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# L UAZARDOUS WASTE DAMAGE CASES U.S. 

### ENVIRONHE.NTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OFFICE OF SOLID IIASTE (WH-565) 

### lfashington, D.C. 20460 April 1980



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# I IThis doc.ument llttempta to provide a repreaent11t1ve**aa~ple** of 

### danu1ga c.asea that havo resulted fro111 the i111proper r!IBnagement 

### of haurdous 

### va11tea. While by 

### no means exhaustive 

### of all known incidents, 

### thh collpilatioo 

### does give o sense of the n11ture and &cope of the hazardous 11011te problema thaL lriiVe Ol!curred in the aboenco of a regulated systt>lll of [ll'op•r 111lln118'111f'Dt. The purpose of 

### thh doc11111ent is therefore to provide aubatantial evidence of haurdous watte da11.411e thllt RCRA Subt!tla C regulations are designed to 

### IIVoJ(j In the future, Included among the case dee!'.riptiooa in this documl!nt are o score of lavauita and supporting documentn filed by u.s, EPA's 

### Harmrdoue goaata Enforcement Tauk Foree nnd the Justice Depart!llent against alleged violators of RCRA. Tvo lawsuits filed by the states 11re also included, Addition11l narratives of 110116 of these and other cases have been dra·m from existing El'#r. dauge ceporttl tmd filu, In**r~~any** tnlltan!'.e&:, EPA'a regional offices have cece.ntly IIUPplted llpdated infomatton on tndivlliunl ,••see. Tbeae dorn11go CIUI118 aro organh:ed**acco~:ding** to EPA**~:e.gion** foe con•·anienco, but their order**do~a** not indiCIIte any judpent- 1111 to their pcjo

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# L Hazardous Waste Damage Caaea 

### Table of Contants**~Caees** filed as Part of EPA111 Haurdous W.ute Enforcement Effort (1979- 1980)1" prepared by the Har:ardous ll&Ste Enforcement Task Force. Region I 

### Solvents Recovery and Lori Engineering, Southington, Conn,

- Complaint 

### " W, R.o 

### Grace and Co,, Acton, Hess,



### -**Co~plaint** Plall.field0 Conn.

- Ctuae Su11111ary Region II 

### Hooker Love Canal, NiagaraPalls, N,l. -comph.tnt for Oech.ratory Judgment, Injunctive Relief, Restitution 

### and Civil Penalties Love Cane.l, N.Y. -C11ae SUIIIID.Sry Love C111111l1 Ntagar11 Pallll, NoYo -SummBl')' of Health Effects Hooker l02nd Street, Niagara Falls, N,Y, -Complaint for Injunctive Relief end Restitution 102nd Street Durnp, Niagara Fells, N.Y.

-Caee Summary Hooker**Ms~** Ares., Niagara Palls, N.Y. -Complaint for Injuncrive Relief and Reat!tution River Front Landfill, (AKA**~s"** Area Dump), Niagara Falls, N.Y. -Case Sumlll.lry Hooker Hyde Park, Niagara Falla1 N,Y, -Complaint for Injunct!' Relief1 Restitution and Civil Penaltiea "Jlyde Park Dump, IUagars Palls, N.Y. -Caae SUiilllla.ry

• Li Pari L1111dfill1 Mantua and Harrison Townships, N,J, -Colllplaint; Me111or11ndum of Point& and Authoritiea in Support of Motion for t'tellliin.uy Injunction; Ordar to Sbo" CaUfll!l (6) Affiii11Ylt11

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# L l'etroe.lundc&l Contamination of the Cohanaey Aquifer in Ne., Jeraey, (Dover Tovnship)

-DaiiBII8 Report 

### Dover Tovnahip, N,J, -Caae Suflllll.ary Kin-Due Landfill, Scotch Plains, N,J, -Complaint; Stipulation and Agraement of Partial Settlement; Constru.etion Schedule Fatlllityat 11 Ne11 Jer11ey Industrial Landfill -Damage Report 

