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TltE COURT : This prucaeding caM to the
tuurt initblly un the orisinal coa~p~aint that val
filt:d. by the then Mttomey general, and proc:aeclad for
aome prohibitory and 1011e ..ncialtory relief, the State
ueking to enjoin the DefeDdantl froe illpodiD& tho
Director of F.nviruruMntal Man&&ement from u.acutiD& elK• reaponaibilititta of the dir..:ctor i~~poaad upoo hial bJ
atat\lt4:, apecifically Cbapter 12 o[ Title 46i aDd al.o1: i aeeking p~~trmiuiun for the cliractor to proceed oato tbt
, I' property of the Defondantl in ordoT to !.Datall _.tor·12
13 I ill& walla, purauant ta the inv"atiptoi'Y power vb1ch :
14 Chapter 12. Title 46 gnntl to tho director; uul at ell<
11 cloae of all the eviddDce and prior to arau-ent, the
:1 State moved that the coaplaint be a.endacl, the ...-.n
17 conaiatln& of th~ addition of certain praJara to dw
11 comphint da.a:!.gnated .-a Paraarapha C, D, E ud r. Aftt. 11 hearin& COUDiel, th~ COurt &ranted tba aMndad ~lain
20 'ftaa Court will proceed to diapoaa of thia uttar oa the
basis uf th~ IIIK!U..I~d ,._waplaint.
22 Oru: mic,hl chllracteri:u tha evidence by
23 indicating that tbere'1 very little diapute hera,
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Ttu: Defendants art= ownera of real aaUtE
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• 3 lut'ah•d in Smith( lt· ld t.h;•L h:u• h1.:'1..'n uttl·d , at leaat tn paTt, for the llhpu,;al of liczui!l waatc. 1t waa dUIOD•'
atrated thruugh the: State'a caae that the dlapo..l of
theae wastes on the D~fendant'a property 11 in the
vicinity of certain reaidencea which were d~llneatad
by the witn~u Stcvttnson by circling thaae arua on
Exhibit 1\io . lt w"' toatified to by hia that tha drinkin& water aource for thaae raaideac~a 11 iacl1vidua~
aroundwater walla. 'l'he State concluc:tecl, over a perio4
10 of time and on different datea, caruin taatin& tbzrouab
the 111.edium of a aurface water MIIPlina, and alao aro-d 11
water a&~~Plina,. "lb11 reaulta of thoae taau a,..r ill 12
13 part throuah Exhibitt Six, Seven and lti&ht, and la pan
14 I throuah tho toatiooonal evid.,.co &ivon by the 111-a.u.
Specifically, one: might recall Dr. Janlr.owaki, vbo
" tettified about thv reaulta of the teata cODducced •11
behalf of the O~..:f~:n~~n~s by the Nt!W En&land TaatlD&
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Laborator1ca. Th~! t,;ourt wUl point out .,ra tplcifi•
11 cally thoae exhibits and that teatt.ony l'eve&l ad
eatablilh that there are contardn.anta in the vaate vbict 20
ha~ L c ...·:1 Uispo~o;ct.l u f.
lt is the contention of tho State,
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through it& tc~timouy, that che contaminantl are leav1n~ 23
the l)avi i property by surface watwr, bu.t it' 1 not bawn
" i whcth~.:r they arc l t::aving that prop~rty throua,h the.. ·I
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.., ,, ground w.1tcr. Sni~K.' monlturiu•~ wdh have bcea lnatall'
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State is seekin~ .
lt was testifiud to that vella which
would be established or sunk at the ed&e of the Divia
property would tell when the contaainantl ruched that
locality . Dr. Kelly toatified that tha orpnic vaatu•which were dumped in tho Davia proporCJ in tha liquid
dispot al piu, which, aa the Court. racalla, .-. ·._..
doaianatod in a drawina •• Pita A ...d 1, that tbe
orcanic wasttts which were du.p~d in cboaa pita reaultel
in &round water coatuinatioa. H11 tutS..O)' vu elliot
Lat~m Brook is the only dralna&• outlot with ,...,.
to tho Davh r ..l eotato. Ho indicated that tile Dnia
lend lieo in Lh• Wuonasquatucket livar laoin 8114 Ia ·
order to elimina~e, perbapa, any inference tbat the .
