# DICKERSON, DALE H. ET AL
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `9651`
- **Case Number:** 03-1984-0022
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $300K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- DICKERSON, MR. & MRS. DALE H. (complaint) (settlement)
- JOTUN MARINE COATINGS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- PEARMON, ISIAH (complaint) (settlement)
- SCM CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

MR & MRS DALE DICKERSON OWN AN APPROX 18-ACRE PIECE OF LAND  IN ANNAPOLIS, MD, AND FOR SEVERAL YEARS MR. DICKERSON WAS    PAID FOR ALLOWING WASTE TO BE DUMPED THERE IN A RAVINE.      THE DUMPING SITE WAS NEVER PERMITTED BY THE STATE OF         MARYLAND, & MARYLAND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN FORCING MR.         DICKERSON TO CEASE OPERATIONS & CLEAN UP THE SITE.           HOWEVER MR. DICKERSON PLED GUILTY IN A STATE PROCEED-        ING TO DISPOSING OF HAZARDOUS WASTE AT THE SITE.                  => IN JUNE 1982, MD REQUESTED EPA'S ASSISTANCE. EPA     INSPECTED THE SITE IN OCT. 82, OBSERVED DRUMS OF WASTE & 5   GAL PAILS OF MARINE PAINTS ON THE SITE & DETERMINED THAT THE SITE SHOULD BE INCLUDED ON THE CERCLA NATIONAL PRIORITIES    LIST.                                                             => ADDITIONALLY, EPA FOUND ELEVATED LEVELS OF LEAD,     CYANIDE, ARSENIC, & CADMIUM, AS WELL AS OTHER HEAVY METALS & ORGANIC CHEMICALS IN THE SITE.  IN APRIL 1983 EPA DETERMINED THAT THE SITE POSED AN IMMINENT ENDANGERMENT TO NEARBY       RESIDENTS & TO NEARBY WATER RESOURCES, SINCE MANY OF THE     DRUMS OF WASTE HAD RECENTLY BEEN CRUSHED & THEIR CONTENTS    SPILLED. APPROVAL FOR EXPENDITURE OF SUPERFUND MONIES AT THE SITE WAS NOT RECEIVED UNTIL JUNE 24, 1983. WORK BEGAN THE    NEXT DAY & CONTINUED THROUGH DECEMBER 1983.                  SITE RESPONSE ACTIVITIES INCLUDED:                           REMOVAL & DISPOSAL OF 610 TONS OF CONTAMINATED SOIL,WASTE    PAILS,TIRES & 68 DRUMS.             

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