# HOOKER CHEM-S AREA
> **Judicial** · FY1979 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1803`
- **Case Number:** 02-1979-0009
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- NIAGARA FALLS, NY. CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
- OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

HOOKER (S AREA LANDFILL)  THIS CASE WAS ONE OF FOUR FILED    AGAINST HOOKER CHEM & PLASTICS CORP IN THE NIAGARA FALLS     AREA ON DEC 20, 1979. HOOKER DISPOSED OF APPROX 63,000       TONS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE (INCLUDING LINDANE & MIREX) IN A     LANDFILL ON ITS PLANT PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE DRINKING      WATER TREATMENT PLANT FOR THE CITY OF NIAGARA FALLS          (SUPPLIES OVER 50,000 PEOPLE).  CHEMICALS FROM LANDFILL      HAVE BEEN DETECTED INSIDE THE DRINKING WATER PLANT           BEDROCK TUNNEL WHICH CONVEYS WATER FROM NIAGARA RIVER TO     CITY'S DRINKING WATER PLANT, & IN THE SOIL & GROUNDWATER     SURROUNDING THE S AREA. THE DRINKING WATER QUALITY IS        BEING MAINTAINED AT AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL BY THE CITY'S        MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.                                           CASE IS NATIONALLY MANAGED BY OECM, EPA HEADQUARTERS.      TECHNICAL ISSUES MANAGED BY EPA REGIONAL OFFICE.               * PENALTY PAID TO N.Y.S.

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