# AIR PRODUCTS
> **Judicial** · FY1994 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `16558`
- **Case Number:** 03-1994-0046
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $1.04M
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- 21 INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS INC
- ACOUSTICAL SPRAY INSULATORS INC
- AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC (complaint)
- ALLEN ORGAN CO
- ALLENTOWN HOSPITAL
- ALLENTOWN PAINT MANUFACTURING CO INC
- ALLENTOWN STEEL FABRICATING CO INC
- AMANA CO. F/K/A RAYTHEON APPLIANCES
- AMERICAN NATIONAL CAN CO
- AMERICAN NICKELOID CO (complaint)
- AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO INC
- ASBURY GRAPHITE MILLS INC
- ATLAS MINERALS AND CHEMICALS INC (complaint)
- BETHLEHEM FURNITURE MANUFACTURING CORP
- BLACK AND DECKER (US) INC
- BOISE CASCADE CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- BP AMERICA INC
- COOK PAINT AND VARNISH CO
- CURRAN PAINT
- DAY-TIMERS INC F/K/A DORNEY PRINTING (complaint) (settlement)
- DORR-OLIVER INC
- E. SCHNEIDER AND SONS INC (settlement)
- E.P. HOUGHTON
- ECOLAB INC (CHEMLAWN SERVICES CORP)
- EXIDE CORP
- FULLER CO (complaint) (settlement)
- GAF CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- GENERAL ELECTRIC CO (complaint) (settlement)
- GENERAL MACHINE CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES CORP
- HOUGHTON INTERNATIONAL F/K/A E.F. HOUGHT (complaint) (settlement)
- HOWMET CORP, CERAMET DIVISION
- HYDAKU INC
- INGERSOLL-RAND CO (complaint) (settlement)
- INTERNATIONAL MULTIFOODS CORP
- LEHIGH COUNTY VOCATIONAL TECH SCHOOL
- LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL F/K/A ALLENTOWN H (complaint) (settlement)
- LUCENT TECHOLOGIES FOR AT&T CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- MACK TRUCKS INC (complaint) (settlement)
- MANCOR INDUSTRIES INC
- MARY MACINTOSH PENNSYLVANIA INC (complaint) (settlement)
- NCR CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- NOVAK SANITARY LANDFILL INC (complaint) (settlement)
- NOVAK, HILDA T. (complaint) (settlement)
- OLIN CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- PA POWER AND LIGHT CO (complaint) (settlement)
- RAYTHEON CO (CALORIC CORP) (complaint)
- RECKITT AND COLMAN INC (DURKEE-FRENCH) (complaint) (settlement)
- SAFETY-KLEEN CORP, ENVIROSYSTEMS DIV
- SIMON-ATLANTICO, INC (ATLANTICO, INC.) (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE NOVAK SANITRAY LANDILL SUPERFUND SITE (NSL) IS        LOCATED IN SOUTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP, LEHIGH COUNTY,          PENNSYLVANIA, NORTHWEST OF ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.          THE LANDFILL IS APPROXIMATELY 65 ACRES IN SIZE.  THE         LANDFILL OPERATED FROM THE MID-1950'S UNTIL THE MID-1980'S   AND RECEIVED WASTE FROM MUNICIPAL, COMMERCIAL AND            INDUSTRIAL SOURCES.                                          AFTER THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL           RESOURCES (PADER) ISSUED AN ORDER TO THE NSL TO CEASE ALL    SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACTIVITIES IN DECEMBER OF 1984, AN      EPA CONTRACTOR CONDUCTED A SITE INSPECTION IN JUNE OF        1985 AND CALCULATED A HAZARD RANKING SYSTEM (HRS) SCORE      OF 42.34 FOR THE SITE, PRIMARILY BASED ON THE POTENTIAL      FOR HUMAN EXPOSURE TO HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES VIA THE GROUND    WATER.  THE NSL WAS PROPOSED BY EPA FOR INCLUSION ON         THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST (NPL) ON JANUARY 22, 1987,      AND LISTED ON THE NPL ON OCTOBER 4, 1989.                       ON DECEMBER 31, 1988, EPA SIGNED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER  ON CONSENT WITH 16 POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTIES (PRPS) TO DO THE REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION/FEASIBILITY STUDY(RI/FS).      THE FINAL RI/FS REPORT WAS SUBMITTED TO EPA ON               JANUARY 28, 1993.  THE PRIMARY CONTAMINANTS OF CONCERN AT    THE SITE ARE VOLATILE ORGANIC CHEMICALS (VOC'S) AND          SEMI-VOCS IN THE GROUNDWATER.THE PROPOSED PLAN WAS           ISSUED ON MAY 26, 1993, AND A PUBLIC ME

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