaee tor 

theRDmofrh: mkaduebDrpropetyworb lh~deue8~this&ms~m 

incorpomb as much of the previous ahdies and 

cleanup u porrible, while at h ma time 

assuring that Superfwd guidance, laws, and 

rcgul~arewt 

plumlm 

Clq, 1- On kprcmba 29,1992, EPA issued a 

UAO 0 th. Mgh Portland Wt Company 

(Lahigh). The Administrative Order directs 

Wgh to perform th ramedLal design of the 

remedy darcribed in rtU June, 1991 ROD for the 

Site, and to implenmt the design by performing a 

rmvdiJ don. Ru Site is located north of 

~wn ow, in c~m, cord0 county, 10wa. The 

Site coruba of property upon which Lehigh 

presently OF- a cement manufactum . gpht and property formsty owned and operated by 

Lehigh WNCh is now put of a pub& recrestion 

area known as th Lime Creek Nature Center. 

Lhighbegancemmtman~operatia’uat 

manufrckuins pmcews,hve bem dbpod of on 

the surface of the Sib and in abandoned 

limestone qurries at the Site which have, over 

time, filled with water. Data collecad during 

the Remedid Invesfiptlon indicate that the 

CKD disposed at the Site is the source of 

elevated Ph lev& and heavy rnetib at the Site. 

Water from the quami- disdrarga into Calmus 

‘Ihc AOCd.90 requinY W~corporation to 

the Sib hr 1911. krge ‘FuntiIia of canmt kiln 

durt (CKD), by-ptoduct of Lehi&h’~ C-t 

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FY 1992 EnforcaUnr Accomplishwnu Rcpn 

joined des. l-ha Removal action U'presentty 

under way at the site and is on xhcdula. This 

order made a riflcant contribution to the 

accelczited site deanup initia6vivr. 

(D.S.C.k The sudden 

disappeannce of over four hundred drum of the 

hazardous substance arsenic trioxide &om the 

ship Santa Clara, in roue to Baltlmom in the 

Atlantic Ocean, cap- news hrrdlina and 

raulted in tha closure of fLNng beda in January 

1992 The Cwt Guud boame interestad in 

~~m-thevasa.ud==m 

approprkDa vessel clean-up and dnun rewvexy. 

They contacted EPA, and Region X staff 

provided support in guiding tha Cout Gd in 

for dweffecUve gltoramaturdovedght ofthe 

arsenic eloxide drum recovqc EPA approved 

pxpendihm of Supertund wnhr for tiu dnun 

mch, and worked Out ~r Intu-Agaq 

agreemnt with tha Cout Guard, In odox Wt 

thacoutcuard COLId anunue theswchin ma 

~forthe~and~~ 

EPA prrppred an emforcement uw, whkh wu 

Bled by rk DcpubllBLI of Justlea in May 1992 in 

tha mtrkt of sou* cuoltnr, whaa the vessel 

hd cow to part &ledngan~mUitime 

limapinst the vasel forthechGGuud'rand 

EPNs mporua coats and for a @ Superfund 

cost recovery action fu the ants, ahad run 

-s8oom 

the mvd prraica d using kpghud Ur(h0riy 

EPA Re@m lll staff also coordinabpd cbdywith 

tha 6ut Guard in crrfthrga UAO, bwd on the 

authorities of 5106 of aRCL& sU(c) of dw 

CWAand $3 of tha Intwariaronrh MghSeu 

Act, for rha ownen of rk ved to tdra over the 

searchat rcleir own expenv der Cout Guard 

direction. Thb-theIintofi8M.wu 

Lsued by the Cout Guard in February 1992 llw 

vessel ownen, Kyriabpulw Inh?nuUorul SA, 

a Peruvian corporation, and dw vd opemton. 

Emp- N~vim %a, S. A., a Puummian 

annpany, bxikova rho raponrework as directed 

Cuprdoparigh+fhay~~rawaedovq 

jaodnrna 

undu rtra ordsr and pcrtod it urdacout 

--orb Rhode Idmd/Nrorl COM~UCUO~ 

Battalion Center Superfund Site, Davlaville, 

Rhode Ialand: On July 28, 1992, CERCLA 5120 

3-64 
bmlh State University (NCSU) atend into 

an AOC for th sate m conduct th RI/H at the 

xhoors NPI. site in RZ,I~& N.C, punuant to 

cERcLA~lloy)md122 Olmthparttwency 

yeus, NCSU dumped hazardour wash from ih 

laboratoria and reactur into trmcha on the 

'xhool's proparcp. 'Ih AOC bindr he University 

to conduct the comphc. m pay EPA's future 

ovemightanhmd to pay usm (omrb PA'S 

put mu of approxbmtdy mS$lOO. EPA 

it, dght to collrct ch. mldning put 

cost, during the RD/RA phuc lhe AQC 

condndea neptiatlonr for-the RUB that 

originany began bahwca Uupuulo in 1937. 

minimkPRPSatttk?d&L UdertheBmuofthc 

AOC I!U PRP's will pay S1,384,7lJ inm a mut 

account esablbtmd by ch 0. Minimir Sacring 

Coumim $197,4U of thir will reimbuor tha 

EPA for a podon of ih put res- cosh at tha 

Si& Tharemamm ' ' g $1,187299 will be available 

for reimbunemant of the major PRP's for their 

implmarbltloit of du fkrt operable unit at the 

da, punwnt (D Uu (pmu of the UAO. 

-%It I.&. alp, ut& 

~orcb in at tlu aty, utrh since 

The Petmchem/Ekot& Si@ Ir louted at 1628 

rtu ark 1950s. ch sit. ooenkd u a reAnsn, 

On September 21, 1992, the Regional 

Administrator siped an AOC with 100 da 

3-6s 
midenh were hospitdized as a result of the 

release and over one hundred people required 

medical attentioa This administrrtive civil 

pedty matter was settled in April 1992 whar 

the Regional Judicial Officer signed a Final 

Order appmving a carent agreement,nepriated 

betwemEPA and Piom The terms of the 

settlement requhd Pioneer to pay a dvil panalty 

of S105.800 and to certify complirnce with 

CERcLAadEFCxA. 

-. Alexandria, 

virgiair nm Poemrcrud sib t oparb~d by 

Rkhmmd,Fmdexi&bugandPOCOWRaUnmd 

Company (RFW and b located hr Almndrlr, 

including a Preliminary Asscssment/Site 

Investigation (pA/SX) and UI EnvhmmWal 

hrzmiour subs- oMik Ru(hQ evaluaUon 

daiaiuncouldbdeonw)urkrtoprnwmUu 

Site to be included ontheN.tlond Pri0r.L~ List 

(NPL). Bauw thc Site was proposed for the 

construction of a National F0otb.U League 

stadium, the Site operaton, RFW" wan willing 

6D qukklycmduct thaardditiordstudks,rrwdt 

as any deanup that maybe WURntDd u a result 

ofthosestudia. - tiveoro6(h.t 

Site InvaUgaUon (for listing co~idesaUo~) as 

well u a RModlal Investigation. Physical, onsite deanup would be conducmd under an 

the Superfund Accelerated Clarnup Model, 

calling for the performance of comprehensive 

m@lh kriw qVk0nU1-d hVedlpdON, 

-t (€A) indicaed tha pra#toofartstn 

OfhPfOP-Y-QbamWd * lwCt2wy-a 

inbl by EPAand Wae dim3 rha 

elemmb of a removal Weumsrs an expanded 

Engh.-hg Evalwtion/Cost Anrlpt a~ x( 

forth in 40 cFJl5 4m.s (b). Ihs prindplo of 

arpodiad=ponuacthmdearIyredcctcd 

th.workrequiRdby~~ 

k%ge2Eon*2E%%t Inc. 

