# TOMAH MUNICIPAL SANITARY LANDFILL
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31952`
- **Case Number:** 05-1999-0658
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $3.20M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- TOMAH MUNICIPAL SANITARY LANDFILL (settlement)
## Summary

THE SITE WAS PLACED ON THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST ON       MARCH 31, 1989.  UNION CAMP, THE CITY OF TOMAH AND THE       VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL PERFORMED THE REMEDIAL     INVESTIGATION/FEASIBILITY STUDY AT THE SITE, PURSUANT TO     AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT (AOC) SIGNED IN JANUARY,  1994.  A RECORD OF DECISION FOR THE SOURCE CONTROL OUI WAS   SIGNED IN SEPTEMBER, 1997, WITH CONCURRENCE GIVEN BY THE     STATE OF WISCONSIN.  IT'S REMEDY WILL ADDRESS THE CONTAIN-   MENT OF THE LANDFILL BY CAPPING AND GAS EXTRACTION.          INTERNATIONAL PAPER, WHO PURCHASED UNION CAMP, PERFORMED     THE REMEDIAL DESIGN (RD) UNDER AN AOC.  THE RD WAS SEPARATED FROM THE RA SO THE RESPONSIBLE PARTIES MENTIONED ABOVE COULD WORK OUT A NUMBER OF ISSUES DURING THE RD AND PROGRESS AT    THE SITE WOULD NOT BE ABATED.  THE RESPONSIBLE PARTIES DID   NOT REACH RESOLUTION IN TIME FOR A CONSENT DECREE FOR THE    RA.  AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH INTERNATIONAL PAPER, THEY AGREED TO COMPLY WITH AN UAO AS A SINGLE ENTITY TO CONDUCT THE RA   FOR OUI.  THE RA FOR OUI IS ESTIMATED TO COST APPROXIMATELY  $3,,200,00.  AS PART OF  THE UAO, U.S. EPA WILL SEEK         RECOVERY OF O&M COSTS.                                       LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY                                THE SITE IS LOCATED ON 40 ACRES IN THE SW1/4 OF THE NE1/4 OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 18 NORTH, RANGE 1 WEST, MONROE COUNTY,  WISCONSIN.  WASTES WERE DISPOSED IN A WASTE CONTAINMENT AREA OF 18 ACRES LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHER

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