# BROOKLYN PARK DUMP/COWLES MEDIA CO., ET AL.
> **Judicial** · FY1995 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `29179`
- **Case Number:** 05-1995-0162
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $50K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BLANCHO ANDERSON AUSTIN (complaint) (settlement)
- BROOKLYN PARK, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
- COWLES MEDIA CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- GOPHER OIL CO. ESTATE OF GERMAINE ROMNES (complaint) (settlement)
- NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. (complaint)
## Summary

THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ( U.S.     EPA ) REGION 5, IS REFERRING THIS ACTION TO RECOVER RESPONSE COSTS INCURRED AT THE BROOKLYN PARK DUMP, LOCATED BETWEEN    83RD AND 85TH STREETS AT NOBLE, CITY OF BROOKLYN PARK,       MINNESOTA ( THE SITE ), PURSUANT TO SECTION 107(A)(1) OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND      LIABILITY ACT OF 1980, 42 U.S.C. SECTION 9601, ET. SEQ.      ( CERCLA ), AS AMENDED BY THE SUPERFUND AMENDMENTS AND       REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1986, PUB. L. NO. 99-499, 100 STAT.   1613 (1986)( SARA ), FROM SPECIFIED RESPONSIBLE PARTIES.     THE SITE IS THE LOCATION OF A FORMER LANDFILL WHICH OPERATED ROUGHLY BETWEEN 1954 AND 1966; IT WAS CLOSED IN 1966 AND IN  1968 THE SITE WAS SOLD TO THE CURRENT OWNER, CITY OF         BROOKLYN PARK, WHICH OPENED A PUBLIC PARK THERE INCLUDING A  CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND.  WHEN THREATS POSED BY PCB'S AND      SOLVENT CONTAMINATED TAR-LIKE MATERIAL WITH AN EXTREMELY LOW PH WERE IDENTIFIED STARTING IN 1988, U.S. EPA UNDERTOOK AN   EMERGENCY REMOVAL ACTION WHICH ULTIMATELY COMPRISED THREE    STAGES.  THE FIRST STAGE BEGAN NOVEMBER 14, 1990, AND THE    LAST STAGE CONCLUDED OCTOBER 30, 1992.  NOT ALL THE WASTE    HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SITE BUT THE OSC HAS DETERMINED    THAT IMMEDIATE THREATS TO HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT HAVE    BEEN REMOVED.  U.S. EPA INCURRED COSTS TOTALLING             $1,497,189.41 THROUGH JUNE 30, 1994, IN CONNECTION WITH      CONDUCTING REMOVAL ACTIVITIES AT THE

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