EPA issued a UAO to hymuk kdustrie% ku. 

pursuant to 5106(a) of aRcU compelling 

Raymark to perform rpedfIed removal Uriviw 

at ib fadlily in Stntford, Connecticut. Thi, 

action t a put of an onguing effort to compel 

Raymark to address hazardous conditiolu at ih 

faciiityand was apintefforlbetween the Wn 

I CERCU and RCRA programs. The order 

requira Raymark to abate the danger or -t to 

public health, welfare and the environment 

meals. wlvenh, and Pms; a wste 

pile; building, and land containhrg MOW 

Subrtuu-; hrp bnb of quationable inwty 

contahring~balmandhYardowr~;d 

the pobaraal for hazardous suhtance~ m mipe 

p 

off-site. 

St. Loair, 

Michip On March 3,1992, Ragion V issued a 

UAO to Amcrican Cyanamid Company, Ciiaagy Corporation, FMC Corporation, and 

Midwest Building Wkibutors. The UAO 

requires these PRPs tu perform a roil 

cmtminath invdgaclon ad mmwe tha soil, 

St Lou&, Mfchigur EF'A athater ht tuI 

work will cost approximately S1 don. 

Herbidda and turaiddrr eontajned in the 

April 6,1991. Hazardous material wan dead 

and spread whn tha @was atinguirhed On 

April E, 1991, the Roystrr Company tiled a 

petLon in bankruptcy for reorganhtion relie: 

a CERCU 0106 order, which the banhuptcy 

dispose the lcrrmnin . g cont.miruted water, 

excavated so&, ad debria ad 2) investigaiw and 

mnedlam my groundwater conhmination. The 

total cost for this work t approximately 

UaSAXXL EPA aped to punue h 0th PRPr 

(the rib ownar and gesmaton) for ciw rrmsining 

investigation, and possible removal, of 

conamiruted soil. 

ifnecawuy. from tha Royrtlrmr%houae Iite in 

Roptww8dum¶ehd bemdesmyedby Braon 

Undaralaptwll. Underanagreemmtdedin 

court appmvd Rogrra aped bo: 1) kat and 

pored by four open lagoons containing as-tos. 

?A 

LGrsngr,mcky: On Novenba 4,1991, a UAO was hued (D three 

PRR at hJIm Mas RDpary Sib, Locrtd in 

LaGrange, Kmtucky. The Sib Ir louted in a 

~are8ofbGm~,~adbownedby 

MLJhSudan. MrLrdPnconducbdaulvage 

operation on the Site whcn he stored a large 

number of jmk vrhidcr, appliances, equipment, andotherdrbrir Mr.Lrdenadhbfanalyaba 

reside on the Sib The major dueat posed by rhe 

Sip involved over 100 drwna of leaking waste 

varnish and waste whrcnt. Many of the drunu 

.found at the Site had the name 'haconda' 

written on them, 'The UAO was iuued to Mr. Ti 

Sanden, AthUc RidrAeld Corpontion. pmt 

company to Anaconda, and Mr. kbee byez a 

transporb~r of wut. mtt to h Sio by ArucDd. 

Attantic Richfieid Corporation is in full 

compliance wth the UAO. 
FY 1992 LJorcemenr Accomplishnts Repon 
EnfQammrAph8tN~Wool 

m,-t prqpm. €PA has bwl aggrariody 

against o#r Mo nansrttling PRPa at ooc. 50 

In order to ensure a vigorous and fiir 

pursuing Pam's who refuse to settle their 

liability under CERCU. In IT 1992, EPA 

brought ndministrative enforcement actions 

Sup- sits. rrpvirins darn up OdiOM wlvml 

at we 5270 million. Thae cam reprant 

dgnipCrrnt enforcnnnt OCLmnplLhrnnrts for the 

agauy and indfcptr that EPA hr sucemfdy 

implnwntal its pdiq to -y pynvr MIIsettling PRp+ 

~-Stk.*vlrsiUic01 

Much 30,1992 th rbgicad MmhJIhamr for 

E?% Ragion sipmi a UAO requiring a SI 

miaton Rsmrnral Actionat th. AbeKsupcufund 

Si~in~~byPnAum~h 

rOrma owna/~psrclbpr d uu site. nu &ex sim 

wu Uted on tiu NaUod Riorith List in 

Auguat 15 I ad Pnaumo &ex ir currmtly 

pdonntnga N/FS punuu\t m a Cauent Order 

prollminug rrmpung dts of r)u R.mcdlrl 

Investigation LdIuad N& hela of lad in 

raidentbl area adjacmt to th. Site. 'Ih UAO 

wu issued ahr ne!gQwioIu withpnuow Aba 

failed m ~rmachlsent~foruu warkin 

arimalySputa. New Jv W 31,1992, RaghU iuurd a UAO 

for implementation of I hup of roil ud 

groundwater conhminarim at th A.O. PoryWr 

NPL rite. iM Respondents indude the 

owner/open~ d th rib, md om gplrPrrbx of 

hanrdorusub¶~rrlepredthar 

"he4-aaesibhmbemruedforminpnxessing 

and ralamation dslecrmrlr apmpanrnt dpurine 

lwkdmit WcwntamhuthnLamBmd~an 

ara whom thera had OK. bean a dirpoul 

lagoon, which is the pdmuy source of 

groundwa- cone&n mynrting &om W 

Sita The w, artmrbcd b~ at $43 Mion, 

rrquiRJ extraction of Conbminane from wib by 

h use of soil vapor exmction, and add== 

pundwater conBmtrarion through a powdd 

activated cubon tmtmat sysb 

fluid, and ha!J an- ruin pmhdllly 

South cuolinr: On April 

24,1992, a UAO under GRCLA 5 106 wa$ iuued 

3-68 
3-69 
@J Cy 1992 En/4rcemwu Accomplishnvnu Repon 

and commeKial property at the Clinton Street 

and Ba\der Avenue Raroval Site in Buffalo. New 

York. 'Ihe site is adjacent to the Bem Metals 

Removal Site and was conhmiruted by runoff 

from the Bem MetaL Site. 

