# Bennett Landfill Fire Superfund Site, Chester, South Carolina, Clear Site Industrial LLC
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2024 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3604101387`
- **Case Number:** 04-2024-7002
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- Clear Site Industrial, LLC (settlement)
## Summary

This Settlement is made and entered into by Clear Site Industrial, LLC (?Respondent?) 
and EPA. Respondent consents to and will not contest EPA?s authority to enter into this Settlement 
or to implement or enforce its terms. Respondent agrees to undertake all actions required by this 
Settlement. This Settlement is binding upon EPA and upon Respondent and its heirs, successors, and 
assigns.
 
A fire occurred at the Site. Responding to the fire were local firefighters and other first 
responders, and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (?DHEC?) 
emergency personnel. DHEC requested EPA assistance. Given the presence of asbestos in the landfill, 
which is a listed hazardous substance, EPA determined that Site conditions met criteria specified 
at 40 C.F.R. ?300.415 of the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan for 
initiation of a removal action.
 
Improper disposal of asbestos containing materials (?ACM?) at the Site left significant 
quantities of ACM with high asbestos concentrations exposed to the elements, which were being 
transported by wind and weather. Improper Site operations left significant quantities of ACM with 
high asbestos concentrations scattered across the entire landfill surface. Without
action, deteriorating conditions would have caused additional asbestos transport.
 
In performing the response action, EPA has incurred response costs at or in connection with the Site.
 
Crisis Hil

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