### Rogion HI Union Corporation, l1ftal Bani\ of America, Philadelphia, Penn11ylvan!a -complaint for Injunctive Relief and Restitution Wade Landfill, Cheater, Pennsylvania -C0111pl4int; Amended Complaint Poioon Pumea Overcome Workers ot a Bdti11ote County, Maryland Landfill -Damage Report Olin Corporation SaltvilleFaellity, Virginia -case Sull!l!lary Region IV Waste Inaudtrlea Inc., Fiamington, North Carolina -complaint; Kotion for Preliminary Injunc.tion; Memoran<'llll'll uf Pointa and Authoritlea in Support of Hotion for Prelirrlnary Injllnction, Gordon, Goorgia -Cale S\lllllllry

• Anniaton, Alab811a -Cs.aa SUIUIIty Pickens, South Carolin11 -Ca1a S11111l111.ry Harde..an County, Tenn<!!uee -Case SUIIrury**Harde~~~an** County, 1'enne1111ee -Abbnvhted Cege S111111ary L11ea Lane, Louisville, Ke.ntucky 

### -esse SlLIIIlllary

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### Laaldn Greenhouae and 

### Waste Oil Co, 1 

### Jefferson, Ohio -complaint and Applicl!ltion for Preliminary Injunction; KemorandUI!I in 

### Support of PlBintiff'a Notion for PreliminaryInjunction Chemical and 1-!inerals Reclamstion1 Inc., Cleveland, Ohio -Comphlnt and Application for Pulimina-ry Injunction 

### Chem-Dyne Corporation, Handlton, Ohio, -Complaint for Injunctive ll.oltof NidW1!at Solvent Recovery, Inc., (Hid-Co), Gary, Indiana 

### -complaint; Hotion for Temporary Restraining Order; Notion for Prel1111inary Injunction; Memorandulll of Pointe and Authorities in Support 

### ofMotion for Temporary Re111training Order snd Hotioo for Preliminary Injunction; Ordon 

### in :>tateComplllint; Letter fromChiefP!re Inspector, Gary Fire 'Department to Mayor of Gary rflgarding Hid-en; (4) Afftdavitt**Hid~Co** 

### - Industrial Highway, Gary, Indiana -Caae Su!llm.8ry Hid-Co- 15thAvenue Site, Gary, Indhns -Case**Su~~mary** 

### Hooker, Montague Tovnship, H!chigan -ConsentJudgqent (.'>tste Case) St, Louie Park, Hinnoaota -Caae Kum11.11ry Conservation Chemicsl Company, Gary, Indiana -caae Summary Byron Salvage

- Byron, IlUnoia -Case Summary 

### Sull!llit National Liquid Servicea, Portage County, Ohio -Case SulllllUiry Arsenic Poisoning ln. Perhalll, Hinnasota**-DauagE~** 

### Report Region VI Vartac Chemical CorpCJration ond !lerctllas, Inc., Jacksonville., Arkanaaa •Complaint 2001, Inc., SoutheasternChe111ical Co111pauy, Inc., and T\w 

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### Reserve, Louisiana. -Complaint; Report to the Court 

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# L Buyou Sorrel, Louisiana -Ct\81! 8UII1118t")' 

### Hexachlorobentene Contaminationof Cattle nearDarrow and Geiamar, Lautai&na. 

### -Damage Report Dumping into Sand Pit Pollutes Domeatic Wells in Crooby, 

### teua -Dalllage Report 

### Bio-Ecology1 Dallas, teua -Csee Su11nury Region VII 

### Robert Richter, E.P,R,, Inc., and Control Data Corporation, Malvern, Iowa -Complaint for Injunctive Relief; Stipulation for Continuance Illegal Dump Near Dittmer, M!&sour! 

