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GRAVE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Judicial · FY1982 · — · Combined With Another Case(s) · 9591

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Case

Case Number
03-1982-0076
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Combined With Another Case(s)
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N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (2)

Summary

ILLEGAL ROADSIDE DUMPING INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 8/17/82 IN POCA W.VA. 77 DRUMS CONTAINING HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, IN- CYANIDE, PHENOL, 1-1-1 TRICHLOROETHANE, METHYCENE, CHLORIDE, LEAD, AND TOLUENE WERE DUMPED. EPA CLEANED UP THE SITE IN AN EMERGENCY ACTION UNDER CERCLA 104. CRIMINAL CAUSES OF ACTION ARE BEING CONSIDERED AT BOTH THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS. RECOUPMENT FOR CLEANUP COSTS (APPROX $92,000) IS SOUGHT FROM THE INDIVIDUAL TRANSPORTER, ALBERT FRANK INGRAHAM, AND THE CORPORATE TRANSPORTER, GRAVE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, OR WHICH INGRAHAM IS THE PRESIDENT. RECOVERY MAY ALSO BE SOUGHT FROM THE ONLY GENERATOR LOCATED SO FAR, BRAND-REX COMPANY, INC., THE GENERATOR OF AT LEAST 7 OUT OF THE 77 DRUMS FOUND AT THE SITE. 05-24-83: CASE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED AT DOJ. COMPANION CASE (CRIMINAL) HAS RESULTED IN CONVICTION. DRAFT COMPLAINT RE- CEIVED FROM DOJ.

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