# NEW ORLEANS, CITY OF (AGRICULTURE STREET LANDFILL SITE)
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38938`
- **Case Number:** 06-1999-0267
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- NEW ORLEANS, CITY OF (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 104(E)(5) OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RE-     SPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT ( CERCLA ), 42       U.S.C. SECTION 9601 ET SEQ.                               2. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS                                          FACILITY: AGRICULTURE STREET LANDFILL SITE - OU #1                     NEW ORLEANS, ORLEANS PARISH, LOUISIANA 70122    3. THE AGRICULTURE STREET LANDFILL SITE IS THE LOCATION OF A    FORMER LANDFILL WHICH WAS OPERATED BY THE RESPONDENT. THE    SITE COVERS APPROXIMATELY 95 ACRES. THE LANDFILL RE-         CEIVED, INTER ALIA, HOUSEHOLD TRASH, CONSTRUCTION AND        HURRICANE DEBRIS, AND ASH FROM MUNICIPAL WASTE INCINERA-     TORS. OPERABLE UNIT 1 IS UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY, THAT PRIOR    TO COMMENCEMENT OF A RESPONSE ACTION IN OCT. 1998, WAS       HEAVILY OVERGROWN WITH VEGETATION AND TREES.                 EPA COMPLETED A REMEDIAL/REMOVAL INTEGRATED INVESTIGATION    (RR/II) IN MAR. 1995. THE RR/II REVEALED A NUMBER OF CON-    TAMINANTS IN SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE SOIL. LEAD, ARSENIC,     AND POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS) WERE IDENTI-    FIED AS CONTAMINANTS OF POTENTIAL CONCERN.                   IN SEPT., 1997, EPA ISSUED AN ACTION MEMORANDUM AUTHORIZ-    ING A NON-TIME-CRITICAL REMOVAL ACTION FOR OU 1, 2 AND 3.    THE REMOVAL ACTION WILL ABATE A RELEASE OR A POTENTIAL       RELEASE OF THE IDENTIFIED HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES INTO THE      ENVIRONMENT.                                                 EPA REQUIRES ACCESS TO THE RESPON

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