# KIN-BUC, INC ET AL
> **Judicial** · FY1977 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1762`
- **Case Number:** 02-1977-0010
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $1.62M
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- EARTHLINE COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- FILCREST REALTY, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- GAESS, ANTHONY (complaint) (settlement)
- INMAR ASSOCIATES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- KIN-BUC, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- MAHAN, MARVIN (complaint) (settlement)
- MEAGHER, ROBERT (complaint) (settlement)
- SCA SERVICES OF PASSAIC, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- SCA SERVICES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- SCIENTIFIC, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- WASTEQUID, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

KIN-BUC, INC - EDISON, NJ, FILED 2/7/79, CIVIL ACTION        #79-514, US DIST CT OF NJ, MORE THAN 70 MIL GAL OF CHEM      WSTES WERE DISPOSED OF AT THE KIN-BUC LANDFILL FROM 1/73-    12/76. COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF LIQUID    & SOLID HAZARDOUS WSTES HAS RESULTED IN CONTAMINATED         GRNDWTR & SURFACE WTRS. THE 220 ACRE LANDFILL IS ADJACENT    TO THE RARITAN RIVER & IS TRAVERSED BY 2 OF ITS              TRIBUTARIES. IT IS IN DIRECT HYDRAULIC CONTACT W/ 2 OF       THE MOST IMPORTANT AQUIFERS IN THE REGION, IN AN AREA        THAT THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGRS CHARACTERIZES AS 1 OF A         CRITICAL WTR SHORTAGE. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT            DEFENDANT DISPOSED OF LIQUID CHEM WSTES INTO POOLS,          TRENCHES, & DITCHES DUG INTO THE GRND, OR DUMPED THEM ON     TOP OF MOUNDS OF SOLID WSTES ALLOWING FOR INFILTRATION &     PERCOLATION. FEW MEASURES WERE TAKEN TO CONTAIN THE          WSTES & PREVENT PERCOLATION INTO GRNDWTR OR NEARBY           SURFACE WATERS. THE GOV'T SUIT SEEKS IMMEDIATE & LONG        TERM RELIEF, AS WELL AS PENALTIES UNDER THE CLEAN WATER      ACT & DAMAGES UNDER THE COMMON LAW OF NUISANCE. PARTIAL      SETTLEMNT OF SUIT WAS REACHED ON JAN 30, 1980. THE           AGREEMNT REQUIRES THAT KIN-BUC, INC., THE CORPORATE OWNER    & OPERATOR OF THE SITE, CONSTRUCT A COVER OVER A MOUND OF    BURIED REFUSE TO PREVENT RAINWTR INFILTRATION OF THE         MOUND & FURTHER CONTAMINATION OF UNDERLYING GRNDWTR. A       SYS TO CHANNEL THE RAINWTR INTO THE 

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