# CLEAN HARBORS OF NATICK, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1989 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `172`
- **Case Number:** 01-1989-0009
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BARKER CUSTOM MFG., INC.
- BAYHEAD PRODUCTS CORPORATION
- CLEAN HARBORS OF NATICK, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- ETHAN ALLEN, INC.
- EXETER MACHINE PRODUCTS, INC.
- LEWIS CHEMICAL COMPANY
- LIQUID WASTE SPECIALISTS, INC.
- MILLERS FORGE, INC.
- NORWOOD SAM FOWLER
- RORER PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION
- UNITED ORGANICS CORPORATION
- UNIVEX CORPORATION
- WOLVERINE CORPORATION
## Summary

THIS IS  PROPOSED ACTION AGAINST CLEAN HARBORS OF NATICK,    INC., ET AL., TO RECOVER PST COSTS UNDER SECTION 107 OF      CERCLA, TO ESTABLISH LIABILITY AS TO FUTURE COSTS TO BE      INCURRED UNDER SECTION 104, AND TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE SITE   PURSUANT TO SECTION 104 IN ORDER TO TAKE APPROPRIATE         RESPONSE ACTIONS.                                            THIS CASE INVOLVES THE KEEFE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES SITE IN  EPPING, NEW HAMPSHIRE, WHICH WAS LISTED ON THE NPL IN 1981.  THE SITE IS AN ABANDONED HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY   WHICH OPERATED FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS, BETWEEN 1978 AND    1981.  WHEN THE FACILITY WAS SHUT DOWN IN 1981, THOUSANDS    OF DETERIORATING SURFACE CONTAINERS OF WASTE, AS WELL AS A   LARGE WASTE-FILLED LAGOON WHICH THREATENED TO OVERFLOW       DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION, REMAINED ON SITE.     DURING THE REMOVAL ACTIONS AND REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION THAT   ENSUED, AN ASSORTMENT OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES WERE           IDENTIFIED IN THE SOIL AND GROUNDWATER AT THE SITE.  MOST    OF THE RESPONSIBLE PARTIES ARE FORMER CUSTOMERS OF KEEFE     ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC. (KES), WHO WERE IDENTIFIED ON   THE BASIS OF KES' BUSINESS RECORDS.                          AN EARLIER SETTLEMENT RELATIVE TO THIS SITE IS EMOBODIED IN  A MARCH 1986 CONSENT DECRFEE WHICH WAS EXECUTED BY 129       PRPS.  PURSUANT TO THAT DECREE, THE GOVERNMENT RETAINED ITS  RIGHT TO GO BACK TO THE SETTLORS FOR ANY SHORTFALL IT IS     UNABLE TO RECOVER FROM THE NONSETTLO

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