The five Respondents to rha unilated order, 

General Moton Corporation, Buffalo Color 

Co*arion, NaUorui Fd h Gu Dirkibution 

Corpcmpbn. NawYorkSIate Elcchir hcu corp. 

and ~wied-sipal cdrporrcion, are industrl.l 

garq.cmwhoamngedfortratmentardlrporrl 

OfhazadoW rubshKe9 WhM wue disporrd of 

at tho Bun Metals Site, a scmp moa 

rep~ingfaciuly. Th.*tbnoftheBml 

Mehln Site awed h milprtim ofamembnB, 

incluhg lead and coppar vi. rurfuewator 

d, into the yards ofnine raIdenUalhoma. 

four*b,ud arebudnew bated within 

the Site. hd waa present in surhce rob in 

larral;duph,l8930ppm 

I~u!.. of th runpllng conducted at tb. sit. 

werefomad?d ' h,the~fotlbrdrsubamnm 

udDLarr(-hywlrLhLwdm-tO 

the rui- at th Simwaming Ihm h, nhrin 

rob and dtracttng that 

chudlm to play inany sxposcd 

I1 

for the excavation of 

contaminated soils to awet domup lweb 

established by EPA and npksment of flu 

excavaadroiLwihdeanBu. Ih.Orda.Ir0 

call, for the voluntuy mporary relocation of 

the Site midarb dhg th. muvation and 

during the period their homn .nd mxesmy 

s~amnrrpyedrrmpl~mdrrrs#dfor 

any shuctursl damage. Firuny, the OKda taus 

for proper off-sim &pc4 of cor~ami~ted roilr 

and b grading and partial upping of the 

abutting pomOn.9 of the Ban Meall Si& Th. 

wrk ismpeckd bcatrbout Q ndllbrr 

k R ~Camsmr.u91(..eld 

Camiy, HtsLnt.: Gt Much 27,1992 EpALgUrd a 

UAO pu0-t to 5106 of CERCLA, mIuiring 

Cw~nty-~ rapondents 0 pesfom msnedld 

adon at hC h RBmaybmpury,InSi@.in 

ChestaBeld County, MrghriL Th UAO dircar 

set forrh in a ROD &rued on March 30,1990. 

which includes the excavation of stdace and 

subsurface soloil containing lead above an loo0 

the rerpondenb to perfom the rrmcdtl rctlon = 

mg/kg actfon kvd and sedhmts above a uo 

mg/kg action level, heating them with a 

soil. in an off-site RCXA approved lanw. 

Remedirl acUon at the pim b apeasd to cost 

5l3,room. 

Nm Jmy: 

On Septanber 17, 1992. Region XI isaued an 

Adminhtzative order for accau punuant to 

WJW d CERCU, bp the owner of a portion of 

Thr owner, Jack Ford, had not raponded to 

numemu requarb to sign a voluntuy access 

aBRcmsrt 

Th approxiautdy 3.7 acre sim is louted in 

Kingwood-, Javr and leased 

by the DrR.wrl amnid Company during rh. 

euiy 1974. OCRwl wd the Site to store a 

vbety of hazardous substances and to 

manufutur8 an @cuIturd fungidde and a 

mxUlepc#rp.Uve. EPAmdrrcdr. xetht 

nummua rpilboeovled ddqthe puiod that 

D.RnwrlLucdthesite. nusibhasbeen 

pl.crd ~n cb. N~M Rlorltirr ult and rhc 

-d=mirP=*-Y. 

p?tfk ') Floddr: 

Gt Deccmber27,199l, a UAOm issued requkhg 

the respundenti to anducta zeumval action to 

mpand to a relcMud kedtofrrleuccad 

by chemlcah stored .t.a warehouse. The 

Rorpondarb tulud. Puw EnblrpriWS, Which 

owned the warehouse and Hal Ellis, an 

independent chemist who was renting the 

iaboatories. 

stabilbum pms md tha disposing of the 

rhD.Rauvlll~comp.nysuprhudsitL 

Ot ocambcr 19,1991, bd offidrls raponded to 

a fh at the wadmuse. Upon entering the 

buil4lng, offidab dbcovmed ova 100 boxer in 

which various containen of weals were 

appear to have caused' the fire, were packed 

without regard for coqtatibiUty, were in leaking 

conc.inan, d Included shxk sensitive and air 

RIcehr. dramis Th I@ offkwI notified 

UwhateandthmEPA. EPArapondeedto&e 

Sic. on Oacemba 20,1991, and unnged for the 

shock mirive auraLL. 

Datxoit, Michigan: 

EpA issued a UAO fur removal of soil and BniU 

h.phuudlypuked. ne¶echmiulr , which 

MLnd bomb ¶quad to Q(ontesoonuamtrineo of 

3-70 
cahhhgurrdoilat the Enhrp~o11Rewv.l site in Demit Midrfgul The site, which waa 

fOm& wd aa a waste oil storage termlul, b 

Isursd in downtan: Detroit, clor to private 

midencw, a school and small budnews. The 

UAO was issued :o Moreco after, after 

“egotiah for a consart order were lmsucceuful 

Moreco complied with the order initially, then 

fell out of compliance urd Aied for proatlon 

der aupca 11 of dbe emlauptq cod.. The 

casewas settkdpmt b, thereorganization 

plan and a dement apenmt and stipul.1.d 

order wla ataad in Daember 1991 dving 

Momco’s liability at the Site. 

qgi-J&wemm,NewYak 

Region U hued two unilatenl adminishative 

order b, GM for RD/RAatib Mawis%& New Yak 

plant GM nun- cut dumtnumslgin 

bid at W plant. Th hdlitytua been i 

sipi5cant sour0 of FW cmhmtuclon in Uu 

adjaccnt st. Lwmnce Rtpar: th mmudruh 

tua ah0 i.*..d !he ndvy Ah rjUlY kdiur 

Resewation. Th. kvo orden addma two 

opcnbbunbdtkremedy. ’Ihafintordawas 

irsucdinExardrandrrquira,inm&~ 

of Pckont.miruQd vdimsrt Imm the h, 

treatment of conmmtruted gcoundwatez and 

cmlovd IJfcolramiNkd roilr “I rorlrhu m 

e!l~tedvalwuf$78mmbn. nudorder, 

baud in Aupt rrquira appimedahadfm on 

the site, and o(hcr nLtd addtie% with an 

WhQd vdw of $45 mlllfm 7h combined 

vdu of h two odasir hm slp million GM 

hw to comply withboth orders. 

Updver on the St Lawrence, and further 

upstream on its hibutug Uu Crass Rim, ue 

plants operated by ALCOA md Rynolds 

Aluminum cbrp, whkh have ah0 ConQibUted 

Pamdorhamtmrhuliarb, hi¶ ri-ryrtan 

kr 1989 hgbn II lamed UAol b MCOA ud 

CMC requirine invaUpUm ad rrmcdirlton of 

that cbniaminatim 

Portlldongon: On 

January 22,1992, EPA imrad a UAO 0 

5106 of CERCLA, b, NL, Indw(rfa, k, Could, 

he., Johnron Cmmb, he., Wde, kr., ATkT 

TeCtmOlOsia, ku, RhoncPouler, and BurtIngcon 

Norlhun RaUroad Co. (Could PWsL Th UAO 

dictated that the Gould PRPs partom the 

remedid action for the bib Unit of rha Could 

Superfund Site in Portland, Oragon. The 
-ding of d oil, industrial ~hent), antifreeze, and assorted other chemiai was-. In 

1983, EPA conducted a removal acUon at the site, 

dnining approaimately O&OM Lgwm filled 

with wad oil 4 huudow substmcas, and 

remving approximately 2,0130 dnrnu Aued with 

removal action in a prior settlement. 

