# REFUSE HIDEAWAY
> **Judicial** · FY1996 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `29943`
- **Case Number:** 05-1996-0530
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $827K
- **Compliance action $:** $1.30M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- A-1 RESTORATION, INC. (settlement)
- A.B. DICK CO. (settlement)
- AMPE EXCAVATING, INC. (settlement)
- BELL LABORATORIES (settlement)
- BENJAMIN PLUMBING, INC. (settlement)
- BERNSTEN BRASS & ALUMINUM FOUNDRY,INC. (settlement)
- BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES (settlement)
- CARDINAL IG CO. (settlement)
- CARNES CO. (settlement)
- COATING PLACE, INC. (settlement)
- CONTAINER HAUL-AWAY, INC. (settlement)
- DAIRY EQUIPMENT CO., DIV. OF DEC INTERNA (settlement)
- DEGENHARDT AUTO BODY SHOP (settlement)
- DRG MEDICAL PACKAGING, INC. (settlement)
- FUTURE FOAM INC. (settlement)
- GILBERT CONSTRUCTION CORP. (settlement)
- GILSON, INC. (settlement)
- HOOPER CORPORATION (settlement)
- HYDRITE CHEMICAL CO. (settlement)
- J.C. PENNEY CO., INC. (settlement)
- J.H. FINDORFF & SON, INC. (settlement)
- JOHN DEBECK (settlement)
- KLEIN-DICKERT CO., INC. (settlement)
- KMART CORP. (settlement)
- MADISON GAS & ELECTRIC CO. (settlement)
- MADISON NEWSPAPER, INC. (settlement)
- MADISON-KIPP CORP. (settlement)
- MARTIN PRODUCTS CORP. (settlement)
- MAUTZ PAINT CO. (settlement)
- MERITER HOSPITAL, INC. (settlement)
- MILWAUKEE VALVE CO. (settlement)
- MONSON CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. (settlement)
- NICOLET INSTRUMENT CORP. (settlement)
- ODANA MANAGEMENT (settlement)
- PLASTIC INGENUITY, INC. (settlement)
- RAYOVAC CORP. (settlement)
- REYNOLDS TRANSFER & STORAGE (settlement)
- SEAR, ROEBUCK & CO. (settlement)
- SPRINGS WINDOW FASHIONS DIV., INC. (settlement)
- STATZ & HARROP, INC. (settlement)
- STEVENS CONSTRUCTION CORP. (settlement)
- STOUGHTON TRAILERS, INC. (settlement)
- SUB-ZERO FREEZER CO., INC. (settlement)
- THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. (settlement)
- THE QUAKER OATS CO. (settlement)
- THE RENSCHLER CO. (settlement)
- TILSEN ROOFING CO., INC. (settlement)
- TRI-NORTH BUILDERS, INC. (settlement)
- U.S. GEOLOGICAL SERVICE, WATER RESOURCES (settlement)
- UNIROYAL TECHNOLOGY CORP. (settlement)
## Summary

THE SITE IS A FORMER PRIVATE LANDFILL THAT ACCEPTED          MUNICIPAL SOLID                                              WASTE, AS WELL AS WASTE FROM NEARBY COMMERCIAL AND           INDUSTRIAL CONCERNS.                                         THE PRIMARY CONTAMINANTS OF CONCERN AT THE SITE ARE THE      FOLLOWING                                                    CONTAMINANTS, WHICH ARE FOUND IN GROUNDWATER BENEATH THE     SITE AND IN A                                                GROUNDWATER PLUME EXTENDING AT LEAST 3800 FEET OFF-SITE;     BENZENE,                                                     CHLOROFORM; 1,2-DCA; TRANS-1,2-DCE; PCE; TCE; AND VINYL      CHLORIDE.  ON                                                SEPTEMBER 27, 1996, U.S. EPA SENT SPECIAL NOTICE LETTERS TO  58 PRP'S                                                     (SOME OF WHICH U.S. EPA MAY RECOGNIZE AS DE MINIMIS PARTIES  IN THE                                                       FUTURE), OFFERING THOSE PRPS THE OPPORTUNITY TO NEGOTIATE    FOR                                                          PERFORMANCE OF THE REMEDIAL DESIGN AND REMEDIAL ACTION FOR   THE SITE.  IN                                                THE RECORD OF DECISION FOR THE SITE, U.S.EPA AND THE         WISCONSIN DNR                                                SELECTED THE FOLLOWING REMEDY: MAINTENANCE OF THE EXISTING   SINGLE                                                       BARRIER CAP OVER THE LANDFILL; OPERA

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