# RITARI POST & POLE
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1987 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `26459`
- **Case Number:** 05-1987-0225
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- RITARI POST & POLE
## 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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