Crodwater uwnituring at rhe site revealed 

widespread contamination by organic and 

inorganic onUamhn6, and EPA pbad the aim 

an the Natid Prioritla Lbt (NpL). Duling settlemat negotiatio~ for parfonnanca of the 

RD/RA, the respamible puties ow to rhe 

EPA Model RD/RA COMQlt Decm and to the 

brokedorm Gmqwdy, EPA hued rhe UAO 

tha em6 tocDnductth RD/% 

WNCh CDNbt) of exmction and haobnent of 

cont.minrted groudwatrs, soit npor atndm 

to mumve wkttlc OrgUrL compormdl fmm site 

so&, biarenedhtion to trat roils 

with polynuclear aromatic hydmcIcbolu, ad 

&~oftanluandclmcninarr Thremedyb 

qectedtocost)B1amm 

-EwuIt# Indtm 

On Febnury20,1992, Region V issued a UAO to 

nine PRPs to conduct remedial activitiia, 

including soil vapor extraction, hutabtlon of 

interceptor web, and conhued opation and 

maintmancc of an air stripper that became 

operational In 1987 as rhe Bnt +le unit at 

the Si&. 'Ihc cost of impiemenung th& remedy 

IW been esda at 11s millbn II emscost) plus S130,oOO in annual operation md 

rminbauKe costs. 

The Main Street MI1 Field provides 

approximately 80% of rh. City of Ellrhuc's 

drhhgwataneedr Inl98s,Inresponu~the 

dkovey of elevated levels of voLILla organic 

aDmpormdr in tho groundwa- EPA conduckd a 

WPS, which kulnlhted In Qnueucual of th. 

air stripping 'faty that was the remedy 

selected for rh. City's cont.&ated water 

supply. The subject of Wa UAO is source and 

plum and to prerreu furthex conpmination 

baeath and uppderlt of th wall w. 'Ihir b 

eapectd to baa Mopenbb unit 

Wapnbom,T-: 

FES?%E%Lgion issued a UAo 

for RD/U pursuant to 5106 of CERCLA against 

ch-*icll wuta. EPA reccnrerd tha at) Of thir 

whedula inEPA's scope ofwork# and nqpiiatim 

'ea- bww, Inc. to addma the Mallory 

GpsCicDr site in Waymsboro,Tmnestm. Bptrery 

Propatles. Inc., the respondent, b the sole 

a formu electrlcd componant manufacturing 

with high levels of polycVorinated biphenyb 

solvanL1. lb Site b located adjacent (0 a 

resid& area. 

'Q~o~JB party. 'Ih Mallo~~ Capad- Si9 is 

facility. Groundwater at &e sie b contrmma 'ced 

-. ~roethyhsa Tca, and othsr organic 

lheReqnmdmt wu llmviung to commit to full 

performance of rh. remedy, and settlement 

negotiations for the RD/RA broke down. 

Gmequdy, EPA Isma;l th UAO requMng the 

ra~~amductthRD/RA,whkhcDNtrr 

of axtnrtlon md treatment of conbminated 

groundwater ud institutlolul conmb. ne 

remedy IS apect.d to cast approldmrtely $3 

pdon. 

Mmtrm: ch Novmber 1?. 1991,Bve mponrible 

puria for th Mollat Indwelm NPL site were 

LuuedaUAOtouderbkeJomupofroib. 'Ihe 

parua Ikb& unda @m tarw set forth in the 

UAOm: thTawndCohrmbw.pmtadp-t 

owner of the sit.: operaton of tha sim; Mouat 

Indus~,~nR~Gamp~,FMcco~y

~llmbQweld~cOmpan). 

Thc Mouat site b I#atrd just south of the airport 

in Colcrmbtu, stlllwrtn Couny, Montana. It is 

sihmrpd In rhe flood plain of the Yellowstone 

River and is lar M0.6 mUe~ north of the 

presat riw chnnd. Croundwa- at the 

Mmt site ~amt.minrBd with duomium and 

arsenic. Additionally, roib, sediment), and 

surface watm both on-site and off-site are 

anmninaQd. 'Ihr con~uon b th result of 

O~Ums ua pl#arine plant which mveroed 

chromium ore Into high-grade sodium 

diduomate. epprod~lrb of th pnxar -e 

sodium sulfate wash, coneinbng hexavalent 

chromium. Therm were dichtomam spills and 

ieaching into tk. surrounding soils and 

groundwater from the pUar of aulfate warm. 

FMC bmpmy pmpd a work plan for the 

action, ud pitot tahg of the roil 

treaarmtryrtemwuducadonN~~~~~ 

17,1942 &e to mere weatfxs CDndiUa during 

the wintar wnrhr, rh. danup b scheduled 

begin in tha sp- of 1993. It b antidpated that 

compluta deanup of the source mated be 

3-72 

@I FY 1992 Enforcmnt ArcompWmrntJ Rqon 

inside the homes and on porches. Faramount is 

the former owner/operator of the facility 

cespauible for the contamination. 

EPA atampted to negotiate a consent order with 

Paramount and Honekad Mustria, Inc for the 

clean up of the homm already idmM and tha 

extent of contrmirution study to idmw orher 

homer which have been conaminrted by lead 

dust Hotdead eventdy am to Jean up 

tha intaior of tha homa, but pvrmormt refwcd 

PUtldPlbr!lb-m al Much 24 1992, 

saws to the Port Reanay ca, krc to Edmlmd 

~ubar md NO- - p-tt to 5101(e) 

ofCERCLA. EPAhasbemducUnganswvPl 

.aton at the Port Rstinay SUpQrfund Si& to 

addma msrcur)r contamination found thare. 

Beam- dmiQd EPA - to Ihr sim 

mconduarh RIponuwrian. chgwmordtred 

mpprorrideEPAwithdaccwatothe~ropay, 

including tha in&rior of irr ShcIlmY neccuIy 

forEPAtotake~thtponsewtt0n 

also WCIC ordered to rrfrrin from excavating 

and/or moving thc * at rh Si& and hking 

any 0th aaiotu ht in- with EPA's aaes 

to or rwpcme Mtivitia at the Slk 

b@Ofl bud -Q8UVQ order for 

Q Monts, 

California: Cn onobor 29,1991, EPA issued an 

Administrative Order pursuant to glO6 of 

CERW to Mion Coil and Spring Company 

in El Monte, California, ordering them to amdwt 

a facility Remedhl InvesUgatlon. Thir order 

was issued after the fdty refused to comply 

with the Regional Wrar Quality Control 

Board's direatva for submissionof a udrtac(Dy 

facility investigation workplan. Predsion Coil 

and Spring Company b louted within the Sur 

Gabrid Valley Superfund Sites, ksu 14. 

Oil Franq 

iuupd M order 5106ofcnzcu.dlrerthrg 

ninaPRP3 attharhatyoL1slla kpahmd sie 

currently "egoriating with OW PRPS to recover 

past mpaw costs assodated wim tha RI/Fs. 

e2tLa: al-wn Ix 

to coduct th. RD/RA at rh.Sai ThaRegianir 

purity Oil Sales operated as an oil recycling 

facility in Fremo, California from appmximately 

1937-1974. Purity picked up waste oil from 

Nm 

Yodr: Regton II hued a UAO to 175 Inwood 

Asdate~, rquiring the perfo-ce of a 

rrmwrl vtion 

from the Reapondent by Rockaway Metal 

Rafuctr, h. (Rockway), which conducted a 

uunubravhrg opedm at tha sib Mer filing 

for b.nlmrpq proactian. &&away rbPndoned 

the Slta In 1909, leaving behind various 

huvdour SUbsarKm stMed intmb, dnunr and 

ochrcon~'Ih.ceumvJactionrcquiRdby 

rh UXO kuluda, h rewod, kenanent andlor 

disposal of drumr, dapund storage hnks. 

prarurizcd cylinders, a -trailer and its 

cmtmb, and cont.minrted miL 

Veatrl, 

New Yadc h Sap- 30,1992 Region U brued 

a UAO (or RD/ru to BufftDn Corporrtion and 

El~clrdMe& Inc nu order requires those 

compania to hnplemmt tha rcmcdy dected in 

EF'As ROD which ullr for pumping and 

ham~t of mundwa(~r at rh. Vestal. Nm 

York Ske. Groundwater at 'the Site is 

contlmLubad with vola& organic compounds. 

