# ORFORD, TOWN OF, ET AL
> **Judicial** · FY1986 · — · Dismissed By Tribunal
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `111`
- **Case Number:** 01-1986-0009
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Dismissed By Tribunal
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ORFORD, TOWN OF (complaint)
## Summary

THIS LIT REPORT HAS BEEN PREPARED TO SUPPORT A COUNTER-    CLAIM SEEKING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND THE ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL  PENALTIES THAT WAS FILED ON FEB 19, 1986 BEFORE THE US DIST  COURT FOR THE DIST OF NH IN THE OF TOWNS OF ORFORD AND JACK- SON, NH VS. US EPA, C 85537L, FILED ON SEPT 5, 1985.  THE    TOWNS ARE SEEKING THAT THE EPA BE ENJOINED FROM ENFORCING    THE NH STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN'S ( SIP ) PROHIBITION ON    OPEN BURNING OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL REFUSE IN THE     TOWNS' SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL AREAS.                             THE PLAINTIFF-COUNTERCLAIM DEFENDANTS OPERATE MUNICIPAL    SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES WHICH ENGAGE IN OPEN BURN-   ING, IN ADMITTED VIOLATION OF THE NH RULES GOVERNING THE     CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION (THE  RULES ).  THESE RULES ARE     PART OF THE NH SIP (APPROVED BY EPA IN 1972).                .                                                            <NOTE ON CHRONOLOGY>                                              FILING OF THE COUNTERCLAIM (2/19/85) ACTUALLY PRECEDED  THE CASE'S DIRECT REFERRAL (3/31/86) TO DOJ.

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