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LASKIN GREENHSE/OIL

Judicial · FY1982 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery · 25188

$0
Penalty
$1.47M
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
05-1982-0076
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
DOJ Docket
90-11-3-38
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (50)

Summary

CASE PLAN: THIS IS AN NPL SITE DEFENDANT ALVIN P. LASKIN GREW TOMATOES FOR COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION IN HIS GREEENHOUSE IN JEFFERSON. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT HE HAS ACCEPTED, STORED, AND DISPOSED OF WASTE OIL BY BURNING, AND BY APPLICATION TO AREA ROADS UNDER CONTRACT WITH VARIOUS MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES. LASKIN ACCEPTED APPROXIMATELY 800,000 GALLONS OF WASTES PER YEAR. 200,000 GALLONS OF WHICH WERE BURNED AS BOILER FUEL, AND THE REMAINING 600,000 WHICH WERE APPLIED TO THE ROADS. SAMPLING OF LASKIN'S STORAGE TANKS SHOWED HIGH CONCENTRA- TION OF PCB'S AND OTHER HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES IN THE WASTE OIL. LASKIN'S BOILERS DO NOT MEET THE PCB REQUIREMENTS STIPULATED IN 40 CFR PT.761. THE INEFFICIENT BURNING OF PCB'S BY HIS BOILERS CAUSES THEM TO VOLATILIZE AND BE TRANSPORTED INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. THE COMPLAINT ALSO ALLEGES THAT LASKIN DEWATERS AND FILTERS WASTE OILS THAT HE HAS PREVIOUSLY MIXED AND THEREBY PRODUCES SLUDGES THAT ARE DUMPED ON HIS PROPERTY. PCB'S AND OTHER POLLUTANTS ARE THEN WASHED INTO THE DEFENDANT'S COLLECTION POND #20, AND ARE DISCHARGED INTO CEMETARY CREEK, A U.S. WATERWAY. DEFENDENT MADE APPLICATION IN JULY 1978 FOR A NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT, BUT IT HAS NOT YET BEEN ISSUED. THESE ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN OCCURRING AT LEAST SINCE EARLY 1977. 1)COMPLETE REVIEW OF EXISTING REC

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