Bufbn cap. la rh CIurent oww of em Sib, and 

was also an ownar of the Si& at the time of 

dispdul of hrnrdow &anc~~ Both Bufftnn 

and mhkh refused to ape toconduct the 

dy p~UVlt to a wruartdeaea 

nu Sib formerly waa leased 

Burlmnk, Callfornir On March 

26, 1992, EPA unilaterally issued an order 

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3-76 

-Bde Crook, Michigan: Ch 

Febnruy 19,1992 ud May S, 1992, kgbn V 

isrued two UAOI for RD/RA work valuded at 

1153 mmbn plrnumt to 010qa) oi aRcu to 

-26 PRP, at hs Vcmu Well Pfdd Sla in Battle 

Creek, Mfdrig~ ThcRD/RA b intmded to . imphunt a ROD dhg for tka demup of 

soohrentumamf~td ywrca ucu md the Well 

Field Ibelf. Iha V-M Wll meld is the 

primrrv y)\pca of bkrldng waw for the Qy of 

Batdr Gd, Mchigm. ?ha UAch were iuued . after attanpb bo negotiate a consent decree' 

failed. 

mAmes Warwick, Nm 

Yak Ra@m P issued a CERCLA unilateral 

admlnislratlve order agrinst rix PRPs on 

Febnuy ZS, 1992. llvy wme ordeed to pedorm 

the RD/RA for rtu Ant operable unit at the 

Warui&L;mdfm dtE~~ndau5areFord 

~torcompmsg, CeorgL-PaciaC corp., U.A. in 

New J-, he., Round Uk. Smlhtlon 

Corponlion. Unia, cubidc corpwatian. and the 

TidHhnjdgNawYorlr 

Ru wprwldr Lndan sim wu openled by rha 

lbwn of Wanvick pltmuily u a municipal 

landfllt from th. mld-195or through 1977. 

Between 19n and 1980, the sia wu opened 

privately by Gmea Dirpoul md Leasing. 

Georgh-PacUic. Ford and Union Mide were 

generaturn of h.nrdour sub- disposed of at 

the landfill; 1.S.A. and Round Lake were 

EalUpoWR. 
pursuant to CERCLA 5106 to Aeroquip 

Corporation, Crane Company, Inc.. Janco 

corporation, krgent Industries, Inc., Ocean 

Taw, he., and +he Anbmini Fdy Trust, 

for rewdial design and rexmdai artlan work at 

the BurbanJc Operable %it of the SM Fdo 

Valley Superfund Site. 'Ih. work covered is the 

de@, cotu~don and non-rouUm 

ofabladingfbliiy. Tlm~~timrrpdcostofthis 

work, which wu 'arpad+uf from the ortrer 

wortmqmidmimphmtwsintaknramedy 

USrS~'Ibrhdtitgwlllbeundtoblu 

groundwater previously treated bo remove 

voktile organic compomdm (VoCr) but high in 

nitnm and mix It with warn not containing 

nIInbmtnacessofrhMCL Ihrfreaadmd 

bhnded water4 rha be delivered to th Civ 

of BWbMEr pubuc water supply ryrtam. 

hru~m ofthlr order foU&vs the enEy of a 

consent decree tn the cam of V&L 

-. lhrcdcnrarcrrrchcd 

th. -a brpotltbn, th. av of 

Bur- and Weba ku, cooad the 

desip,cwuhu&nmd two yean dopartion 

mdmrintavrnof.grmmdrcnraamvtbnmd 

heatmrnt Vtrm, u wdl a# ddivuy of the 

warn to &e aty of Burb~k'r pub& water 

r~pp~y ryrt-7 d/,w nqecuon of th water into 

tha .quUa and p.lrmslt of fippmxlnuraly $2 

mtllSoninputcosa Twoportbirrofmuk 

rquired to Implmwrthinraimrandy Waa 

'arp.d+ur of the COIUUU dame so the EPA 

could hvdvo additional PRPI h rtu mmedlal 

work.5N,ardawanthehportimdrh 

carvdat work 

An interim ROD forth Buc&nkoparblr Unit of 

rh Sur Fdo V.ll.y Supafund Site was 

signed in 1989, and in November of 1990 an . Explanation of Significant Dtfferencw was 

hued. The remedy selected was design, 

Wnamldon ud twenty ycur of oprrrcbn and 

mrintprunre of a urn SJlOnr pu adnute 

plndwaiR&mlianand-*- 

May 1991, approrinutely 250 Special Notice 

Latar wefe hued to mr at the si@ which 

loakd on propuy used u a bamedring .. 

. .. ~. 3-7s ' , 

.. 
EPA- ranop.1 vriar in Wkr 1990at th 

request of tho New Jumy Doputnmt of 

EnoLonnrcnd Ro#rba ad Enagp Tln sit. 

contained appmriautely 11,OOO drums of 

huudour subs- aadr mnks, bbO=tDfy 

contrinan ud othsr polluted 4 lab 

1992, .U thmdrumr hd kpn 11w0ed from the 

rite, dong with tk. conmu of 117 out of 126 

Dnlu. €PA hr iKurrad cosu of 5143 millbh 

Tha FWs are conducting cha ranvkrdu of the 

cleanup, which includes removal of 12,000 

laboatory contdnur and a number of gds 

.cytinden.uMngochaicamr. , 

3-77 
FY 1992 En/orcemem Accomplihne~~~ Rrpon 

In 1987 Region I1 issued a unilateral 

adminirtnlive order to OII ud Kurt Orban 

ordering the removal of Motu substances. 

such aS WUP adds, whkh were let4 at lhe site 

in drum, anlu, and pn#ar CeJpamt after 011 

abandoned It. Kurt Orban, rh. majority 

shareholder of On and prwldant of both 

corporations, w.r(.d tht due to th. WI o( 

mourea fOkWblg h volunbry auiplWIt and 

comply with EPA'r ordcr EPA completed the 

removd adon In 1990 the pmamt initiated 

a cost recovery ac&n agrinrt Kurt man, 011. 

KOCI, Robert Lawlor, and Atlantic Wire 

Company, Inc. and ab0 ~08'menCd vtiorU for 

penalttm and punittve damrgm against Kurt 

Orban and Oe 

a of KOCT, urctr noi- IW MC on COUM 

3-78 
.. 

.. 

A consat decree was entered in March, 1592 

setding EPA’s cost recovery daim against Kurt 

Orban, Robert Lawlor, and Atlantic Wire 

Gmpany, I~c for 5185,oOO. and also settling 

EpAs penalty claim against Kurt Orban for 

u0,m. 

