# SCRDI (DREYFUS & ASSEMBLY STS)
> **Judicial** · FY1982 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20163`
- **Case Number:** 04-1982-0029
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $300K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ALLIED CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- AMERICAN CYNAMID CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- AQUAIR CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- ARAPAHOE CHEMICALS INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- CELANESE CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- CIBA-GEIGY CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- COLUMBIA STEEL & METAL CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- EATON CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- EM INDUSTRIES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- EMERSON ELECTRIC CO (complaint) (settlement)
- GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- GERGLE, MAX G. (complaint) (settlement)
- INMONT CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- MCCLURE, JAMES Q. A. (complaint) (settlement)
- MILLIKEN & CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- MONSANTO CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- RAD SERVICES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- SCRDI-DREYFUS & ASSEMBLY STS (complaint) (settlement)
- SUN TECH., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- THIOKOL CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- TISCHLER, HENRY (complaint) (settlement)
- UNION CARBIDE CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- WESTERN ELECTRIC CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE:                                               THE DREYFUS STREET SITE, LOCATED IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH     CAROLINA, WAS OPERATED AS A DRUM STORAGE SITE BY SOUTH       CAROLINA RECYCLING AND DISPOSAL, INC. (SCRDI) BETWEEN 1977   AND 1981. BETWEEN 400 AND 600 DRUMS IN VARYING STAGES OF     DISREPAIR WERE STORED AT THE SITE DURING ITS PERIOD OF       OPERATION. SINCE SCRDI OPERATED SEVERAL SITES IN THE         COLUMBIA AREA AND MOVED DRUMS AMONG THE SITES, THE NUMBER OF DRUMS STORED AT THE DREYFUS STREET VARIED. THE SITE IS       LOCATED IN AN AREA OF THE CITY WHERE THERE IS SIGNIFICANT    AUTO AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, INCLUDING CHILDREN, AND THUS    POSED A SERIOUS HEALTH THREAT IN ADDITION TO THE RISK OF     ENVIRONMENTAL HARM. THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH  AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL (DHEC) INITIATED LITAGATION        AGAINST SCRDI AND THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, COLUMBIA STEEL  AND METAL COMPANY, INC. (CSMCI), BUT THE SUIT WAS UNSUCCESS- FUL, PRIMARILY BECAUSE SCRDI WAS PRACTICALLY IN SOLVENT, BUT ALSO BECAUSE CSMCI FOUGHT THE ISSUE OF LIABILITY ADAMANTLY.  IN SEPTEMBER 1981, CERCLA FUNDS WERE AUTHORIZED FOR AN       IMMEDIATE REMOVAL ACTION, WHICH WAS COMPLETED OCTOBER 30 AND COST OVER $300,000. THE CASE WAS REFERRED TO EPA HQ ON       APRIL 26, 1982, AND TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ON          SEPTEMBER 9, 1982, FOR FILING AS CERCLA COST RECOVERY        ACTION. THE COMPLAINT AND DISCOVERY REQUESTS ARE CURRENTLY   BEING REVISED BY DOJ.

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