# WESTERN SAND & GRAVEL SITE > **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty ## Case - **Activity ID:** `103` - **Case Number:** 01-1985-0017 - **Type:** Judicial - **Lead:** EPA - **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty - **Penalty assessed:** $4.87M - **Cost recovery:** — - **Compliance action $:** — - **Multimedia (multi-env):** N ## Defendants - CARDI, JAMES JR. (settlement) - PHILIP A. HUNT CHEMICAL CORP. (settlement) - WESTERN SAND & GRAVEL INC. (complaint) (settlement) ## Summary THE WESTERN SAND & GRAVEL SITE IS LOCATED ON APPROXI- MATELY 20 ACRES STRADDLING BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN BURRILL- VILLE & NO. SMITHFIELD, RI. BEFORE 1975, IT WAS USED FOR A GRAVEL MINING OPERATION BY JAMES CARDI, JR. IT IS CURRENTLY OWNED BY WESTERN SAND & GRAVEL, INC., A RI CORPORATION. BEGINNING AROUND 1975, ABOUT 12 OF THE 20 ACRES WERE USED FOR DISPOSAL OF LIQUID WASTES, INCLUDING CHEMICALS & SEWAGE WASTE. WASTES WERE DUMPED INTO 4 CHEMICAL LAGOONS & 8 OR MORE SEEPAGE PITS, ALL OF WHICH WERE UNLINED. THE WSTS SUBSEQUENTLY INFILTRATED THE HIGHLY PERMEABLE SOILS, PERCO- LATING INTO THE GROUNDWATER. AFTER APRIL 1979, HAZARDOUS WASTES WERE NO LONGER ACCEPTED AT THE SITE. AROUND MAY 1979 THE TOWNS OF BURRILLVILLE & N. SMITHFIELD DECLARED THAT THE SLATERSVILLE AQUIFER HAD BECOME CONTAMINATED BY WASTES MI- GRATING FROM THE SITE. APPROX 470,000 GAL OF WSTS WERE DE- POSITED AT SITE BETWEEN 5/78 & 4/79 ALONE. THE QUANTITY DE- POSITED BEFORE THAT TIME IS UNKNOWN, BUT NOT BELIEVED TO BE SIGNIFICANT. IN MARCH 1980, EPA PUMPED THE LAGOONS & BEGAN REMOVAL OF THE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL. ABOUT 60,000 GAL OF LIQUID WSTS WERE REMOVED. THESE ACTIONS WERE TAKEN UNDER AUTHORITY OF SECT 311 OF CWA & COMPLETED IN FALL OF 1980, PRIOR TO PAS- SAGE OF CERCLA. AN RI/FS WAS CONDUCTED UNDER A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT W/STATE OF RI. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CONTAMINANTS LEAVING THE SITE ARE MIGRATING PRIMARILY --- *Source: [EPA ECHO](https://echo.epa.gov/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*