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LEGACY LANDINGS, L.L.C. (PITTSBURGH CUT FLOWER CO SITE)

Administrative - Formal · FY2012 · — · Final Order No Penalty · 3000057668

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Case

Case Number
03-2012-0180
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order No Penalty
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Self-disclosure
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Defendants (1)

Summary

THE REGION SIGNED A CERCLA SECTION 106/122 ADMINISTRATIVE CONSENT ORDER UNDER THE OWNER OF PITTSBURGH CUT FLOWER SITE IN GIBSONIA, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, FORMERLY USED BY THE PITTSBURGH CUT FLOWER COMPANY (PCF) FOR GREENHOUSE OPERATIONS, WILL BE CLEANED UP. THE SITE CONTAINS AN ABANDONED COMMERCIAL GREENHOUSE BUSINESS OPERATED BY PCF FROM THE EARLY 1990S THROUGH THE 1980S. THE FORMER GREENHOUSE OPERATIONS OCCUPIES AT LEAST 10 ACRES AND CONTAINS NUMEROUS GREENHOUSES, A LARGE BOILER BUILDING, OFFICE BUILDINGS AND SMALLER STORAGE BUILDINGS ALL IN VARYING STATES OF DECAY. AN INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED BY THE REGION 3 AIR PROTECTION DIVISION (APD) FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF INFORMATION THAT SCRAP SALVAGING WORK WAS BEING PERFORMED AND THAT ASBESTOS-CONTAINING MATERIAL WAS POTENTIALLY BEING DISTURBED OR RELEASED. APD, AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE REGION 3 HAZARDOUS SITE CLEAN UP DIVISION, CONFIRMED THE PRESENCE OF ASBESTOS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE ON-SITE BUILDINGS AS WELL AS EVIDENCE OF SALVAGING WHICH LIKELY CAUSED THE RELEASE OF ASBESTOS INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. ON JUNE 4, 2012, THE REGION DETERMINED THAT A THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND/OR THE ENVIRONMENT EXISTS DUE TO THE ACTUAL OR THREATENED RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES FROM THE SITE. UNDER THE SETTLEMENT, LEGACY LANDING, L.L.C. IS REQUIRED TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, CEASE ALL ACTIVITIES AT THE SITE WHICH MIGHT CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTE TO THE RELEASE AND/OR THREATENED RELEASE OF ASBESTOS; POT SIGNS WARNING THE PUBLIC OF THE

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