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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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This 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 .. ty oc i11.portance. 

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Hazardous Waste Damage Caaea 

Table of Contants 

~Caees filed as Part of EPA 111 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.field 0 Conn. 

- Ctuae Su11111ary 

Region II 

Hooker Love Canal, Niagara Palls, N,l. 

-comph.tnt for Oech.ratory Judgment, Injunctive Relief, Restitution 

and Civil Penalties 

Love Cane.l, N.Y. 

-C11ae SUIIIID.Sry 

Love C111111l 1 Ntagar11 Pallll, No Yo 

-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 Falla 1 N, Y, 

-Complaint for Injunct!' Relief 1 Restitution and Civil Penaltiea 

"Jlyde Park Dump, IUagars Palls, N.Y. 

-Caae SUiilllla.ry 

• Li Pari L1111dfill 1 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'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 

Fatlllity at 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 Saltville Faellity, 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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Region V 

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 Preliminary Injunction 

Chemical and 1-!inerals Reclamstion 1 Inc., Cleveland, Ohio 

-Comphlnt and Application for Pulimina-ry Injunction 

Chem-Dyne Corporation, Handlton, Ohio, 

-Complaint for Injunctive ll.ol tof 

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 

of Motion for Temporary Re111training Order snd Hotioo for Preliminary 

Injunction; Ordon in :>tate Complllint; Letter from Chief P!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- 15th Avenue Site, Gary, Indhns 

-Case Su~~mary 

Hooker, Montague Tovnship, H!chigan 

-Consent Judgqent (.'>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., Southeastern Che111ical Co111pauy, Inc., and T\w Individuah 1 

Reserve, Louisiana. 

-Complaint; Report to the Court 

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Buyou Sorrel, Louisiana 

-Ct\81! 8UII1118t")' 

Hexachlorobentene Contamination of Cattle near Darrow 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 Park Refinery Sludge Dump, Salt Lake City 1 Utah 

-Caae Sliiii!Qnry 

Region IX 

Hooker 1 Lathrop, California 

-Complaint for Prohibitory and Kondatory Injunction Concerning the 

Diapoaal of Hazardous Was tea and the Conta11ination of Groundwater, 

and Civil Honetuy Relief 

Aerojet General Corporation, Sao:::rar:aento County, CliilifoTnla 

-Complaint for Injunctlon 1 Abatement, ond Other Equitable and Civil 

Monetary Relief (State Caae) 

Stringfello-w Disposal Site, Riveralde County, California 

-Caae SllmiU.ry 
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Region X 

!tdser .U1.1111.1n\llll. and Chemical Plant - Meao:! Works, Spok..ane 0 Waahiagton -case Sl.Uil:IU.ry 

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Referen<:les 

"Status of State Hatardoua 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 !loUd Waste 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 York and Estimated Cleanup Co11ta," 

Fred c. Hart Aasoeiatea, Inc., De<lember 11, 1978. 

"Hanrdoua Wsate 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 Jareey 1 " 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 Hanage11ent 1 ~ u.s. EPA, 1979, 

13· "Status of State Ratardoua Waste Management Program and Summary Reports 

on Sites/In<'!ldenu Involving lla!llrdous Waste Management," U.s. EPA, 1979, 

Upd11ted by Air 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 Div1oion 1 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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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 Stste Uu: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. !.!!!! . 

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 Woats 1 IJ,S, EPA, 

June 1975, PP• 1-2. Updated by U.S. I::PA, Region V, Apri1 1980, 

26. ~statue of State Hazardous Waste Hanage11ent Prcogra11 Suiii!Uiry Reporu 

on Sites/Ineidents Involving Hazardous Waste lial\llgement 0 " u.s, EPA, 15179, 

27, •sazsrdoua Waete Disposal DR111sge Reports," No, 3, orr :I c .. or Sol to! Wftn~a, 

U.S. EPA1 June 19'l9, PP• 6-9, 

28. "llszardoue Waate Dinpoaa1 Dalllage Reports," No, 2, orfice or Solid Waete, 

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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32. Ibi.d •• pp. 5-8. Updated by Air and Re.zardou.a Material& Dlvlsioa, 

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.volviug H4zardot1S Vaate Matu•gement, • u.s. EPA. 15179. 

Updated by Air and Hazardous Materiala DiVision, u.s, EPA 0 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 State H4zardona ~aate MallllgeDII!nt Progr&lll. and S\lllllllllty lleporu 

on Sitea/Inci.de.ntR InvolVing Raurdoua waate Management, • u.s. EPA 1979. 

Up4ated by Air and &zardous Kateri.alB Divieion, u.s. EPA, IU!gion IX, 

.&pril 1980. 

36. Ibid. Upda.tll!:d by Air and HazardOQa Materials DiVision, U.S. EPA, Rl!gion X, 

April 1~0. 

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