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SCHMALZ, GREGORY

Judicial · FY1990 · — · Combined With Another Case(s) · 27390

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Case

Case Number
05-1990-0105
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
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Combined With Another Case(s)
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Summary

REFERRAL TO OPTAIN ACCESS TO SITE TO ENABLE U.S. EPA TO COMPLETE RESPONSE ACTIVITIES. CERCLA SECTION 104 (A)(B) & (E) AND, PURSUANT TO CERCLA SECTION 106(A), HAVE COURT ISSUE AN ORDER ENJOINING DEFENDANT FROM DISTURBING WORK DONE ON SITE BY U.S.EPA. CERCLA SECTIONS 104(A), (B), & (E) AND 106(A) REFERRAL SEEKING ACCESS TO SCHMALZ DUMP SIGNED BY REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR. IMPACT: ON 3/23/90, THE REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR SIGNED A REFERRAL WHICH SEEKS TO OBTAIN ACCESS FOR THE U.S. EPA TO THE SCHMALZ DUMP NPL SITE IN HARRISON, CALUMET COUNTY, WISCONSIN. THE REFERRAL IS MADE PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF CERCLA SECTIONS 104(A), (B), AND (E) IN ORDER TO OBTAIN UNFETTERED ACCESS FOR THE U.S. EPA, ITS EMPLOYEES, AND CONTRACTORS (INCLUDING THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS) TO COMPLETE RESPONSE ACTIONS AT THE SCHMALZ DUMP. THE REFERRAL ALSO SEEKS A COURT ORDER, PURSUANT TO CERCLA SECTION 106(A), ENJOINING THE DEFENDANT LAND OWNER FROM DIS- TURBING THE WORK TO BE DONE BY THE U.S. EPA. FILING OF A COMPLAINT IN THIS MATTER INDICATES THE U.S. EPA WILL BROOK NO HINDRANCE OF ITS WORK TO ABATE HAZARDS TO HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT POSED BY NPL SITES. BACKGROUND: THE SCHMALZ DUMP CONSISTS OF SEVEN ACRES OF WETLANDS PROPERTY TO THE NORTH OF LAKE WINNEBAGO IN WISCONSIN. THROUGHOUT THE 1970S, THE SCHMALZES ATTEMPTED TO FILL IN THEIR WETLANDS PROPERTY WITH A VARIETY OF MUNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE. THE U.S. EPA COMPLETED A REMEDIAL AC

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