# H.O.D. LANDFILL
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `27993`
- **Case Number:** 05-1992-0130
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $636K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ALLIED SIGNAL INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- BAXTER HEALTH-CARE CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- CLAUD S. GORDON COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- ELTRA CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- HOLIAN INSULATION (complaint) (settlement)
- INTERMATIC INCORPORATED (complaint) (settlement)
- MORTON INTERNATIONAL, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- NORTHWEST ?FOX LAKE? REG. TREATMENT PLNT (complaint) (settlement)
- OUTBOARD MARINE CORPORATION, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- PICKARD INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- ROUND LAKE SANITARY DISTRICT (complaint) (settlement)
- VILLAGE OF ANTIOCH, IL (complaint) (settlement)
- WASTE MANAGEMENT OF ILLINOIS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- WELLS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE H.O.D. LANDFILL OPERATED BETWEEN 1963 & 1984 AND         ACCEPTED BOTH NON-HAZARDOUS AND  SPECIAL   WASTES FOR        DISPOSAL ON-SITE.  FROM 1984 THROUGH AUGUST 19, 1990, U.S.   EPA PERFORMED A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES AT H.O.D., INCLUDING,   BUT NOT LIMITED TO A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT, SITE            INVESTIGATION AND EXPANDED SITE INVESTIGATION (ESI) THAT     WERE CONDUCTED IN CONNECTION WITH LISTING THE SITE ON THE    NATIONAL PRIORTIES LIST (NPL).   H.O.D WAS PLACED ON THE NPL ON FEBRUARY 21, 1990, ON THE BASIS OF HIGH LEVELS OF         TRICHLOROETHENE AND DICHLOROETHENE IN THE GROUND WATER THAT  WERE DISCOVERED DURING THE ESI.  THE TOTAL OF THE COSTS FOR  THESE AND OTHER ACTIVITIES IS $644.661.83.  THE MAJORITY OF  THE PAST COSTS ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE AGENCY'S ESI THAT     BEGAN IN APRIL 1987 AND CONCLUDED ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1989.     THE AGENCY HAS NAMED THE FOLLOWING AS DEFENDANTS IN THE      PROPOSED COST RECOVERY COMPLAINT: WASTE MANAGEMENT OF        ILLINOIS, INC., THE CURRENT OWNER OF SITE AND THE            OWNER/OPERATOR AT THE TIME OF DISPOSAL, AND MORTON           INTERNATIONAL, INC., OUTBOARD MARINE CORPORATION, INC., AND  WELLS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., GENERATORS OF WASTES      CONTAINING HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES THAT,  COMBINED, DISPOSED OF 96% OF THE TOTAL KNOWN VOLUME OF WASTE AT H.O.D.   IT IS     ANTICIPATED THAT COST RECOVERY ACTION WILL BE FILED ON OR    BEFORE THE SEPTEMBER 22, 1992 STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS DATE.

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