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ENDICOTT, VILLAGE OF AND UNION, TOWN OF

Judicial · FY1988 · — · Final Order No Penalty · 3178

Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
02-1988-0645
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order No Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-11-3-299
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (2)

Summary

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A REMEDIAL AC- TION AT THE ENDICOTT WELLFIELD SUPERFUND SITE IN ENDICOTT, NY. THE SITE INCLUDES A MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY WELL, THE RANNEY WELL , WHICH SUPPLIES DRINKING WATER TO MUCH OF THE VILLAGE OF ENDICOTT. A MUNICIPAL LANDFILL, THE ENDICOTT LANDFILL, IS ALSO LOCATED WITHIN THE SITE. IN 1986-87, THE NYSDEC CONDUCTED AN RI/FS AND CONCLUDED THAT THE ENDICOTT LANDFILL IS THE MOST PROBABLE SOURCE OF VOC CONTAMINATION AFFECTING THE RANNEY WELL. HAZARDOUS WASTES OF VARIOUS TYPES, SOME OF WHICH CONTAINED VOCS, WERE DISPOSED OF AT THE LANDFILL. THE LANDFILL IS CURRENTLY OWNED BY THE VILLAGE OF ENDICOTT AND WAS OPERATED BY THE VILLAGE BETWEEN 1957 AND 1983. THE TOWN OF UNION CO-OPER- ATED THE LANDFILL WITH THE VILLAGE BETWEEN 1969 AND 1977. EPA NOTIFIED THE VILLAGE OF ENDICOTT AND THE TOWN OF UNION OF THEIR STATUS AS PRPS WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE. THEY AGREED TO IMPLEMENT THE REMEDY SELECTED IN THE SEPTEMBER, 1987 ROD, AND EPA SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATED WITH THEM REGARD- ING TERMS OF A JUDICIAL CONSENT DECREE. THE CD REQUIRES THE VILLAGE AND TOWN TO CONSTRUCT A GROUNDWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN IT, AND CONTINUE MONITORING THE RANNEY WELL FOR VOCS. THE DEFENDANTS ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO REIMBURSE EPA FOR ALL COSTS INCURRED BY EPA IN OVERSEEING THE PREFORMANCE OF THE REMEDIAL ACTION, CONDUCTING PERIODIC REVIEWS, AND ASSISTING THEM IN OBTAINI

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