# OYSTER BAY, TOWN OF
> **Judicial** · FY1990 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3907`
- **Case Number:** 02-1990-0182
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $35K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CERRO CONDUIT CO
- CHEMCO TECHNOLOGY INC
- GRUMMAN  AEROSPACE CORP
- JAKOBSEN SHIPYARD
- KOLL MORGEN CORP
- LIN PAC INC
- LONG ISLAND LIGHTING CO
- OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP
- OYSTER BAY, TOWN (complaint) (settlement)
- PHELPS DODGE CORP
## Summary

THE SYOSSET LANDFILL SUPERFUND SITE (THE  LANDFILL  OR      SITE ) IS A NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST SITE LOCATED IN THE    HAMLET OF SYOSSET IN THE TOWN OF OYSTER BAY (THE  TOWN ),    NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK.  THE SITE COVERS APPROXIMATELY      35 ACRES AND IS 50 YARDS NORTH OF THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESS-   WAY.  IT IS BORDERED TO THE SOUTHEAST BY MILLER PLACE, TO    THE SOUTHWEST BY PROPERTY FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY CERRO CONDUIT COMPANY, TO THE NORTHWEST BY THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD, AND   TO THE NORTHEAST BY A LARGE RESIDENTIAL AREA.  THE SOUTH     GROVE SCHOOL IS LOCATED JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE SITE.   THE SITE OVERLIES A SOLE SOURCE DRINKING WATER AQUIFER, THE  MAGOTHY AQUIFER.  FIVE PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY WELLS ARE WITHIN  SIX THOUSAND FEET OF THE SITE.                                 THE LANDFILL IS OWNED BY THE TOWN, WHICH OPERATED IT FROM  APPROXIMATELY 1933 TO 1975.  PRIOR TO 1967, THERE WERE NO    RESTRICTIONS ON THE TYPE OF WASTE THAT COULD BE DISPOSED OF  AT THE LANDFILL AND IT WAS USED TO DISPOSE OF RESIDENTIAL    SOLID WASTE, UNTREATED SEWAGE AND CESSPOOL LIQUID SLUDGES,   AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, DEMOLITION, AND AGRI-     CULTURAL WASTES.  IN 1967, WITH THE OPENING OF THE OLD       BETHPAGE LANDFILL TO THE EAST OF SYOSSET, THE TOWN STOPPED   USING THE SITE TO DISPOSE OF ITS DOMESTICALLY-GENERATED      WASTES.  THE TOWN ALSO DIRECTED SOME INDUSTRIAL GENERATORS   TO USE THE OLD BETHPAGE LANDFILL, BUT SOME INDUSTRIAL WASTES CONTINUED TO BE DISPOSED OF AT THE SIT

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