# TYLER STREET LANDFILL
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31375`
- **Case Number:** 05-1998-0822
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MARK AND LINN GORNEY
- RONALD GORNEY
- TYLER STREET LANDFILL (settlement)
## Summary

THE STICKNEY AND TYLER SITES ARE CLOSED LANDFILLS LOCATED ON OPPOSITE SITES OF THE OTTAWA RIVER, APPROXIMATELY 5.5 MILES  UPSTREAM FROM WHERE THE RIVER FLOWS INTO LAKE ERIE.  THE     TYLER SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 41 ACRES AND IS 500 FEET         UPSTREAM FROM THE STICKNEY SITE, WHICH IS NEARLY 50 ACRES IN SIZE.  FOLLOWING PUBLIC COMMENT, REGION 5 ISSUED ENFORCEMENT ACTION MEMORANDA FOR THE RESPECTIVE SITES ON JANUARY 22,     1996.  THE SELECTED ACTIONS FOR EACH SITE ENTAILS SPECIFIC   COMPONENTS OF THE PRESUMPTIVE REMEDY FOR MUNICIPAL LANDFILLS INCLUDING: 1) MULTI LAYER LANDFILL CAP; 2) LANDFILL GAS      COLLECTION AND PASSIVE VENTING TO THE ATMOSPHERE; AND        3) INSTITUTIONAL CONTROLS INCLUDING DEED RESTRICTIONS; AND   4) PERIODIC LEACHATE AND LANDFILL GAS MONITORING.            EPA HAS NEGOTIATED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT (AOC)  WITH A GROUP OF PRPS THAT HAVE AGREED TO IMPLEMENT THE       ENFORCEMENT ACTION MEMORANDA AT THE STICKNEY AND TYLER       SITES.  EVEN THOUGH THE AOC HAS NOT BEEN FINALIZED, THE      STICKNEY/TYLER PRPS HAD BEGUN CLEARING THE SITES, AND        STOCKPILING ON-SITE THE MATERIALS WHICH WILL BE NECESSARY    FOR THE CAP CONSTRUCTION, AS SOON AS ACCESS HAS BEEN         OBTAINED.                                                    THE RESPONDENTS TO THE UAO FOR ACCESS OWN AND OPERATE A      USED PARTS AND USED CAR BUSINESS AT THE TYLER.  THE          OPERATOR, RONALD GORNEY, IS PARTICULARLY CULPABLE BECAUSE    HE DUMPED CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS ON TOP

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