# RED OAK LANDFILL COST RECOVERY, RED OAK, IA
> **Judicial** · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `45459`
- **Case Number:** 07-1996-0126
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $769K
- **Compliance action $:** $1.68M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BANGOR PUNTA DIVERSIFIED HOLDINGS CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- BLANCHE KINNISON
- CDU HOLDING, INC.
- CDU HOLDING, INC. LIQUIDATION TRUST
- CITY OF RED OAK (complaint) (settlement)
- LOWELL KINNISON
- RALSTON PURINA CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- UNION CARBIDE CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- UNIROYAL HOLDING, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- UNIROYAL, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- UNIVERSAL COOPERATIVES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

RED OAK LANDFILL IS A SUPERFUND SITE PLACED ON THE NPL IN    1989.  THE LANDFILL WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE CITY OF    RED OAK, IOWA, AND WAS OPEN DURING THE YEARS 1962-1974.  IN  ADDITION TO MUNICIPAL WASTE, THE LANDFILL TOOK INDUSTRIAL    WASTES FROM SEVERAL INDUSTRIES IN TOWN, INCLUDING AN         EVEREADY BATTERY PLANT THEN OWNED BY UNION CARBIDE           CORPORATION.  A PRP GROUP CONDUCTED AN RI/FS FROM 1989-1992, UNDER AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER WITH EPA OVERSIGHT.  EPA       ISSUED A ROD FOR THE SITE ON MARCH 31, 1993.  SINCE RD/RA    HAS NOT YET COMMENCED, A POSSIBLE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS     DATE FOR PAST COSTS, INCLUDING OVERSIGHT COSTS, IS MARCH 31, 1996.  EPA HAS ASKED DOJ IN ITS FEBRUARY 5TH REFERRAL TO     FILE A SECTION 107 COST RECOVERY CASE BY MARCH 31, 1996.  A  CLAIM FOR FUTURE COSTS WILL PROBABLY ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE COMPLAINT.

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