# GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER, ET AL (PINE STREET CANAL
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `161`
- **Case Number:** 01-1988-0023
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $945K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BURLINRTON, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
- EB AND A.C. WHITING COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- FARRELL, CHRISTINE (complaint) (settlement)
- G.S. BLODGETT CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- HEUBLEIN, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- LEVERAGE GROUP (complaint) (settlement)
- NEW ENGLAND ELECTRIC SYSTEM (complaint) (settlement)
- NEW ENGLAND POWER SERVICE COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- SOUTHERN UNION COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- UGI CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- UHLMANN CO. F/K/A STANDARD MILLING CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- VERMONT GAS SYSTEM INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- VERMONT, STATE OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS AN ACTION AGAINST THREE UTILITIES, GREEN MOUNTAIN    POWER CORPORATION, NEW ENGLAND ELECTRIC SYSTEMS AND VERMONT  GAS SYSTEMS, INC. UNDER SECTION 107 OF CERCLA TO RECOVER     PAST COSTS AND ESTABLISH LIABILITY AS TO FUTURE COSTS TO BE  INCURRED UNDER SECTION 104.                                  THE CASE INVOLVES THE PINE STREET CANAL BARGE SITE IN        BURLINGTON, VERMONT.  COAL TAR WASTES GENERATED BY A COAL    GANFICATION PLANT WERE DISPOSED OF AT THIS SITE FROM         APPROXIMATELY 1895 TO 1966.  EPA CONDUCTED SAMPLING AT THE   SITE IN 1981 AND 1982.  IN 1985, EPA CONDUCTED AN IMMEDIATE  REMOVAL ON A SMALL PORTION OF THE SITE KNOWN AS  MALTEX      POND .  MALTEX POND IS OWNED BY THE STATE OF VERMONT.        CONTAMINATED SOIL WAS REMOVED, SOLIDIFIED AND DISPOSED OF AT A RCRA-APPROVED FACILITY.  TOTAL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COSTS    INCURRED IN THE REMOVAL ARE APPROXIMATELY $741,000.  THE     STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS MAY RUN ON 12/05/88.  DOJ HAS ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF VERMONT TO WAIVE THE     STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS AS AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE             UNTIL APRIL 2, 1989.

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