### -Damage Report Dioxin Pohon!ng Cuused by Improper Wa11te Disposal in Hisaouri -Da111age Report 'Region VIII 

### Contamination of Groundwater 1'\eneath the Rocky Mountain Araanal and Surrounding Area -Darnaga Roport Lowry Landfill, Denver, Colorado 

### -case Swumary Roue ParkRefinery Sludge Dump, Salt Lake City1 

### Utah -Caae Sliiii!Qnry Region IX Hooker1 

### Lathrop, California -Complaint for Prohibitory and Kondatory Injunction Concerning the Diapoaal ofHazardous Wastea and the Conta11ination of Groundwater, and Civil Honetuy Relief Aerojet General Corporation, Sao:::rar:aento County, CliilifoTnla -Complaint for Injunctlon1 

### Abatement, ond Other Equitable and Civil Monetary Relief (State Caae) Stringfello-w Disposal Site, Riveralde County, California -Caae SllmiU.ry

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- Meao:! Works, Spok..ane0 Waahiagton

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"Status of StateHatardoua Waate Management Program and SUIIIIIary Reporta on Sitas/Incidenta Involving Haurdoue Waste Management," U.s. EPA 1979, ''Analyeie of a Groundwater Contamination In<'!ident in Niagara Palla, N.Y.," Fred G, 

### Hart AIIIIO<'!:(atea, Inc:., .Tnl)' 2!1, 

### 1978, Information on Lovf! Canal c1111e in Office of !loUdWaste file of d&Mge cases,

## u.s, EPA, Washington, U,C, "Benefits of RCRA Subtitle C**Regulati~na,"** 

### "AueB1111ent of the Extent of Environmental Problema Posed by Hooker Chemi<llll Dump11 in Hillgara Falls, Mev Yorkand Estimated Cleanup Co11ta," Fred

## c. Hart Aasoeiatea, Inc., De<lember 

### 11, 1978.

"HanrdouaWsate Disposal Damage Reporte," No, 

### 3, Office of Solid Waste, 

# u.s. EPA, June 1976, 

### PP• 1-5, 9, "Analyda of e 

### Land Disposal**Dams,~~;e** 

### Incident Involving Hatllrdous Waste Hllterillls, novlir 't'own11hip, New 

### Jareey1" M,**Ght~eaemi 1**  TRW. Hay 

### 1976. 10, 

### "Hnnrdoua Waste**Dan~ege** 

### Diapoaal Reports," Office of Solid Wente, U.S. 

### EPA, June 197.o;, :"P•6-8, 

### 11. "Hat'!ordous Waste 'Jiapoaal D11mage Reports," No, 

### 3, Office of Solid Waste, U.S, !;!'A, JOJ• ·• 

### 1 .:H6, PP• 10-12, 

### 12. "Statua of_ State Hatardous Waste Management Progrell 11nd**Sun~sary** 

### Reporta on Sites/Incidents Involving Hlltardouo lotnste Hanage11ent1**~**

## u.s. EPA, 

### 1979, 13· "Status of State Ratardoua Waste Management Program and Summary Reports on Sites/In<'!ldenu Involvinglla!llrdous Waste Management," 

### U.s. EPA, 

### 1979, Upd11ted byAir and llaurdous Hllterialll Division, U.S, 

### EPA, Region IV, 

### April 1980, }lj, 

### "Analysis of F.!Qergency Incident Involving Wsatee in Anniston, Alabau," H. 

### Gh11a11e11i, TRW, Harch 1977. Updated by Air and Huatdous Haterial1 Div1oion1 

### U,S, EPA, Region IV 1 

### April 1980, 

### 15, "Status of State Hazardous Wa11te Knnagalllant Progr8111 and Summary Reports on Sital/ln<lidenta Involving Hatardoua Waste Management," U.S, 

### EPA, 1979, 

### Updated by Air and Hatardouo Materials Division,

## u.s, EPA1 

### Region 

### IV, AprU 1980, 

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L 16, •status of St11tc**Ha~:ardous** Waste Management Progra111 1111d Sut•u•wty ll.l!pOl"ll! on Sites/Ineidentll Involving Hazardous Waatc**H11nagen~ent, ~** 

## u.s, EPA, 1979, 17. "Osmogas and Thrests Caused by lllu:s.rdoua Material Sites," prepared by the Oil and Spedal Kateriala Control Division,