contaminu tior. ::u ,,:h:.:.ch he testified lli&ht be attribut•
able from aoae other landfill or diapoaal alta, be · · '
said that ~estern Sand. and Cravd, which apparmtly 11
also involved in t.hh kind uf a buaineaa, and upoD tthicl
22 liquid w3&l:es .tlppar~o.-ntly hav~ bt!tm dilpoaed of, he Mid
23 that. site is i1' the Branch River Baain and that it 11
24 di5conn~ct~d !rom the Davia r\:al estate, and be aaid th
same: thing about the: site that was deai&nated in25
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t ·v ioh·tll"o• ;1:: lht · l :wtlfll) rt'!JOIIUI"t:l' Dud r,•('\IVCry' dllpoUJ t
That, too, hv aaid wea in the Branch llvar lallA t
aite.
and dhconncctt.'d from the Davis lite, and dilcOI'UMcted. I
from the WniJrw,.qua tuck~t Riv.:r Balin.
Or. Kdly W'-!nt on to aay that the Devil
contaminants will Ukdy now in an eaaterly diractlon
until thollie c.ontaminantl are diacharaed lD the' I IWoonaaquatucket livet' with 1ome &OinJ to the•
becSI"ock ad!·, !
thon into the IIW&IIIp and
,.... u~o1 t~~r1z11 ~. hut It,.. .-u i d Llu.•:y prc1wut ll IKi
K"iflcant haalt'
risk. lh: s a l.! that with c.:rtain dueue, injury can be •
had tu the k i dlh:yfi uncJ tu tlw liVdr and to the central
n~.trvous t;)'lt~o.'lll . In hil opinion, he aaya, in thaory ·at
l c Dat, un~ mulc~o.·uh: t~C tiUlt kincJ o£ o ch•lcal can
cau!H..' a chan~': . in om l ndividual't cvll. He uid that
virtually all canct:!r that we knuw abO\It beaiDa with a
aingl~ c4.:11 , and tiul.t thia chan&• •1&ht not be ._•
•aerated, excvpting in the period of 1.5 to 40
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He aaid that all the ...s.ct.ca·.·ia
the ceil is a f f ected .
the case, that any in&••tlun, nu Mtter haw -11,
incrt:.u~s the. risk u! cancer. He then vea.t on to tell
ua about the varioUI c"-icalo that llbibit Six
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l (' w•n· ill rv idcuo·o· , t.ul ll wmold "l'l'"or fruol hh uatt.DJ
almo&t nt t\u: '"'"" u( hil di.rec.:t examlnatiun, and t clearly in hi& cruu cx_aminatiun, tMt the eondltlon of\
the J)avilll ,,ropcrt)' pr~.:acnU a au.:rlova baz.ard to the 1
health Lo Lhc \H:upl~, at lc;tHl ln the ar
:,--., on behalf of l1r. uavis, conducted teau on that lite
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and the Court "''ould acem to believe that Mr. Davi1'1 i
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concern about thv hed th and wcUare and aafaty of the I
i citizens of Smi thfiold wao 1>rubobly prOOiptod by wh
at th~I
New England l'c :>li n~ Laboraturica found, and probably ·~
prompted his c.-lli•l& Dr. Jankowaki and later Dr. ~~J bccnu.sl! t\tW Ent;land t
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:n s01id :it al-.o fln,.· ..- d downward. and 'bo!eauae the water 13 ~1 I
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wby the wuter ""'t1h tr10V; "') in thi11 fa11hion. He aaid,t I I ' 1
"I do not h&VP. enough infonaation at .y 4iapoaal BOW 10
·j why the water il flowin
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to Lathan'l Brncll;, Hnd h(!' ""'id wh oat wi \1 h.:appen uncler
t ho ci rc~ I1TI Rt;. nr..,:: is that tht:> woat.e-r tabht wi 11 then be
ftt a t.opnrJr~&phi c:a 1 low rathor thin a torotraphica1
hi rJh . arul t h ;.d t:h r• fl n .... wH l b e .t""'3rd to tM travel
s ysl mil ill tlwt: u . .. . rathoJ r th..n outward. lie aaid that 1
the r c !'i u lt, I th iu~; 1 c;uDtc h i m OJ('curately, •Moat of
tho wate r -- moat -- can be clea~d up. • 'fhoae wre• hia word": thon he 8b ic1 that the re~~at will be a
1110nitorin1] well• ehould bit ...tabliahod. He wa pita
eo•toin . ho ooid , that tha -0111' ox! to 1>~ Lat-~I and that the cont...U.nated vat•r .ov•u to t.at"- ~. ·
Mo lt of thr: cc-: nt .:,tr.i nzo t ion, he aaid. i11vac! to the ai..J
flow. in hh C"lpin io~, l'm1 .oved very rapidly.. t:t ••
his t e stilnony that t.o oecuratco ly fjx tbe eonteaift&tion 20
I plume . it \o.'J. ti n·.: · ·~o; H-•··rry tn 1;jn)r. b ... t:we~n 16 to 18 wlll.
