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BUCKINGHAM COUNTY LANDFILL

Administrative - Formal · FY2000 · — · Final Order No Penalty · 18827

Penalty
Cost recovery
$0
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
03-2000-0085
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order No Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

THE BUCKINGHAM COUNTY LANDFILL SUPERFUND SITE ( SITE ) IS A FORMER LANDFILL WHERE MUNICIPAL WASTES AND HAZARDOUS WASTES WERE DISPOSED. THOMASVILLE INDUSTRIES, INC. ( THOMASVILLE ) GENERATED A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES DISPOSED OF AT THE SITE. BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA NOW OWNS THE SITE AND SURROUNDING PROPERTY. IN 1995, EPA ISSUED A UNILATERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER TO THOMASVILLE WHICH REQUIRES THOMASVILLE TO PERFORM CLEANUP ACTIVITIES AT THE SITE. ON MARCH 20, 2000. THE REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR ISSUED ANOTHER UNILATERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER WHICH REQUIRES BUCKINGHAM COUNTY TO (1) PROVIDE EPA WITH ACCESS TO THE SITE (2) DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A LAND USE, ACCESS RESTRICTIONS, AND MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR THE SITE, AND (3) FILE A NOTICE OF USE RESTRICTION WHICH ALERTS OTHER RESEARCHING THE TITLE TO THE SITE ABOUT THE PROBLEMS AT THE ISTE, ACCESS NEEDED BY EPA AND USE RESTRICTIONS. THIS ORDER WAS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BY SECTION 106(A) OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT, AS AMENDED, ( CERCLA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 9606(A).

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