## u,g, EPA, Washington,

## n.c,, February 1980, 18, •status or StsteUu:ardous Waste Hanagement Progra11 and Su_.sry Reporta on Siteo/Ineidentll Involving llsl!ardous Waste Hanage11ant," U.S, EPA, 1979, Updated by Air and Hazardoua Materials Division,

## u.s, EPA, Region I'l, Hay 1980, 19, "Shtue of State Hau.rdous Wasto Management rrosrMI 11nd SUIIUilaty**Report~~** on Sitea/Ineidents Involving Ra:!lardous Waote Management,•

## u,s, EPA, 1979. Updated by U.S EPA, Region '1, April 1980, 20, Ibid, 21, "Draft Hal'lardoua Waste Diapo11al f111mage Report11

- Sto l.ouiFI Pllrk:, Hinneaota and Lou1evil1a Sever System," Steve Oaldvell, u,s, EPA, August t,, 1978, Updated by Enforcement Division, U.S, EPA Region V, April 1980, 22.**~St&tua** of State Hazardous Wa11te Kan&gement Program 

### and Summary Raport11 on Siteii/Incidents Involving Waste Han11gement," U.S, EPA, 1979, 23. 

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. 21,, Ibid. Updated by Air and Uaurdous Hatllrialo Divia!on, U.S. EPA, Region V, Mi1t980. 25, "Ru:ardous Wasta Dillposnl Damage Reporu," Office or Solid Woats1 IJ,S, EPA, June 1975, PP• 1-2. Updated by U.S. I::PA, Region V, Apri1 1980, 26.**~statue** of State Hazardous WasteHanage11ent Prcogra11 Suiii!Uiry Reporu on Sites/Ineidents Involving Hazardous Waste lial\llgement0" u.s, EPA, 15179, 27, •sazsrdoua Waete Disposal DR111sge Reports," No, 3, orr:Ic.. or Solto!**Wftn~a,** U.S. EPA1 June 19'l9, PP• 6-9, 28. "llszardoue Waate Dinpoaa1 Dalllage Reports," No, 2, orfice or SolidWaete, 

## u.s. EI'A, December 1975, pp. 9-u, 29. "Status of State Hazardous Waste Hanagement Program and Summary Rsportu on Sltea/Incldentl involving Hazardous Waste H.ana.gement," U.S. EPA, 1979, 30,**~Hsl'lardoua** Waste Disposal Damage Report," prepared by the Air 11nd Hsurdoua Materials Division, u.s. EPA, Region VIII, April 15180, 31, "Hal'lardous 'iaste Disposal Damage Reporu," No. 2, Offlce of .Solid Wa11te, u.s. EPA, Dece111ber 1975, PP• 1-4, Updated by Air and Hazardous Hsterbh Division, U.S, EPA, Region VII, April 1980, 

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## u:5.""EPA, R.egioo. VIII, April lSI80. 33,

..**S~tua** of State Hazardous W'aete Management Progra aod Su.IDIQ.cy ll.eporr.a on**Sites/Ineid~te** I.o.volviugH4zardot1SVaate Matu•gement,• u.s. EPA. 15179. Updated byAir and Hazardous Materiala DiVision, u.s, EPA0 Region 

### VIII, April 1980. 

### 34.**•Aaaesa~~~ent** of a Ra:urdoua Waste Diopo•uol Site at Rosa Park, Salt Lake City, Utah,• prepared for

## u.s EPA Region VIII by Fl."ed c. Hart Aal!lociatelll, 

### Inc., Decelllber 15179. 35. •status of StateH4zardona**~aate** MallllgeDII!nt Progr&lll. and S\llllllllltylleporu on Sitea/Inci.de.ntR InvolVing Raurdoua waate Management,• u.s. EPA 1979. Up4ated byAirand &zardousKateri.alB Divieion, u.s. EPA, IU!gion IX, .&pril 1980. 36. Ibid. Upda.tll!:d byAir and HazardOQaMaterials DiVision, U.S. EPA, Rl!gion X, April**1~0.**



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