Bamkn~ptcyCua 

1dahho:Thiractionb unprecedsngd in RegbmX 

steps dosQ to the mucc.y ccatsmplated by the 

PhlrIkULV s-c-v, 

and 

both 

~dleaRcLA 

for 1a SbtOgy md fothrwmt 

demmlp rtnu, wed 

Raglrm’sCDRVdAlWhrltllh 

th. Bunbr Mifiing COmpMy, Ul 

owner/operamr at the Bunker Hill slte in 

shoavMcounty, Idaho, Blrd for bankmptcy in 

~muuy 1991, EPA muzed ia righa to the 

company8 - wm tr danger, and moved 

quickly to pnvent I rimll.r sihutlon with a 

related enUty,-t!! Bwkm United PartmAip 0. Pirst,thagavpftlcd~MU~on 

BLP and dl of ia rnbsidhtied pmpafy within 

thbounduicrofrhhbuZmsi&. mnotonly 

pmwenkd the company from ding la aws, but 

also provided EPA with priority ovu BWs 

rmrenveddtorsauc BLPBlcd forbanhupbcy 

(which it did hat June). Secmd, EPA Issued a 

CERCU 5106 unllrlmrl ~dmhrtrmm order 

(VAO) to BLP in Sepcwba 1991, spccuging 

deanup rctfonr which BLP WI rn requid to 

und.itrlu. &I dt, EPA now hd a priority 

d.im Which BLP was rcguirrd to fund, and the 

Bankruptcy court ordered th. -fer of 52 

mrlliojrinto an EPARmdiauon AaounL 

After obtaining th SI million. EPAamUnued b 

seek a- . priody for th mjority of 

BWr remining rrrltr. valued at ova S1U 

million Dupib th cl.imr of orhr parUa. €PA 

pravrfled and on July u, 195% th BuJrmpvy 

Court ordered tht at least SI3 mlllfiDn of BLP3 

asaeb be rotwid. for clanup. 

The chamid Sale, Company (csc) Supafund 

Si@ and mhld Sites am locatad in bmmPrcr 

Ciy, Denver, Adma and Denver Counties, 

Colorado. Th. sib mib and grad watsr are 

contaminated with volatile o’ByLIc chemicals, 

% Febnuy 2l. 1992, Qc filed a petition for 

reorganization punuant m Chapter 11 of the 

Bmlrnrpby Court On Junc 9,1992, EFA completed 

a eurLupty Litlgarion Report requesting &at 

th Deprbnmt of JuaUce fila a Proof of Claim 

Beauso of liu above situation, ddrp occurred in 

rh work rckadde spcetriod in tho February 1992 

UAO. ckr AqWt 31,1992, a CiRCu 5 107 cost 

raowtyrdarriwumUtoWJ. EPA-m 

recover 516,085,@33.41 in nwval and remedial 

action caa u wd u au psrultlo iusociated 

with rh EPCRA violation, and the AOC, and 

thUA0. ?hfsacUonwUlbeflkdinrtuFederal 

Dirrrla Court for tho Dirtria of Colorado. 

’Ihir CU. supporn th. ?hdquamn/Re@onal 

violatiotu in ch. m01t Cfficthta and eificient way. 

~pcy co6. n usc 101 -in the U.S. 

PMdW h h WofarfoCC- wb -lve 

. 3-i9 
U. (N.D. DelJ: On June 22, 1992, two consent 

were lodged in thc abovereferenced casein the 

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of 

Delaware with Harvard Industries of 

Farmington, NJ, a direct subsidiary of F E L 

Corporation (formerly Frequency Engherhg 

Laboratories) of Farmingmn, NJ. H.rpud 

Industria mmudactwes automotive saarorfss, 

hos8 producg. spaddty futsrun, armamma, 

ard dccrrmic pmducts nm involved 

four NPL si- the Abca-Anacoda ste in &gim 

v, -Site hRsgon W, rh. &p Alh 

Site in Region II, and th Kesta site in Eegh L 

Ihs total rwuntof rhir settlement to be paid in 

ash ud punuant to plan dollan la S769m. 

EPA had Bled a rnulU-reghd pdof ckim on 

August29,wn. 

W.D. 

pr): Thia is a large, naUonwld8 buJrruptq 

.ctiOn. p~tsnri.lli rattling thr United Shtd 

daimr agrkrst kuiLD at appmdmaWy 264 sim 

locad throughout th counlq% on Ianuy 13, 

1991, hiko corporation and tNrban of im 

rubridhies (huehfter Tmilco') filed a 

volunhry perirbn for rsorgminriar punuant b 

&par ll of the buJnrptcy Code, ll US.C. 

guoi et seq. in th united stam bihptcy 

Court for che Western Ob- of'Ihr in S.n 

Antonb. 

On August 20,1991 and January l3.1992, du 

United Slates, on behalf of EPA and the 

ap-t of Interior @or), filed prooh of 

claim alleging hUco and ib rubsidkria are 

pintiy end werally Ulbb b th Unibcd Sbtes 

connection with a number of sim acros8 the 

nation Approximately 264 additional rites, 

broken down into four ub@ria, ha- ksr 

idatified by hila and will k dmlt wirh in the 

proposed alpanw+ Ftf(lepn sim u. either on 

tho NPL or situ at wNcfr EpAhu pafonmd 

removal activities. TNrtnn othors, most 

orden settling the dilimr of th united stam 

&the mCLA for rapansc cole incurrrd in 

rnJmmntoEPA. am currsrlly bellrpad by WCO 

b, b. undugoing Y)m form of dtion a¶ 

rem?dia&on is undeway by other putla. Inrilco 

as a result of hilco's put owncnhtp and/or 

disposal of hazardow was- at such si- 

%*lead si-. At he8 6 ShHcad Sites, 

may haw additid liability at 233 ohr sites 

operation of such si- or hilco'a urmghg for 

3-80 
IT 1992 Enforcmunr kcomplichmcnu Repon 
Wifornia, and Texas. Cargill will pay 

Sdpuhted penalties for ViOhtiON identified 

during the audit, up to a limit of $1,ZOO,OoO. 

cat@ may perform some or all of eleven 

suppl-tll enforcement prom ddbed in 

the CACO at Cargill Resin Rod- Division 

againat stipuhkd psultia in ew%s of e50,i.m. 

On April 22, 1992, 

&I' Ihl ApW Jude Edmrd E. 

Rdch sigmdacoment Ordawhkhrrquirrdan 

adminbtntive dvil penalty of W,6U for 

vioMoNofTx1A. Ru@mqsorigtnJdvil 

rdminirtntive Compl.int dwged Champion 

withvbhuau ofth'IscA 9 -ufachm 

Notification (PMN) rule, md dro with 

viohtiau of th lSCA Inwntov Update Rule 

m)#-~d~tocepoctto 

EPA.- mmtdadumd in acm of lOD 

poundr durlng tha company's Ia-t complcta 

corpora& fLcrl year ptbr to Augurt Z!j,1986. 

aumph PdUnMly ALvtn.rl to EPA a TSCA 

9 No* of CommacPmont viohcion. and th 

Agenq dro leuned of m additional IUR 

viohtion. EPA clwm to .rmnd th Complaint 

after Champion submitted .fAd.vit, showing 

ht it had fnaccuratlly dwcribed to CP EPA 

irupecer th chemicrl struciun of th substrnca 

for which th PMN vbhuon wu alleged ud 

that the substance was in ha on th lSCA 

Invrnb~. The rmaded compl.int rcmopcd th 

PMNeDuntardaddedamwmaamt 

mOnhhrh 

a settlement with Th. 

