ACTION PURSUANT TO CERCLA 106 & 107(A) AGAINST 14 OWNER-OPERATOR PRPS FOR PENALTIES AND RECOVERY OF PAST RESPONSE COSTS INCURRED BY THE U.S. RELATING TO ACTIVITIES PERFORMED AT THE KIN-BUC LANDFILL SITE, IN EDISON TWP, NJ.
PURSUANT TO CERCLA 106(b), EPA SOUGHT STATUTORY PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF AN EPA UNILATERAL ORDER FOR FAILURE TO PERFORM ADDITIONAL WORK AT AN AREA OF THE SITE REFERRED TO AS MOUND B ,AS WELL AS FOR PAST VIOLATIONS OF EPA'S ORDERS ISSUED TO THE PROPOSED DEFENDANTS. CONSENT DECREE SETTLING THIS CASE WAS ENTERED ON OCT. 20, 2005. IT PROVIDES FOR PAYMENT OF OF PAST COSTS, PAYMENT OF A CASH PENALTY, AND PERFORMANCE OF A SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT OR SEP SETTING ASIDE APPROXIMATELY 100 ACRES OF THE DEFENDANTS' PROPERTY AS GREEN SPACE, ALONG WITH WETLANDS RESTORATION.