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BASKET CREEK DRUM DISPOSAL SITE

Judicial · FY1991 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery · 20726

Penalty
$119K
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
04-1991-0051
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
DOJ Docket
90-11-2-755
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (3)

Summary

THE DEFENDANT YOUNG REFINING CORPORATION IS A GENERATOR AT A REMOVAL SITE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA WHERE DRUMS CON- TAINING HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES WERE ILLEGALLY BURIED. YOUNG REFINING CORPORATION REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH A SECTION 106 REMOVAL ORDER ISSUED TO IT AND THREE OTHER PRPS. ANOTHER PRP IS CONDUCTING THE REMOVAL. THIS ACTION SEEKS TO RECOVER RE- SPONSE COSTS INCURRED TOGETHER WITH PENALTIES AND TREBLE DAMAGES FOR YOUNG REFINING CORPORATION'S NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE SECTION 106 ORDER. THE CASE REFERRED PURSANT TO EPA'S NONCOMPLIANCE, NON-SETTLER INITIATIVE. AN ADDITIONAL PRP HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED SUBSEQUENT TO THE REFERRAL: ARIVEC CHEMICALS, INC. THIS PRP SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS A DEFENDANT IN A COST RECOVERY ACTION.

Source

Authoritative
EPA ECHO
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