LANDFILL: $1M settlement in landfill case
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Published: June 25, 2008 10:12 am
LANDFILL: $1M settlement in landfill case
The State Attorney General’s office reached a $1.2 millionsettlement with eight companies recently for the remediation of anAlbion landfill.
The corporations apparently disposed of toxic chemicals at thelandfill located on Yager Road. The state Department ofEnvironmental Conservation declared it a hazardous waste site underthe state’s Superfund program in 1991. It was eventuallycapped in April 2002 to prevent further environmental contaminationinto the neighboring community following a decade of remediation,said a spokesperson with the Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’soffice Tuesday.
The landfill operated in the 1970s and ’80s under thedirection of Alan McKenna. The principal companies involved in thesettlement are the Quaker Oats Company, the successor to FisherPrice, Newell Rubbermaid, A&P, Pneumo Abex, Saint Gobain TechnicalFabrics America, successor to Bayex, Conopco, Avon Injected Rubber& Plastics, and Owens-Illinois.
High levels of chemicals found on site include lead, arsenic andthe industrial solvent trichloroethylene. The chemicals werereleased into the soils, surface waters and groundwater, posing arisk to local residents, according to the attorney general’sspokesman.
Research has revealed that lead can cause a variety of permanentdevelopmental and behavioral problems, especially in youngchildren, and TCE can cause nerve, kidney and liver damage, hesaid.
“For years, this landfill was a repository for hazardouswaste and an ongoing threat to the health of the surroundingcommunity,” Cuomo said in a statement. “The site issecure, and the companies who put the waste there are paying backthe money owed.”
Assistant Attorney General Linda White of the AttorneyGeneral’s Environmental Protection Bureau handled the caseunder the supervision of Special Deputy Attorney General forEnvironmental Protection Katherine Kennedy. The eight companieswere sued in November 2007, and the settlement was reached sometimein March 2008.
The spokesman with Cuomo’s office could not confirm ifresidents became ill over the years because of the landfill’schemicals. The settlement was with regard to remediation only, hesaid.
“This is a good-news ending to what has been a long-runningstory in the Albion community,” said DEC Commissioner PeteGrannis.
Contact reporter Nicole Colemanat 798-1400, ext. 8227.
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Published: June 25, 2008 10:12 am
LANDFILL: $1M settlement in landfill case
The State Attorney General’s office reached a $1.2 millionsettlement with eight companies recently for the remediation of anAlbion landfill.
The corporations apparently disposed of toxic chemicals at thelandfill located on Yager Road. The state Department ofEnvironmental Conservation declared it a hazardous waste site underthe state’s Superfund program in 1991. It was eventuallycapped in April 2002 to prevent further environmental contaminationinto the neighboring community following a decade of remediation,said a spokesperson with the Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’soffice Tuesday.
The landfill operated in the 1970s and ’80s under thedirection of Alan McKenna. The principal companies involved in thesettlement are the Quaker Oats Company, the successor to FisherPrice, Newell Rubbermaid, A&P, Pneumo Abex, Saint Gobain TechnicalFabrics America, successor to Bayex, Conopco, Avon Injected Rubber& Plastics, and Owens-Illinois.
High levels of chemicals found on site include lead, arsenic andthe industrial solvent trichloroethylene. The chemicals werereleased into the soils, surface waters and groundwater, posing arisk to local residents, according to the attorney general’sspokesman.
Research has revealed that lead can cause a variety of permanentdevelopmental and behavioral problems, especially in youngchildren, and TCE can cause nerve, kidney and liver damage, hesaid.
“For years, this landfill was a repository for hazardouswaste and an ongoing threat to the health of the surroundingcommunity,” Cuomo said in a statement. “The site issecure, and the companies who put the waste there are paying backthe money owed.”
Assistant Attorney General Linda White of the AttorneyGeneral’s Environmental Protection Bureau handled the caseunder the supervision of Special Deputy Attorney General forEnvironmental Protection Katherine Kennedy. The eight companieswere sued in November 2007, and the settlement was reached sometimein March 2008.
The spokesman with Cuomo’s office could not confirm ifresidents became ill over the years because of the landfill’schemicals. The settlement was with regard to remediation only, hesaid.
“This is a good-news ending to what has been a long-runningstory in the Albion community,” said DEC Commissioner PeteGrannis.
Contact reporter Nicole Colemanat 798-1400, ext. 8227.
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