# ENDICOTT, VILLAGE OF AND UNION, TOWN OF
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3178`
- **Case Number:** 02-1988-0645
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ENDICOTT, VILLAGE OF (complaint) (settlement)
- UNION, TOWN OF (complaint) (settlement)
## 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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