# AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY, INC. (BUSH VALLEY)
> **Judicial** · FY1996 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `17214`
- **Case Number:** 03-1996-0042
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $30K
- **Compliance action $:** $5.00M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ALCO INDUSTRIES, INC. (BELKO CORP. DIV.) (complaint) (settlement)
- BATA SHOE COMPANY, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- BRAXTON, MARTHA J. (ESTATE OF)
- BUSH VALLEY LANDFILL, INC. (complaint)
- CASE-MASON FILLING, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- CELLO CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- CITY OF ABERDEEN, CITY OF HAVRE DE GRACE (complaint) (settlement)
- CONSTAR PLASTICS, INC.(A/K/A SEWELL ... (complaint) (settlement)
- CORNING LIFE SCIENCES (COVANCE PRECLINIC (complaint) (settlement)
- CYTEC INDUSTRES (AMERICAN CYNAMID CO INC (complaint) (settlement)
- EASTERN DISPOSAL (BROWNING-FERRIS, INC.) (complaint) (settlement)
- HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND (settlement)
- HARFORD SANITATION SERVICES (complaint) (settlement)
- MARYLAND STATE HIGHWAY ADMIN. (complaint) (settlement)
- MCCORQUODALE PROCESS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- SUSQUEHANNA CONCRETE PRODUCTS, INC.
- U.S. ARMY
## Summary

PRN SENT TO DOJ ALONG WITH DRAFT SITE-SPECIFIC CONSENT       DECREE AND EARLY START RD AOC, IN ANTICIPATION OF            NEGOTIATIONS FOR RD/RA.  THE LANDFILL, WHICH WAS OPERATED AS A TRENCH AND FILL OPERATION FROM APPROXIMATELY 1974-75 UNTIL 1982, ACCEPTED MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE AND SOME HAZARDOUS      WASTES.  IT WAS PLACED ON THE NPL IN JUNE OF 1988 WITH A     SCORE OF 40.29.  AN RI/FS WAS CONDUCTED BY THE COUNTY OF     HARFORD, MARYLAND AND FINALIZED BY EPA IN JUNE 1995.  THE    RI/FS DEMONSTRATES THAT SOILS, LEACHATE SEEPS, SURFACE       WATER, SEDIMENTS, AIR, AND GROUNDWATER AT THE SITE ARE       CONTAMINATED WITH NUMEROUS CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS INCLUDING   BOTH ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND METALS.  EPA HAD IDENTIFIED 16    PRPS FOR THE SITE AND CONTINUES TO INVESTIGATE ADDITIONAL    PARTIES.  THE IDENTIFIED PRPS INCLUDE AN OWNER, OPERATORS,   GENERATORS AND TRANSPORTERS.  THE U.S. ARMY HAS ALSO BEEN    IDENTIFIED AS A PRP.                                         DIRECT REFERRAL SENT TO DOJ ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1997, BECAUSE   OF A PROPOSED SETTLEMENT WITH THE PRPS.

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