# ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE CONTROL (EWC) D/B/A/ 4 CNTY LANDFILL
> **Judicial** · FY1986 · — · Litigated With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `26075`
- **Case Number:** 05-1986-0273
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Litigated With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $2.78M
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE CONTROL, INC. - EWC (complaint) (settlement)
- FOUR COUNTY LANDFILL (settlement)
- SHAMBAUGH, STEVEN (complaint) (settlement)
- WEST HOLDING COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- WILKINS, JAMES (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

SYNOPSIS OF THE CASE                                           ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE CONTROL INC., D/B/A FOUR COUNTY LAND-  FILL (EWC) BEGAN OPERATION OF ITS FACILITY IN 1972 AS A SANI TARY LANDFILL.  IN 1978, THE SITE BEGAN ACCEPTING SPECIAL/   INDUSTRIAL WASTE FOR DISPOSAL.  EWC NOTIFIED USEPA OF HAZAR- DOUS WASTE ACTIVITY ON AUGUST 18, 1980, AND SUBMITTED ITS    PART A APPLICATION ON NOVEMBER 19, 1980.  EWC CURRENTLY AC-  CEPTS HAZARDOUS WASTE DESIGNATED BY USEPA NUMBERS D006, D007 D008, F006, AND K061.  (ATTACHMENTS B AND C).  ON JUNE 16, 1 982, USEPA COMPLETED REVIEW OF EWC'S PART A PERMIT APPLICA-  TION AND INFORMED EWC THAT IT HAD OBTAINED INTERIM STATUS.   (ATTACMENT D).  SINCE 1982 TO DATE, INSPECTIONS BY THE INDI- ANA DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (IDEM) AND EPA HAVE RE SULTED IN THE CITATION OF NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS OF RCRA AND ST ATE REGULATIONS AGAINST EWC INCLUDING DEFICIENCIES IN EWC'S  GROUNDWATER MONITORING PROGRAM.  IN JULY OF 1984, STAFF OF   IDEM REVIEWED GROUNDWATER MONITORING DATA FROM THE EWC FACI- LITY WHICH INDICATED THAT PARAMETERS USED AS INDICATORS OF   GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION HAD SHOWN A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFI- CANT INCREASE.  THIS STATISTICAL INCREASE, CONFIRMED BY SUB- SEQUENT TESTING, HAS PUT THE FACILITY IN THE ASSESSMENT PHA  SE OF GROUNDWATER MONITORING.  A REPEATED FAILURE TO COMPLY  WITH THE ASSESSMENT PHASE OF GROUNDWATER MONITORING REQUIRE- MENTS RESULTED IN THE FILING OF AN AMENDED ADMINISTRATIVE    COMPLAINT BY THE IDEM ON APRIL 23, 1

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