# HERCULES, INC. - JACKSONVILLE MUNICIPAL LANDFILL
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `35221`
- **Case Number:** 06-1991-0037
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- HERCULES, INC. - JACKSONVILLE MUNICIPAL (complaint) (settlement)
- JACKSONVILLE, CITY OF
## Summary

THIS IS A REFERRAL (LITIGATION REPORT) PURSUANT TO         SECTION 107 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE,     COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT OF 1980, AS AMENDED BY THE   SUPERFUND AMENDMENTS AND REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1986,        PUB. L. NO. 99-499 (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 9607, FOR     RECOUOPMENT OF $1,971,935.38, PLUS INTEREST EXPENDED ON      RESPONSE MEASURES UNDERTAKEN AT THE JACKSONVILLE MUNICIPAL   LANDFILL LOCATED IN JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS.  THE             ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) SEEKS TO RECOVER NOT   ONLY THE PAST COSTS REFERENCED ABOVE, BUT ALSO RESPONSE      COSTS INCURRED UP TO THE PRESENT DATE, THAT ARE RELATED TO   THIS SITE.                                                     THE PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED BY THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE IN  JUNE 1960. APPROXIMATELY 40 ACRES WERE USED FOR LANDFILLING. THIS PORTION OF THE PROPERTY WAS FENCED IN 1986 TO PREVENT   UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS.  RECORDS INDICATE THAT OPEN BURNING AND TRENCHING WITH BUCKET AND DRAGLINE WERE THE WASTE HANDLING   METHODS UTILIZED UNTIL 1969.  AFTER 1970, TRANCHING WAS THE  SOLE METHOD USED ON-SITE.  HISTORICAL RECORDS INDICATE THAT  WASTES WERE PLACED IN BURN AREAS AND LATER IN UNLINED        TRENCHES FROM 1960 TO 1973.  IT APPEARS THAT SUBSEQUENT TO   DISPOSAL, THE EXCAVATED TRENCHES AND SOME OF THE LARGER      SURFACE PILES WERE COVERED WITH A LAYER OF SOIL.               AS REFLECTED BY THE REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION/FEASIBILITY     STUDY, THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF ORGANIC C

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