# ADAMS COUNTY/QUINCY LANDFILLS 2 & 3
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31858`
- **Case Number:** 05-1999-0555
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $224K
- **Compliance action $:** $16.00M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ADAMS COUNTY/QUINCY LANDFILLS 2 & 3 (settlement)
## Summary

UNDER THIS SETTLEMENT, THE U.S. EPA WILL RECOVER ITS PAST    RESPONSE COSTS -- TOTALLY 224,104.27 -- AND WILL BE          REIMBURSED FOR ITS FUTURE RESPONSE COSTS FOR ITS ONGOING     OVERSIGHT OF REMEDIAL ACTIONS AT THE SITE.  THE SETTLEMENT   INCLUDES 7 NON-DE MINIMIS AND 75 DE MINIMIS PARTIES.  THE    DE MINIMIS PORTION OF THE SETTLEMENT WILL GENERATE APPROXI-  MATELY $1,085,827.56 TO HELP PAY FOR U.S. EPA'S COSTS AND    HELP PAY FOR THE REMEDIAL ACTION AT THE SITE.  THE SEVEN     NON-DE MINIMIS SIGNATORIES ARE PERFORMING THE FINAL REMEDY   AT THE SITE UNDER A SEPARATE CONSENT ORDER, WHICH WAS        ENTERED WITH THE STATE OF ILLINOIS ON MAY 13, 1996.  IN      THIS CONSENT ORDER, THE NON-DE MINIMIS SETTLORS AGREE TO PAY ALL OF U.S. EPA'S RESPONSE COSTS AND AGREE NOT TO SUE THE    DE MINIMIS SETTLORS.                                         THE ADAMS COUNTY/QUINCY LANDFILLS 2 &3 SITE IS A 56 ACRE     PROPERTY THAT OPERATED FROM 1967 TO 1978, ACCEPTING REFUSE,  DOMESTIC WASTE AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE FROM QUINCY AND SURROUND ING AREAS.  VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FROM THE SITE HAVE    BEEN DETECTED IN GROUNDWATER AND LEACHATE AT AND AROUND THE  SITE.  ON AUGUST 30, 1990, U.S. EPA PLACED THE SITE ON ITS   NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST.                                    THE ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY( IEPA ) HAS     BEEN THE LEAD ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY FOR THE SITE, WITH U.S.   EPA'S INVESTIGATION/FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE SITE.  THE RI/ FS PROCESS WAS COMPLETED IN 1992.   

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