# A-1 STORAGE TRAILER
> **Judicial** · FY1999 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `18568`
- **Case Number:** 03-1999-0209
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** $5K
- **Cost recovery:** $121K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- A-1 STORAGE TRAILER (complaint) (settlement)
- AUTHORIZED TRAILER SERVICES, INC. (complaint)
- BAILEY, BERNARD (complaint) (settlement)
- ISENHART, ARTHUS (complaint)
- KATZ, GEORGE (complaint)
- KATZ, PHILIP (complaint) (settlement)
- SHEPKE, GLEN (complaint) (settlement)
- SOUTHERN MARYLAND TRAILER RENTAL (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE SITE CONSIST OF THREE SEPARATE PARCELS OF PROPERTY:      (1) 1700 CHERRY HILL ROAD, BALTIMORE, MD; (2) 701 PUTTMAN    ROAD, BALTIMORE, MD; AND (3) 2690 OLD WASHINGTON ROAD,       WALDORF, MD.  TRAILERS FILLED WITH 300 55-GALLON DRUMS       (SOME FULL AND SOME EMPTY) CONTAINING HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES   WERE TRANSPORTED TO THESE THREE LOCATIONS AND ABANDONED.     THE EIGHT PARTIES RECOMMENDED AS DEFENDANTS ARE EITHER       OWNERS, OPERATORS, GENERATORS AND/OR TRANSPORTERS WHO        DISPOSED OF THE 300 DRUMS.  THE ABANDON TRAILERS AND DRUMS   WERE DISCOVERED IN APRIL OF 1996 BY MARYLAND STATE OFFICIALS DURING AN UNRELATED CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.                  BEGINNING ON OR ABOUT APRIL 5, 1996, EPA CONDUCTED AN        INITIAL SITE ASSESSMNENT TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF          CONTAMINATION.  ON APRIL 8, 1996, THE REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR FOR REGION 3 DETERMINED THA THE SITE CONDITIONS POSED AN     IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL ENDANGERMENT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND   THE ENVIRONMENT BASED ON THE RELASE OR THREATENED RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AT THE SITE.  THUS, EPA APPROVED THE    USE OF SUPERFUND MONEY TO RESPOND TO THE TREAT.  BEGINNING   ON OR ABOUT APRIL 9, 1996, EPA, THE SITE ASSESSMENT AND      TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEAM AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE CLEANUP     SERVICES MOBILIZED AND COMMENCED REMOVAL ACTIVITIES.         AS OF APRIL 26, 1999, EPA EXPENDED APPROXIMATELY             $250,600 IN RESPONSE COSTS FOR THE SITE.  EPA SEEKS TO       RECOVER THESE COSTS, TOGETHER WILL A

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