# BUCKEYE RECLAMATION LNDFL/SHENANGO/CRAVAT COAL
> **Judicial** · FY1990 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `27440`
- **Case Number:** 05-1990-0157
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $800K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ALLEGHENG LUDLUM STEEL CORPORATION (settlement)
- ARISTECH CHEMICAL (settlement)
- ASHLAND CHEMICAL COMPANY (settlement)
- BENWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA, CITY OF (settlement)
- BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF BELMONT COUNTY
- CONSOLIDATION COAL COMPANY (settlement)
- CRAVAT COAL COMPANY
- EAST, INC.(FORMERLY KOPPERS CO BEAZER)
- FLUSHING, OHIO, VILLAGE OF (settlement)
- MEELING BRAKE BLOCK MANUFACTURING COMP
- OHIO RESOURCES CORP.
- SHENANGO (settlement)
- SKF USA, INC. (FORMERLY SKF INDUSTRIES) (settlement)
- THE PULLMAN COMPANY, INC.
- TRIANGLE WIRE & CABLE, INC (TRIAGLE PWC) (settlement)
- USX CORPORATION (settlement)
- WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, CITY OF (settlement)
## Summary

THE BUCKEYE RECLAMATION LANDFILL IS LOCATED IN RICHLAND TOWN SHIP, APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST. CLAIRSVILLE AND 1.2 MILES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 IN BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO.    DEEP MINING OCCURRED BENEATH THE 658-ACRE SITE UNTIL AROUND  1940.  DURING THAT TIME, THE SITE WAS A DISPOSAL AREA FOR    MINE SPOILS.  MINE SPOIL WAS REMOVED FROM THE MINES AND DIS- POSED OF ON THE RIDGE WEST OF KING'S RUN AND IN THE DRAINAGE RAVINE FOR KING'S RUN.  THE AREA WAS LICENSED AS A PUBLIC    SANITARY LANDFILL IN 1971 BY THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   AND HAS BEEN OPERATED BY THE CRAVAT COAL COMPANY, UNDER THE  NAME OF BUCKEYE RECLAMATION COMPANY, SINCE THAT TIME.  AS A  PUBLIC LANDFILL APPROXIMATELY 50 ACRES IN SIZE, THE FACILITY ACCEPTS GENERAL TRASH, RUBBISH AND NONHAZARDOUS WASTE FROM   MUNICIPALITIES AND VILLAGES IN THE COUNTY AND LOCAL AREA.    THE LANDFILL CONTINUES TO OPERATE, ALTHOUGH THE PERMITTED    FILL CAPACITY IS SOON TO BE REACHED.                         THE LANDFILL ALSO ACCEPTED INDUSTRIAL SLUDGES AND LIQUIDS.   MOST OF THESE WASTES WERE RECEIVED BETWEEN 1976 AND 1979 AND PLACED IN A WASTE PIT.  THE WASTE PIT IS AN IMPOUNDMENT LO-  CATED IN THE NORTHERN SECTION OF THE LANDFILL AREA.  SOLID   HAZARDOUS WASTES (I.E. ASBESTOS, CARBON BLACK) WERE DISPOSED OF WITH MUNICIPAL WASTES ELSEWHERE IN THE LANDFILL.  DOCU-   MENTATION ALSO EXISTS THAT A COMPANY MIXED HAZARDOUS WASTE   MATERIALS INTO SOLID WASTE WHICH WAS DISPOSED OF AT BUCKEYE. OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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