# YEOMAN CREEK LANDFILL
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31345`
- **Case Number:** 05-1998-0787
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES OF ILLINOIS (complaint) (settlement)
- BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- CITY OF WAUKEGAN (complaint) (settlement)
- DEXTER CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- OUTBOARD MARINE CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- WAUKEGAN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT 60 (complaint) (settlement)
- YEOMAN CREEK LANDFILL
## Summary

THIS IS A UNILATERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER EMERGENCY RESPONSE AT AN NPL SITE TO EFFECTUATE AN INTERIM, ACTIVE LANDFILL     GAS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DESIGNED TO INTERCEPT LATERALLY-MIGRAT ING LANDFILL GAS FROM THE PERIMETER OF THE NORTHERN PORTION  OF THE SITE.  LANDFILL GASES WERE BEING MEASURED AT MONITOR- ING POINTS WITHIN THE BASEMENTS OF STRUCTURES ADJACENT TO    THE SITE AT LEVELS EXCEEDING 100 PERCENT OF THE LOWER        EXPLOSIVE LIMIT (LEL).

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