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SAG HARBOR GROUNDWATER CONTAMIN. SITE

Judicial · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery · 1952

Penalty
$400K
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
02-1985-0051
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
DOJ Docket
90-11-3-11
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (2)

Summary

**THIS SITE WAS PLACED ON THE NPL ON 6/10/86 UNDER A NEW NAME: ROWE INDUSTRIES GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION SITE. THIS IS A CIVIL ACTION FOR COST RECOVERY UNDER SECTION 107 OF CERCLA, 42 USC 9607, AGAINST NABISCO BRANDS INC., AND SAG HARBOR INDUSTRIES, INC. THE SAG HARBOR GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION SITE IS AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 25 HOMES LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF SOUTHAMPTON N.Y., WHOSE DRINKING WATER WELLS HAVE BEEN CONTAMINATED BY CHEMICALS USED AS SOLVENTS TO DISSOLVE OIL & GREASE. IN A REMOVAL ACTION, EPA PROVIDED FUNDS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A WATER MAIN SERVING THE AFFECTED HOMES. THE PLUME OF CON- TAMINATION COMES FROM THE PROPERTY OF SAG HARBOR INDUSTRIES, FORMERLY OWNED BY A SUBSIDIARY OF NABISCO. EPA SEEKS TO RE- COVER MONEYS SPENT FROM THE SUPERFUND FOR INVESTIGATION EX- PENSES AND COSTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ALTERNATE WATER SOURCE, AS WELL AS EPA'S INTRAMURAL COSTS INCLUDING SALARIES EXPENSES AND OVERHEAD. EPA SEEKS COST RECOVERY UNDER SECTION 107 OF CERCLA FOR FEDERAL RESPONSE EXPENSES, AGAINST THE DEFENDANTS MENTIONED ABOVE. * FACILITY NAME: ROW INDUSTRIES GROUNDWATER CO NOYACK ROAD SAG HARBOR, NY 11963 OWNERSHIP: PRIVATE

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