# MARTELL, STEVE-W 9TH
> **Judicial** · FY1980 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25086`
- **Case Number:** 05-1980-0048
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $15K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CLARK, DOROTHY (complaint) (settlement)
- CLARK, HOMER R. (complaint) (settlement)
- MARTELL, BERNICE (complaint) (settlement)
- MARTELL, CHARLES O. (complaint) (settlement)
- MARTELL, DONALD (complaint) (settlement)
- MARTELL, IRVIN (complaint) (settlement)
- MARTELL, STEVE (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

STEVE MARTELL; IRVIN CLARK, ET AL. (9TH AVE. SITE) -         GARY, IN. DEFENDANT STEVE MARTELL OPERATED A WASTE DUMP      AT W. 9TH AVE. (THE 9TH AVE. SITE) IN GARY, IN. BETWEEN      1970 & 1976.  THE 9TH AVE. SITE IS A 20 ACRE PARCEL OF       LOW LYING LAND LOCATED IN A LT. IND. AREA OF GARY.           THERE ARE MARSHY AREAS ON THE EASTERN & SOUTHERN PORTIONS    OF THE SITE. THE AREA SURROUNDING THE SITE IS USED FOR       BOTH IND & RES. PURPOSES. THE DANGER PRESENTED BY THE        SITE WAS EMPHASIZED BY EVIDENCE THAT UNKNOWN PERSONS HAVE    FIRED WEAPONS AT THE DRUMS & THAT NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN      HAVE PLAYED ON THE SITE. 17 ACRES OF THE SITE WERE           ORIGINALLY OWNED BY CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE CLARK FAMILY,     NAMED DEFENDANTS IN THIS ACTION. IN 1978, A 10 ACRE          PARCEL WAS TRANSFERRED TO STEVE MARTELL & THE DEED TO THE    PROPERTY WAS RECORDED. THE CLARKS RETAIN OWNERSHIP OF THE    REMAINING 7 ACRES. DRUMS ARE SCATTERED ABOUT THE             PROPERTY, & THE MAJORITY ARE IN A DETERIORATED CONDITION.    SOME ARE PUNCTURED & LEAKING. A NUMBER OF DRUMS ARE BE-      LIEVED TO BE BURIED UNDERGROUND. IN ADDITION, SEVERAL        TANK TRUCKS ARE AT THE SITE. POOLS OF LIQUID WASTES HAVE     BEEN OBSERVED ON THE GROUND IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS, &          LEACHATE WAS OBSERVED SEEPING FROM A TRASH PILE. POWDERY     WASTE CHEM RESIDUES ARE ALLEGED TO BE BURIED                 UNDERGROUND IN CERTAIN AREAS. SEVERAL AREAS APPEAR TO        HAVE CAUGHT FIRE, OR HAVE BEEN SET O

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