# REFUSE HIDEAWAY LANDFILL
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Unspecified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `30185`
- **Case Number:** 05-1997-0216
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Unspecified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- A.B. DICK CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- BENJAMIN PLUMBING, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- BERNSTEN BRASS & ALUMINUM FOUNDRY, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES OF WISCONSIN (complaint) (settlement)
- CARDINAL IG CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- CONTAINER HAUL-AWAY, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- DEBECK, JOHN
- DEC INTERNATIONAL (complaint) (settlement)
- FUTURE FOAM, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- GILSON, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- HOOPER CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- HYDRITE CHEMICAL CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- J.C. PENNEY CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- J.H. FINDORFF & SON, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- K MART CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- KLEIN-DICKERT CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- MADISON GAS & ELECTRIC CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- MADISON-KIPP CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- MARTIN PRODUCTS CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- MAUTZ PAINT CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- MERITER HOSPITAL, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- MILWAUKEE VALVE CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- MONSON CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- NICOLET INSTRUMENT CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- PLASTIC INGENUITY, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- RAYOVAC CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- REXAM MEDICAL PACKAGING, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- REYNOLDS TRANSFER & STORAGE, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- RIK, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- SPRINGS WINDOW FASHIONS DIV., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- STATZ & HARROP, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- STEVENS CONSTRUCTION CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- STOUGHTON TRAILERS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- SUB-ZERO FREEZER CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- THE RENSCHLER CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- TILSEN ROOFING CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- TRI-NORTH BUILDERS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- UNIROYAL TECHNOLOGY CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- VOGEL BROS. BUILDING CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- WASTE MANAGEMENT OF WISCONSIN, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- WEBCRAFTERS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS SITE IS A FORMER PRIVATE LANDFILL THAT ACCEPTED         MUNICIPAL SOLID                                              WASTE, AS WELL AS WASTE FROM NEARBY COMMERICAL AND           INDUSTRIAL CONCERNS.                                         THE PRIMARY CONTAMINANTS OF CONCERN AT THE SITE ARE THE      FOLLOWING,                                                   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 9/27/96 EPA SENT SPECIAL NOTICE LETTERS TO 58 PRPS,       OFFERING THEM THE                                            OPPORTUNITY TO NEGOTIATE FOR PERFORMANCE OF THE REMEDIAL     DESIGN AND                                                   REMEDIAL ACTION FOR THE SITE.  THE FOLLOWING REMEDY WAS      SELECTED BY EPA                                              AND THE WISCONSIN DNR: OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE      EXISTING                                                     LANDFILL GAS AND LEACHATE EXTRACTION SYSTEMS; MAINTENANCE OF THE                                                          EXISTING SINGLE BARRIER CAP OVER THE LANDFILL; INSTITUTIONAL CONTROLS;                                                    CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION,      TREATMENT AND                       

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