# SC RECYC & DSPL INC. (AKA SCRDI / BLUFF ROAD/MONSANTO)
> **Judicial** · FY1980 · — · Source Agrees
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20115`
- **Case Number:** 04-1980-0017
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Source Agrees
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ALLIED CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- AQUAIR CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- COLUMBIA ORGANIC CHEMICAL CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- EATON CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- EM INDUSTRIES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- G.D. SEARLE & CO. (3RD PARTY DEFENDANT)
- HUTCHINSON, HARVEY (complaint) (settlement)
- MONSANTO CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- SCRDI BLUFF RD. (complaint) (settlement)
- SEIDENBERG, OSCAR (complaint) (settlement)
- WILL ROSS, INC. (3RD PARTY DEFENDANT)
## Summary

STORAGE, TRTMNT, & DISPOSAL OF SOLID & HAZD WASTES HAS       BEEN OCCURING AT THE DEFENDANTS' SITES ON BLUFF RD. NEAR     COLUMBIA, S.C. SINCE 1974. THE SUIT ALLEGES THAT THE         ACTIVITIES OF THE DEFENDANTS HAVE CONTAMINATED SOIL &        PRESENT A DANGER OF GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION, & OF          EXPLOSION & FIRE. DEF.  OSCAR SEIDENBERG OWNS THE BLUFF      RD. SITE. SOUTH CAROLINA RECYCLING AND DISPOSAL, INC.        (SCRDI) & CO-DEF. COLUMBIA ORGANIC CHEMICAL COMPANY          (COCC) LEASE THE PROPERTY FOR THEIR OPERATIONS. A JAN.       11, 1980 ORDER OF THE STATE CIRCUIT COURT ORDERED REMOVAL    OF ALL WASTES FROM ANOTHER SITE OPERATED BY DEF. SCRDI       BY MAY 18, 1980, ALLOWING FOR TEMP.  STORAGE AT BLUFF RD.    A RECEIVER WAS APPOINTED AFTER THE DEF. FAILED TO COMPLY     WITH THE ORDER & WAS FOUND IN CONTEMPT OF COURT. SCRDI       MAINTAINED A STORAGE AREA & WAREHOUSE AT THE BLUFF RD.       SITE. THE CO. OPERATED ON THE PROPERTY FOR APPROX. 6 YRS.    CONTAINERS OF WASTES WERE DELIVERED BY TRUCKS OWNED          MOSTLY BY THE DEF. & STORED UNTIL THEIR CONTENTS ARE         SOLD OR TRANSPORTED FOR RECYCLING OR DISPOSAL.  COCC IS A    CHEM MANUFACTURER & HAS USED THE BLUFF RD. SITE FOR CHEM     STORAGE SINCE 1974. PRIOR TO 1977, SCRDI WAS A DIV. OF       COCC. SOME OF THE WASTES ARE IN THE WAREHOUSE THOUGH MOST    ARE CONTAINED IN THE APPROX. 6000 DRUMS IN VARIOUS STATES    OF DISREPAIR. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINT NONE OF THE         DRUMS ARE ON PALLETS, MANY ARE LEAKI

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