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RITARI POST & POLE

Administrative - Formal · FY1987 · — · — · 26459

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Case

Case Number
05-1987-0225
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Multimedia
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Defendants (1)

Summary

ACTION INVOLVES FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED WOOD PRESERV- ING BUSINESS IN SEBEKA, MN. BETWEEN 1966 AND 1973 AN ESTIMATED 26,800 GALLONS OF LIQUID PCP DRIPPED ONTO THE GROUND; ANOTHER 3,180 GALLONS OF PCP-LADEN SLUDGE WAS AP- PLIED TO THE GROUND. THE ONLY PRP'S IDENTIFIED ARE THE SITE OWNER, HAZEL RITARI, THE BUSINESS OWNER AND OPERATOR, GLEN RITARI, AND THE BUSINESS, RITARI POST & POLE. IN NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY AND THE PRP'S, THE LATTER CLAIMED INABILITY TO PAY FOR ANY CLEANUP. AS A RE- SULT, A LETTER IS BEING PREPARED BY U.S. EPA WAIVING SPECIAL NOTICE UNDER SECTION 122(A).

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