# PROVIDENCE JOURNAL, THE
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `144`
- **Case Number:** 01-1988-0006
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $395K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- COOK, RICHARD (complaint) (settlement)
- KEN-L-RAY (complaint) (settlement)
- PROVIDENCE JOURNAL (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS CASE IS CONCERNING A 107 CERCLA COST RECOVERY ACTION  CONCERNING THE COOK'S LANDFILL SITE IN EAST PROVIDENCE, RI.  THE COOK'S LANDFILL SITE CONSISTS OF AN AREA OF APPROXIMAT- LY FIVE ACRES IN A PLANNED RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION THAT WAS  NEVER DEVELOPED.  A PORTION OF THE SITE WAS USED AS A LAND-  FILL FOR THE DISPOSAL OF WASTES BY MR. LAWRENCE COOK, WHO    DIED INTESTATE IN OCT. 11, 1978.  MR COOK'S HEIRS INHERITED  HIS PROPERTY AND PRESENTLY OWN IT AS TENANTS IN COMMON.      OTHER PORTIONS OF THE SITE ARE OWNED BY VARIOUS LANDOWNERS   WHO APPARENTLY ARE UNABLE TO DEVELOP THEIR LOTS BECAUSE THEY ARE LOCATED IN A WETLAND AREA.  EPA CONDUCTED A REMOVAL      ACTION AT THE SITE FROM FEB. 27 TO MAY 9, 1985.  THE         REMOVAL CONSISTED OF THE REMOVAL OF ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-  SEVEN (127) 55-GALLON DRUMS CONTAINING HAZARDOUS WASTE,      FIFTY-NINE (59) 5-GALLON PAILS OF FLAMMABLE MATERIAL, SEVEN  (7) CUBIC YARDS OF ASBESTOS, AND THIRTY-FIVE(35) EMPTY DRUMS CONTAINING HAZARDOUS WASTE RESIDUE.  THE COSTS INCURRED BY   THE GOVERNMENT IN THE CLEAN UP  OF THE COOK'S LANDFILL       AMOUNTED TO $183,033.

---
*Source: [EPA ECHO](https://echo.epa.gov/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*