# ARKEMA, INC. ET. AL. (CENTRAL CHEMICAL SITE)
> **Judicial** · FY2009 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1400026532`
- **Case Number:** 03-2009-7004
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- 21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- ARKEMA, INC (complaint) (settlement)
- BAYER CROPSCIENCE, LP (complaint) (settlement)
- CARRIE J. COSNER (settlement)
- CENTRAL CHEMICAL COMPANY (settlement)
- CHEMTURA USA CORPORATION (settlement)
- E.I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY (settlement)
- FMC CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- HERMAN F. STAMPER (settlement)
- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC (complaint) (settlement)
- INTERNATIONAL, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- LEBANON SEABOARD CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- MILTON N. STAMPER (settlement)
- MONSANTO COMPANY (settlement)
- MONTROSE CHEMICAL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (SB) (complaint) (settlement)
- NEWS CORPORATION AUSTRALIA LIMITED (settlement)
- OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- OLIN CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- PHARMACIA CORPORATION (settlement)
- RHONE-POULENE (complaint) (settlement)
- ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- SHELL OIL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, LLC (complaint) (settlement)
- THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC, LLC (complaint) (settlement)
- UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- VELSICOL CHEMICAL CORPORATION (settlement)
- WILMINGTON SECURITIES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

On September 30, 2019, EPA Region III, the Department of Justice ( DOJ ), the State of Maryland ( State ), and the Central Chemical Site Respondent Group ( Respondent Group ) entered into an Agreement on Stipulated Penalties ( Agreement ) for alleged violations of a 2015 RD/RA Consent Decree ( CD ) and a 1997 Administrative Order on Consent for Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study ( AOC ), involving cleanup of the Central Chemical Superfund Site in Hagerstown, Maryland ( Site ). Under the terms of the Agreement, the Respondent Group will pay a total of $676,000 in stipulated penalties for violations of the CD and AOC. DOJ issued the Respondent Group a demand letter on April 29, 2019, alleging violations of the CD and AOC. The CD violations included: (i) submission of monthly progress reports that did not discuss the dioxin sampling results; (ii) failure to timely respond to EPA's request for documentation relating to the inclusion of dioxin in the discharge permit for the Site; and (iii) failure to submit a work plan to EPA and the State for review and approval in advance of the April 2018 dioxin sampling. The AOC violations included: (i) failure to timely notify EPA of changed circumstances at the Site; (ii) failure to provide information relating to dioxin sampling at the Remedial Investigation meeting; (iii) submission of a Remedial Investigation report that did not discuss the dioxin sampling results; and (iv) submission of a Risk Assessment that did not analyze the d

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