# JONES, WILLARD (BILL)/JONES, NORMA JEAN
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `54131`
- **Case Number:** 10-1988-0005
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- JONES, NORMA JEAN (complaint) (settlement)
- JONES, WILLARD B (BILL) (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS REFERRAL SEEKS INJUNCTIVE AND DECLARATORY RELIEF      UNDER SECTIONS 3007 AND 3013(D) OF RCRA, 42 USC, 6927 AND    6934(D) AND SECTION 104(E) OF CERCLA, 42 USC, 9604(E),       AGAINST DEFENDANTS WILLARD AND NORMA JEAN JONES WHO OWN      REAL PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO, AND DOWNGRADIENT      FROM, DEWILS INDUSTRIES INC.  THE RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS       SUBSTANCES FROM DEWILS HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED AND AN ORDER HAS  BEEN ISSUED TO DEWILS PURSUANT TO SECTION 3013 OF RCRA,      42 USC, 6934.  THE ORDER REQUIRES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT  DEWILS CONDUCT GROUNDWATER MONITORING DOWNGRADIENT OF ITS    FACILITY.  BECAUSE DEFENDANTS HAVE DENIED DEWILS ACCESS TO   THE DEFENDANTS' PROPERTY, DEWILS IS UNABLE TO COMPLY WITH    THE ORDER UNLESS AND UNTIL THE EPA OBTAINS ACCESS.  FOR      CERCLA PURPOSES, JONES IS PROBABLY AN INNOCENT LANDOWNER.      IN MAKING THIS REFERRAL, EPA SHOULD NOT TAKE A JUDGMENT    FOR ATTORNEYS' COSTS AND FEES AGAINST JONES (EVEN THOUGH     HE MAY APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN A HINDRANCE IN THIS MATTER).      ADDITIONALLY, IT IS EPA'S INTENT THAT DEWILS INDUSTRIES, AS  A CONDITION PRECENDENT TO ITS DESIGNATION AS EPA'S AGENT     FOR PURPOSES OF THE PROPOSED ACTIVITY, AGREES TO PAY         JONES FOR ANY DAMAGES WHICH OCCUR, HOLDING EPA HARMLESS, AND TO REIMBURSE THE GOVERNMENT ITS COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH        BRINGING THIS ACTION.                                          INCLUDED IN REFERRAL PACKAGE ARE THE FOLLOWING DRAFT       DOCUMENTS:                            

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