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evur a tilftl•. '""" r:.:~IMdy that. th...• ti1r10 h now.
'T'h • court f .i nd111 horr.- that the State ba•
m.Jt'l•• (•U I j 1 ~ t'l~~·~: t.h.!t :lt. O'hJht t(J be~ penrd.ttod to 90
it feel~ ouC)ht to 00 loent~d nn th;;at land , in whatever
locationo thl~ u ~ r ector r(' t~ l• thaty ought to be located
at. and it woul•J saern ther@ ahould not l:Mt any que•tion•
about tha Oir~ct.t)t''• ~r to do thia.. The court
reads s~ction 4fi-12-ll a• l]iving the Director aD4 U•
offi.e.;rs the P" ....''! '" tn go UlX'In lan·l of thia 'kind, to
conduct invoat.i~'ltjon·~~ . t o • .,. to it that that
0.•inveatiqot.Jon in tl\ia are01.." 'ftl wre tallting ~t ,. ! qround wator. ~Mana, ineofar aa thia evidence ia
" · ,. il difficult to er;m~~ive how Uu, Director could fully
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.,, ·) the- [)t!fo•n·lanl '!'l pl:m. Tht• Pn11Tt ~~··••r. it: ia D
oi.\lut;sry mov•.·mo::nt . b\lt it nu .:;ht not to prevent the:\I Diructl")r nf Envh'o1'\fti~Jnta 1 Manil~JI.liMnt from proceedi1193 ~
II ... r-. lv· t.h.inlu. h•"'t: uncl.~ r t.ht~ eircum"tanco"·
1'hl s .t :1- not to say that the Court ia
boar tho\ coata nf tho:t aetiv.i ty "lllhich tbe State will
uruSertl'li(. nor. tha.t the court to date aanct:iona any• 'kind of cleanup !)T.'O'Jram. Jt would aeea that if thiH
program!'& Copt:r :ttn in hndem that tbfrl leaat expenM
will r~l'lult: t'hat ia tn aay. thl'lt. ev.ntually ._.
cooperi.\tion "'i th t.he Plainti ~f and tM DefeiMtut, llatCJ what that cleanup pr"IJrP'I ou9ht to be the cavt ._.
not doe.td~ tod01y. tbe CO\Irt \lllde~a~a JSC'Io •• far aa
'l"h~ Co"L: ~t dl:\rl~·- t'l.!e'.d(ts the stato baa ..
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land a To .lUthori 7.P.cl t.o dn so in accordance with the
totO\t.ut .:;: t.h.,l. ~h ·~ rnurt ha,; c.i tad in the court •a
judqliiUnt. tod.l.y.
-rh-1 eourt will \:njoin th'it Defen4anta,
Mr . and Mru. Duvis. from interferring in any way vitb
• thf: act ; ·d. t~, ,.,.h~. ch the OiTector and hil agentl aDd
11orvan.ts eonaider noeeaaary to carry out the aD~Satea'
of thF= sta~ute ...,hich thtt court cit~d. an4 the eouzt
grant!\ t:h :~ _;nod:stoey injunc:tion. that the Dincto&' .ay
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rt~quirec~ to 11ct ui' euiDO ayst.. by which thaH ,......
vho will \-.e &\l t.horizt~d tt' ()C• Uf'O!'I t.he 18ft~! NJ' lie
identifi,r tht• DefencS&nta • ..t\at •tho48
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eelected b-.t tho Otroct_or to IJO upon the Defendaatl':: ~ :I
lancl to carr:: t'"\lt tho objective• of the atatute.
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?·~R. SCUI\.T'~ : Than'k ~ou, your Honor.
T!:O: COUP'i': t Yn\1 ..::ty withdraw the
ought ~ n !'le t l.h • ~ tn:ttt\"!'r dnwn fot' • day certain ao that
w w.i ll qiv•'l h .~- h uiduf' an upportunity to do whatever
• they ph.ls'\1 on tl1at" land. anct then report to the court
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