EwterncompanY, which opecam a hciuty in 

Naugafu4 Connecticut where it nunWeable and strinlcu steel crrtingr. EPA's 

administrative compllint alleged that th. 

company: 1) failed to mut wi* UI appropriate 

label a pc8 Ihnrlorwr; 2) hibd to mut with 

appmpriae kkL h msm of- to two FCB 

'brrufotrmn; 3) failed to register it, PCB 

brnrfocmen with the Id fire response 

personnel in accordance with the federal 

etio~; and4) failed to conduct quarterly 

inspectio~, for two PCB 'Ruufo~. All the 

Viohtions of =A's PCB ~~phtio~ occumdat 

the company's Naugatudr fadlity 

The settlement amment required the company 

fadlides aaos hanm&yinexchMge foraedit 

SubSeqUmt to &:-CO 0: th. Cr ..pl.int, 

leak irupectioru, and mainein records of such 

to pay a U9JOO penalty and to undede a 

supplemarhi en-lai prow involving the 

removal Mddbpod of PCBapadbn andm 

harufonnen from its fadlity. at an approximate 

cost m tha company of surpoo. m pro@ 

beneficial to the ehvironment and was Mt 

requind by Id, state, or federal law. The 

agreement contained provisioru requiring thc 

company to paya pqmiond amount to drc US. 

Th?asury in tha event that the cost of the 

envir0nzna1t.l project did not reach at least 

J134,ooO. 'Ih. company has corrected the 

*A 

ncA Pa dmwlmuve compkfntwu hed 

against rh aty of cuknd kr 1989. SettIemmt 

induded a supplemealel rnVir0nmmt.l project 

requiring the dty to implement a PCB 

idmetion propan whkh ldmrifia through 

sampling and laboratory testing and label 

Lupeuiond hat axuain KB, at 2 

ppm or pea-. IhL idomation fr Rguked to tr 

kept Ion a campuler database. Tha compliance 

ordw rquired expenditwa ofSSl0,UXJ and a I€% 

case psvlv of $14200. Quuhrty shhu reporn 

are also requirrd to k submitted to EPA, to 

indudewclarrmkmdwingthprwioruqmter 

toward .thieving compliuce with the PCZ 

identification program and expenditures 

assodaad with this identlficrtbn prograan. The 

City of Cuhd submimd It, pnt quarterly 

$htuS report in Sepbmbec 1992. 'The city has 

currentIy med WZJOO. 'The city hu untll 

1997maDmpLpl!mpP.9jcd. 

Vbh&N degcd h h WmphhL 

*AFabCUdry 

mies Getze 

Corpoarion of Anwia to dispose of three PCB 

transfornun at ib Spar@ Mchigaa fadlity ad 

to replace the truuformers with non-PCB 

transformen. CocbaCorporrtiona&oagmdto 

pay a pdty of $ll,234. Thir suppluncnt.1 

enforcement project/PCB disposal plan was 

completed at a cost of $l22,297. 

Gocue Corpoation & a Dehware CorpoaUon 

with a place of businow at 252 cudna Smt 

Sparta, Michigan comphint initiated 

punumt to 516(a) of TSCA, wu 81ed on October 

6, 1990, and deged kr SLX count, that Goeue 

Corporarion had stored comhwtibie drateriah 

wihin a PCB tnnrfo- had hiled to 

mark the mean$ of access to its three PCB 

3-82 
FY 1992 En/orcrmmt Accomplishmenu Rcpan 

mfonnen; md had failed to properiy dispose 

of FSBs. 

3-63 
Cy 1992 fiforcd Acmmplislunmts'Rejwn 

action against this chemical The 

Ageuy had charged Lindau olemicab, k with 

two vi~lati~~ of the Inventory Update Rule 

during its latest complete corporate &rcal year 

befoie Augwt 25,1986, as required by rhe IUR 

voluntarily disclosed that it had also failed to 

report rtuep chemical substancer rmnufuturarj 

during the company's last complat. fircrl yeu 

before August U, 1990, in violation of the IUR 

Rcrvrine=Portingp- . Muapedm 

pay a U1,OOO penalty to de all Bve of the. 

violations. 

(Tux). Lkhu had failed to report two d\emicai 

subsance lnanufachld in - of low pound3 

sub- to isamnceof thecmplatrf Lindau 

& Th& administrative enforcement 

action was brought for viohtlon of TSCA g(e). 

MONM~~ L&d to report the raufts of a 

days = by we). Rrmunt to a ament 

agreement, Momanto agreed to pay a fine of 

5198B and to canduct an mvironmmtal audit QI 

its studies of developmental toxtctty effects, 

reproductive effects, and cardnogenldty. Post 

audit, tny company paid S648,OOO for the 

violationr found in rtu audit. 

carcinogaricily study ofSsn(Dgud pw within I5 

to last year the Agency 

irsued an adminl&ative complaint a@ut Sika 

-for the illegal manufactum (Import) 

of chemicals into rhe United Stam. 'The 

cumplaint sought an adjusted propored paulry of 

OVBI 569 million. 'Ihir t the highat paulry 

ever 

chemical 

sought 

manufacturers 

under T5CA ma) 

to 

which 

notify 

e 

the 

Administrator at least 90 days prior to 

manufacturinganewdremid Pummnttom 

~cuad settlemart a- Sib agreed to 

pay a cash pBlaly of Sl.l207@. 

In the kt opinion from WAS 

Chief Judicial Cffi~~ (CJO), W CJO ruled that 

the general, fivcyear federal statute of 

hbem does not apply to rho Msmmt of 

&-d paulk under TXA. CIha Environmen~ 

Appd MW appealr that were 

formerly heard by thr drief judid officec) The 

rullng mulad from EPAs appeal of a 

administrative case involving the Minnesota 

MW and Mrnufaauring (3M) Company. based 

In 1988, EPA asraued a 513 million fine against 

3M for hpdng two new chmnicd substance$ 

batween 1980 and 1986 without submitting a 

p--mu rrsuksdby 9 of=. 

Attar a Wg, the Administrative tw Judge 

(ALD reduced the penalty to SlO(JO0. EPA 

appalcd the PQUlfy mhctionon the ground 

that thr ALJ hd not properly applied EPAs =§s-~~Pw. rngh appeaL3M argued (hot rtu ALJd in narrowly 

cons- h gmexal smhrta ofrnhfhns a$ not 

applicable to an admhistrative action for the 

suewmat of a dvil penalty under TXA 

In NUng an EF'A'r appeal, the CJO upheld 

redudon of dm pmdly ad also ruled tht held 

that EPAmrnotbarredfromBltrgchrge,for 

TSCA viohrionr mora hn five yun after an 

went had occumed because Tedd cow have 

held that the United Statu b not bound by 

statutes of llmitation &r Congress dearly 

manifests such an intention. 3M has appealed 

this decision with respect to the statute of 

limibrfhns to the United Shm Court of Appeals 

fotthDbtrictofCoIumblaCircuit. 

in MiMeapOlL, MtwJotl 

, 

3-84 

EPA b supuyiring the dean u? of 

PCBs at 89 situ subject to a Coruent Decree 

entered in Ocb3be.r 1989, with Texas €astern Cas 

Pfpdim Company (Xmas &tern). 'The Consent 

Decree rrrminr th most extensive settlement 

eva obtained by th Agency against a sing:- 

inv~tiptio~ at 89 compraaor station sites. 

which Luluda: RawdLricn of 49 aUr A-1 sit- 

(heavily contamhted sites that require 

remediation), characterization of 27 A-2 rites 

(sites tht are cont.mtukd with PCBs at less 

hn the PCB cleanup I& of 2WO ppm), and 

13 clys A4 situ (situ where no Pas are 

thought to be present). 

mmpory. requiring K=8 cleanup etlmated to 

exCndmw#un 'Rucol)#rt~Aqu~ 

To date, 12 A4 sites have been remediated (six 

sites were remediaad in 1991, six si- have been 
3-89 
(GUS). The complaint proposed a penalty of 

$26500. In addirion to to pay a propose 

penalty of $l5$00, Hoedut Cchnese agreed to 

F: 

import only low dioxin chlonnu 

On June IO, 1992, 

EPA entered into a Consent Agreement and 

Consent Order with 

.of Charlotte, North Carolina, 

Specifically, EPA flled a dpil administzative 

complaint in the amount of $39,7M agrinrt 

hndoz in June of 1990, allegjng violaeiom of the 

Halogauted Dibenro-pdioxin/Mknrohvan 

Test Rule vet Rule) and vioLtlaU of tha 'ISCA 

Good Laboratory Mcm strndudr (CLPs). 

