# CAROLAWN
> **Judicial** · FY1982 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20154`
- **Case Number:** 04-1982-0001
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $390K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AEROQUIP CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- BLACK & DECKER INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- CAROLAWN CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- CLARK FLOOR EQIPMENT CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- COLUMBIA ORGANIC CHEMICAL CO., INC (complaint) (settlement)
- CONE MILLS CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- CRAFT, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- CUMBERLAND COUNTY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (complaint) (settlement)
- DART INDUSTRIES INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- EATON CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- FASCO INDUSTRIES INC (complaint) (settlement)
- GENERAL ELECTRIC CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- GERGEL, MAX G. (complaint) (settlement)
- GRAVELY INT'L, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- GREAT LAKES CARBON CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- HOECHST CALANESE CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- INMONT CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- KERR GLASS MFG CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- KNIGHT PUBLICHING CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- LITTON INDS. (complaint) (settlement)
- MCCLURE, JAMES Q.A. (complaint) (settlement)
- MEASUREMENTS GROUP, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- MOBIL CHEMICAL CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- NATIONAL HEALTH LABS (complaint) (settlement)
- NATIONAL STARCH & CHEMICAL CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- NEILL, DAVID M. (complaint) (settlement)
- PRINTWORLD-DIV OF TECHNOGRAPHICS INC (complaint) (settlement)
- RIGGS, ROBERT (complaint) (settlement)
- ROHM & HAAS COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- SCRDI (complaint) (settlement)
- STOCKHAUSEN, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- TISCHLER, HENRY M. (complaint) (settlement)
- WHITTEN, BRUCE A. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE:                                             THE CAROLAWN SITE IS COMPOSED OF 82 ACRES, APPROX 2     OF WHICH WERE CONTAMINATED. CONTAMINANTS WERE LIQUID,        SOLID & SEMI-SOLID, FLAMMABLE PETROLEUM MIXTURES, PHENOL-    IC RESINS, WATER BASED PAINT WASTES & PRINTING WASTES.       THE STATE OBTAINED A JUDGMENT AGAINST THE CO IN 10/80,       BUT THE CO FAILED TO COMPLY W/ITS TERMS. THE CO IS NOW IN    THE HANDS OF A RECEIVER & MAY BE JUDGMENT PROOF. FROM        12/81-2/82 EPA PERFORMED A CLEAN UP OF THE SITE. ANALYSES    INDICATED NO ACTUAL CONTAMINATION OF WATERWAYS, GROUND-      WATER, DRINKING WELLS OR AQUATIC LIFE OR VEGETATION HAS      OCCURRED. CONTAMINATED TOPSOIL WAS REMOVED & DISPOSED OF.    THE CLEAN UP FOLLOWED THE FAILURE OF 23 GENERATORS TO RE-    SPOND TO NOTICE LTRS ISSUED IN 11/81. REGN HAS PREPARED A    COST RECOVERY ACTION, CITING CERCLA SEC 104, 106 & 107.      TOTAL COST INCURRED BY EPA APPROX $368,275. REFERRAL HAS     BEEN SENT TO HQ FOR REVIEW.                                    FURTHER GROUNDWATER TESTING DONE APPROX 10/82 INDICATES    ONE PRIVATE DRINKING WATER WELL CONTAMINATED.  EPA HAS       ADVISED USER NOT TO DRINK WATER.  EPA IS DOING FURTHER TEST- ING AND ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OTHER WELLS ARE        CONTAMINATED.                                                  THIS SITE IS ON THE PROPOSED NPL.

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