# AVCO CORPORATION
> **Judicial** · FY1999 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `18687`
- **Case Number:** 03-1999-0347
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $462K
- **Compliance action $:** $0
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AVCO CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1999, THE REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR SIGNED A   CIVIL LITIGATION REPORT WITH RESPECT TO A CIVIL ACTION UNDER THE CERCLA SECTION 107 AND 113 CONCERNING THE AVCO           LYCOMING SUPERFUND SITE IN WILLIAMSPORT, LYCOMING COUNTY,    PENNSYLVANIA.  THIS ACTION STEMS FROM EPA RESPONE COSTS OF   APPROXIMATELY  $504,632.55 ASSOCIATED WITH EPA'S OVERSIGHT   OF TWO FOCUSED FEASIBILITY STUDIES AND REMEDIAL ACTION       ACTIVITIES PERFORMED BY THE SITE OWNER/OPERATOR, AS WELL     AS ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.  EPA RECOMMENDED THAT THE ACTION  BE FILED AGAINST THE PARTY PERFORMING THE CLEANUP AT THE     SITE UNDER A UNILATERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORER, AVCO            CORPORATION (AVCO).                                          AVCO (A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF TEXTRON, INC.), ACTING    THROUGH ITS UNINCORPORATED DIVISION, TEXTRON LYCOMING, HAS   OWNED AND/OR OPERATED THE SITE SINCE THE 1920S.  HISTORICAL  INFORMATION INDICATES THAT WASTES FROM AVCO'S MANUFACTURE    AND REPAIR OF ENGINES, WHICH CONTAINED HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, WERE DISPOSED AT THE SITE AT LEAST UNTIL TH EARLY 1960S.     ON-SITE SOILS AND GROUNDWATER AT THE SITE CONTAIN MODERATE   TO HIGH LEVELS OF ORGANIC (TCE AND VINYL CHLORIDE) AND       INORGANIC (LEAD AND CHROMIUM) CONTAMINANTS.  EPA CONTENDS    THAT AVCO IS LIABLE FOR EPA'S COSTS AS THE CURRENT OWNER     AND OPERATOR OF THE FACILITY AND AS AN OWNER AND OPERATOR AT THE TIME OF DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, PURSUANT TO    SECTION 107(A)(1) AND (A)(2) OF CERC

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