IN 2005, AS PART OF SITE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS AT THE WARD TRANSFORMER SUPERFUND SITE IN RALEIGH, NC, THE EPA PERFECTED CERCLA 107(L) LIENS ON CERTAIN SITE PROPERTY. THE EPA RECENTLY LEARNED THAT THE RALEIGH-DURHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS SEEKING TO ACQUIRE BY EMINENT DOMAIN TWO PARCELS OWNED BY WARD TRANFORMER COMPANY, INC. ( WARD TRANSFORMER ). THOSE TWO PARCELS -- VALUED AT APPROX $2.9 MILLION -- ARE PART OF THE WARD TRANSFORMER SUPERFUND SITE, AND THEY ARE PARCELS ON WHICH EPA HOLDS CERCLA 107(L) LIENS.
ON JUNE 26, 2019, THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY FILED ITS PETITION FOR CONDEMNATION IN NORTH CAROLINA STATE COURT. THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY NAMED THE EPA AS AN INTERESTED PARTY CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY, BASED UPON IT'S CERCLA LIENS. AT THIS TIME, AGENCY VALUES THE CERCLA 107(L) LIENS AT APPROX $2.8 MILLION.
EPA HAS REFERRED THE MATTER TO THE U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE ED NC TO LITIGATE THE VALIDITY AND VALUE OF EPA'S LIENS.