# GENDRON FREDERICK W & ELIZABETH J
> **Judicial** · FY2001 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1501`
- **Case Number:** 01-2001-0043
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $650K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GENDRON, ELIZABETH J (complaint) (settlement)
- GENDRON, FREDERICK W (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ON MARCH 13, 2001, THE REGION REFERRED THE GENDRON JUNK-   YARD SITE IN PELHAM NH (THE  SITE ) TO THE DEPARTMENT OF     JUSTICE FOR FILING OF A COST RECOVERY ACTION UNDER SECTION   107(A) OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE COMPEN-   SATION AND LIABILITY ACT ( CERCLA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 9607A AGAINST FREDERICK AND ELIZABETH GENDRON, THE OWNERS/OPERATOR OF THE SITE. THIS ACTION SEEKS RECOVERY OF IN EXCESS OF      $2,000,000 IN PAST COSTS INCURRED BY EPA FO A REMOVAL ACTION AT THE SITE.                                                    THIS SITE, WHICH INCLUDES A JUNKYARD AND TWO ABUTTING     RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, IS LOCATED AT 13 HOBBS RD IN PELHAM, NH. SITE OPERATIONS INCLUDED A SCRAP METAL RECYCLING         OPERATION THAT PRIMARILY INVOLVED THE PRESSING AND SHREDDING OF JUNK AUTOMOBILES. OVER THE YEARS, AN APPROXIMATLELY       10,000 CUBIC YARD PILE OF AUTO SHREDDER RESIDUE ( ASR  OR     FLUFF ), A MIXTURE OF DIRT, PLASTIC, RUBBER, WOOD, FABRIC,  AND OTHER ON-METALLIC MATERIALS, ACCUMULATED ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE GENDRON'S PROPERTY ON THE VERGE OF WETLANDS,  AND ALSO EXTENDED ONTO TWO OF THE ABUTTING RESIDENTIAL       PROPERTIES. EPA'S REMOVAL ACTION INVOLVED TREATMENT AND      OFF-SITE DISPOSAL OF APPROXIMATELY 11,000 TONS OF CONTAMIN-  ATED ASR.  ADDITIONALLY, APPROXIMATELY 6,000 TONS OF         CONTAMINATED SOIL WERE EXCAVATED, STOCKPILED, TREATED, AND   DISPOSED OF OFF-SITE.                                           ALTHOUGH THE REFERRAL NAMES THE SIT

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