# PAXTON LANDFILL CORPORATION
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25260`
- **Case Number:** 05-1984-0016
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $10K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK & TRUST CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- PAXTON LANDFILL CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- STRYKER INTERNATIONAL, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

BACKGROUND AND NATURE OF CASE                                   THIS IS A PROPOSED CIVIL ACTION UNDER SECTION 3008(A)   (1) OF RCRA TO COMPEL PAXTON LANDFILL CORPORATION (PAXTON)   AND STRYKER INTERNATIONAL, INC. (STRYKER) TO COMPLY WITH     RCRA'S REQUIREMENTS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE LANDFILLS AT 12201   SOUTH OGLESBY, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (SITE).  PAXTON IS THE      SITE'S OPERATOR; STRYKER IS THE OWNER.  THE ACTION ALSO      SEEKS SUBSTANTIAL CIVIL PENALTIES FOR THE IMPROPER DISPOSAL  OF LIQUID HAZARDOUS WASTE AT THE SITE IN SEPTEMBER 1982.          STEVE MARTELL, PRESIDENT AND PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDER OF   PAXTON AND STRYKER HAS A WELL DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF NON-     COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL AND STATE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA AND SOUTH CHICAGO.  THE ILLINOIS        LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATING COMMISSION CONSIDERS MR. MARTELL   ONE OF THE AREAS MOST EGREGIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL OFFENDERS.          THE SITE IS A 100 ACRE SOLID WASTE LANDFILL ON          CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE.  PRIOR TO NOVEMBER 19, 1980, THE SITE  ACCEPTED INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL WASTE STREAMS, INCLUDING  HAZARDOUS WASTE, FOR DISPOSAL BY LANDFILL.  THE SITE MET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERIM STATUS AS A HAZARDOUS WASTE TREAT-  MENT, STORAGE AND DISPOSAL (BY DISTILLATION AND INCINERA-    TION) FACILITY.  THE SITE DOES NOT HAVE INTERIM STATUS AS A  HAZARDOUS WASTE LANDFILL.                                         ON MARCH 22, 1983, EPA CALLED IN PAXTON'S RCRA PART B   PERMIT APPLICATION.  IN AUGUST 1983 PA

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