# SAG HARBOR GROUNDWATER CONTAMIN. SITE
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1952`
- **Case Number:** 02-1985-0051
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $400K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- NABISCO BRANDS INC (complaint) (settlement)
- SAG HARBOR INDUSTRIES (complaint) (settlement)
## 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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