# PETERSON PURITAN INC
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2001 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1523`
- **Case Number:** 01-2001-0070
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $5.00M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PETERSON PURITAN INC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

CCL CUSTON MANUFACTURING INC. (FORMERLY PETERSON/PURITAN   INC) AND BESTFOODS HAVE AGREED TO A SECOND AMENDMENT TO AN   EXISTING 1987 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT TO PERFORM THE REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION AND FEASIBILITY STUDY ( RI/FS) AT     OPERABLE UNIT TWO OF THE PETERSON/PURITAN INC SUPERFUND SITE IN CUMBERLAND AND LINCOLN, RI. THE RI/FS AT OPERABLE UNIT II OF THE SITE HAS AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF $5 MILLION. THE        CONTAMINATED PROPERTY INCLUDES THE J M LANDFILL, A PORTION   OF THE BLACKSTONE RIVER AND PART OF THE BLACKSTONE RIVER     VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR, A FORMER SOLID WASTE      TRANSFER STATION, THE NEARBY FLOODPLAIN AND WETLANDS, GRAVEL PITS, THE FORMER LENOX ST MUNICIPAL WELL AND THE QUINNVILLE  MUNICIPAL WELL FIELD. THE AREA IS CONTAMINATED WITH PCBS,    ASBESTOS, HEAVY METALS, VOLATILE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS, AND   OTHER HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES.                                    EPA INCLUDED THE SITE ON THE SUPERFUND NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1983.

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