Sandor imported the chemicd substance 

dJoranil. a chemicll rupd inthelxwuhhmof 

dysr and rubkg for WNCh mUng is rcquircd 

under tha Tart Rule urd 9 of TSCA. The 

eompwt snda~ with ma rubm~uion 

of. notice of ht to &st, law submiuian of (at 

prow*. i, lam . ab- of Osrt dam, hilum to 

test in accordance with the EPA approved 

proobDcol, hilure to submit strmnlmu caoityine 

that the em adhered to rha'ISCA cLR,fahe 

to *rm w -in aaordma wi* tha.'TscA 

GLPs, and failure to submil ddldcd rrquired ' infomarion upon detection of hdogeuuad 

dibauo-pdloxinr or djbQ\+ofumu above the 

limit of quurriAcation The odgbul annpht 

was ammded in octobar of 1991 b add M 

additid day of violation, increasing the 

called for a cash penalty of $32221 urd a 

comrniimmt from Surdor to import a Wcontaminated formof chld in rha futrur EPA 

ha negoiiated similar agremmtr an a voluntary 

basu with Otha mrnutaaurar and Importem of 

chlod not subject to arforcprmntwtionr, una 

such tir~ u a Sigdunt New Use RI11. (SNUR) 

can be promulgated. Thia will .Llow EPA to 

gathadabiled info~~onrpcdacu#and 

exposures resulting from the import or 

ma nu ti^ of more conmmirukd Chbd ud 

enable thc Agavy to anml &k on a casebybasis. 

Anti-Microbial Testing Initiative 

EPA nnd FDA hEW mkkd On n hint 

testing and mforcmunt initiatiue Coocnng tk 

~nti-microbial industry. Following n CAO report 

'Pesticides, €PA Lacks Amcmnu Thq Work', 

tWOlVhg dlagad ViOhtiON. Of 9. 

propa5d penalties up rn s87)Ym Th.racrlement 

the trw AgcnM ncgotintcd a Mrmornndum of 

Undmtrmding undrr which tk FDA lnborptory 

in Mimrsoia is condnciing nnti-miaobinl tating 

for PA. FDA pnfonn ppmuCr tcstrfor FDA on 

ttrrilnnt products rlsrsipd for wc on 'medical 

devices.. Bdfed on risk reduction, test 

gluderddehyde bod stm'lantr were tested 

first, follmd by hospitrl level disinfecinnts. 

Collections wen done by statrr where the 

sub- to th Agmcy nnnunlly under FIFRA 

Ssr 7.) EFA has itnrai tmo SSUROs pursunnt to 

the testing nnd thru civil complnints. In 

addition, follofo up actions has included 

lnboratoy nu&& of the Inborntoria whuh 

gmted th mgWaHa &m /or claims which 

werefnmd to &JUS by tk tats nnd meetings 

nlb being hdd adth cmnpMia to change labels 

to ddete ~ianw-clnims. 

Airline hfdnterunce Fadlity Initiative 

In &Ha t. Pertlipotfng fu" in tk 

Region's multi-mrdh enforumcnt program, the 

TSCA pgrm ah continued wort on the 

Airline Mofntenanu, Fndlity cnforcnnrnt 

initinh it cmnm the prroiow ymr. As 

port of thir indwtry-spccific enforcement 

initistior, complaints were LruL against 

scwnf nirliM during FY 2992 fm oiolations 

indoing th WI 4 PCBS in tran$fo""m and 

0th drcktclrl cqvipmrnt nt &ports. FY 1992 

follorPq incluhd. 

PAl 

adminlaative complaint had been issued by 

Regim If ag./Nt thb carrier which dted ?'CB 

infrreebnr at ib facility hFI( Airport in New 

York Utp. A bNcnt Apmnmt and Cbmt 

orda (CA/Co) wu brucd imporins a @cy of 

5ll2.700. The compht dted 57 vioktioioru 

e0nc-g u PCB in rbc sqeparate, 

l~atb~ at AE&cM's fadlily. Tb violariolu 

included mure to nuinlain mrds of annual 

irupcaionr and rmin(mance history, Mure to 

pRpM~lUl~andto~pcoyiQ~ed 

pmcLaion ag.tut daHal hub. 

pInhkch, 

1992 Region U rattled M ad.dministrative 

complaint against Bfitbh which 

concerned PCB violaciau ai the Mid 

facility at JFK rurpOrC In New Yo& Thc -t 

Agreement and Consent Order (CA/CO) ?roVldes 

pmdlrct ispmivud rymmPtion on pmdvaion is 

3-86 
for a pardly of WIcm). l'he Comphint. bsued in I emhionS of freon-113 in ddu vear 1987 in 

June 1991. dted fail- to mark haruforwn 

prop& to perform requircd quarterly 

documera. lb complaint was baed on an EPA 

~dmeNoVeulber1990. 

hergtncy Planning md Community 

Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) 

Enforcement 

DCRA establidws a smuture at the state ah l00pl to asist cona~uu'tia in planning 

chem~ nncgcnd~ ami nqidrrrIprilitia 

to provide information to &PA 011 Ocviow 

ckrmkds pram: &I th community, which. 

undrr 

5313 certain manyfpcturfng /odliH.r must 

prodie EPA with A dam 011 th mounts of 

chemicals that they release into ihe 

cnironmmt, dtk mvrindy or u o Wt of 

accfdm&. In addition, fnmitb must rrpori 

accidmtd nirnur of atrrnurj knroraou~ 

lulhtrrrrcrr' ad CERCLA 'kpradour arlntnnca' 

to smie 0d Iapl raponrr qywls, pnd nport to 

mri ad )ocpI olpctolr Lmrntmkr ofon thdr prmdwr * whfch WtCrLI s4ety 

mm rhrtJ,dt. FY 1991 .mmt 

tarpied clonreportm an well as late and 

Mnpmtrrz 

hmON, d m prrpM and uvld 

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shall be made audable to the public. 

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violatian of 913 d At in hdicy; the 

compmy nun- high lechnobgy vacuum 

equipment for film procasing and cryogenic 

equipmmt for labomtory applications. 

on ombu P, 1991, 

Region I bud a commt alpasmart In which 

Bakm a@ ID pay a $8.500 PQylCy to settle a 

adminlshadve complaint tor I violation of 

chmial ernhim nportfng rrqukewnrr at its 

Hudson, New Hunprhin hdllcg. Ru mphht 

alleged that the company failed to repor: ia 

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