# MIAMI DRUM SERVICES, INC.  (AKA BISCAYNE AQUIFIER)
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20208`
- **Case Number:** 04-1984-0021
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $2.10M
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ALLEN CHEMICAL (complaint) (settlement)
- ALLIED PHOTO OFFSET SUPPLY CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- APPERSON CHEMICAL (complaint) (settlement)
- ARGO INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY,INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- ATLANTIC COAST ELECTRONICS (complaint) (settlement)
- BALL, FRED (complaint) (settlement)
- BALL, MELVIN J. (complaint) (settlement)
- EASTERN AIRLINES (complaint) (settlement)
- FAYE, BALL (complaint) (settlement)
- KEY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- LISTED BELOW/RESPONSIBLE PARTY GENERATOR (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE:  MIAMI DRUM SERVICES, INC. OPERATED A  DRUM CLEANING AND RECYCLING FACILITY IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA   OF MIAMI FOR 15 YEARS. SEVERAL THOUSAND DRUMS CONTAINING     CHEMICAL WASTE MATERIALS WERE HANDLED ON THE APPROXIMATELY   ONE-ACRE SITE. DRUMS CONTAINING INDUSTRIAL SOLVENTS, ACIDS,  METALS AND OTHER WASTES WERE ROUTINELY WASHED WITH CAUSTIC   CLEANING SOLUTIONS AND RECYCLED. SPILLS AND PERCOLATION OF   CONTAMINATED WASTEWATER SOLUTIONS SATURATED THE SOIL ON THE  SITE AND THE GROUNDWATER OF THE BISCAYNE AQUIFER.              IN FEBRUARY 1981, DADE COUNTY DISCOVERED CONTAMINATION ON  THE SITE AND, SUBSEQUENTLY, TOOK LEGAL ACTION AGAINST MIAMI  DRUM SERVICES TO REQUIRE THEM TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF CON TAMINATION AND TO CLEAN UP THE SITE. THE FACILITY CEASED OP- ERATIONS IN APRIL 1981 AS A RESULT OF A COURT ORDER OBTAINED BY DADE COUNTY.

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