# STICKNEY LANDFILL SITE--UAO TO CITY OF TOLEDO, OHIO
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31324`
- **Case Number:** 05-1998-0765
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CITY OF TOLEDO, OHIO (settlement)
- STICKNEY LANDFILL SITE (complaint)
## Summary

ON JANUARY 16, 1998 EPA PUBLISHED NOTICE OF A PROPOSED       ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT WITH A GROUP OF PRPS         KNOWN AS THE STICKNEY-TYLER ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP ( STAG )    UNDER WHICH THE RESPONDENTS WILL CONDUCT RESPONSE ACTION     AT THE STICKNEY AND TYLER LANDFILL SITES AND A PORTION OF    THE XXXEM SITE IN TOLEDO, OH.  THE RESPONSE ACTION FOR THE   STICKNEY AND TYLER LANDFILLS INCLUDE INSTALLATION OF A       MULT-LAYER LANDFILL COVER SYSTEM OVER THE SITES.  THIS AOC   WAS SIGNED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE SUPERFUND DIVISION ON      FEBRUARY 27, 1998.                                           STAG BEGAN CLEARING AND GRADING WORK AT STICKNEY AND TYLER   PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE STICKNEY/TYLER AOC.  AS   A RESULT OF THE RE-GRADING AND ABOVE-AVERAGE TEMPERATURES,   AND TWICE THE AVERAGE RAINFLL DURING THE JANUARY-FEBRUARY    PERIOD (BROUGHT ABOUT BY LE NINO), EMERGENCY CONDITIONS      DEVELOPED AT THE STICKNEY SITE.  THERE WAS PONDING OF OVER   A MILLION GALLONS OF MIXED PRECIPITATION/LEACHATE ON THE     SURFACE OF STICKNEY, AND THE WATER WAS IN CONTACT WITH       EXPOSED WASTE.  THE STEEP, SATURATED SLOPES AT STICKNEY WERE IN DANGER OF COLLAPSE, WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED MIXED         MUNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE TO BE RELEASED INTO THE       OTTAWA RIVER.  THE ONLY VIABLE TECHNICAL OPTION WAS TO       PUMP THE LEACHATE TO THE CITY OF TOLEDO'S PUBLICALLY-OWNED   TREATMENT WORKS (POTW).  BECAUSE THE PRECIPITATION DID COME  IN CONTACT WITH THE EXPOSED WASTE, I

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