# CITY INDUSTRIES, INC. ET. AL.
> **Judicial** · FY1990 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20645`
- **Case Number:** 04-1990-0135
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $1
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ABC LIQUORS INC. (settlement)
- ACKO INTERNATIONAL (settlement)
- ACOPIAN MANUFACTURING (settlement)
- ACTION PLATING CORP. (settlement)
- ADAMS PACKING ASSOCIATION, INC. (settlement)
- AIRWORK CORP. (settlement)
- AKZO AMERICA, INC. (settlement)
- ALL DOORS OF ORLANDO (settlement)
- ALPHA CORPORATION OF TENNESSEE (settlement)
- ALPHA RESINS (settlement)
- AMERICAN BUMPER COMPANY (settlement)
- AMF, INC. (settlement)
- ANACONDA ALUMINUM-EXTRUDED PRODUCTS (settlement)
- ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, INC. (settlement)
- ANILAM ELECTRONICS CORP. (settlement)
- ANTENNA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (settlement)
- ANTIQUE ACCENT (settlement)
- ARCHITECTURAL ALUMINUM (settlement)
- ARCO CHEMICAL COMPANY (settlement)
- ARMCO CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS DIVISION (settlement)
- ARMCO, INC. (settlement)
- ASSOCIATED PACKAGING & SOUTHERN FILM (settlement)
- BAUSCH & LOMB (settlement)
- BBC BROWN BOVERI, INC. (settlement)
- BELFAB CONTROLS COMPANY (settlement)
- BISCAYNE DECORATIVE PRODUCTS (settlement)
- BLACKBURN, CHARLES (settlement)
- BLUE GOOSE GROWERS (settlement)
- BONITO BOATS (settlement)
- BORDEN, INC. (settlement)
- BOWMAR INSTRUMENTS CORP. (settlement)
- BURROUGHS CORPORATION (settlement)
- BUSINESS EQUIPMENT (settlement)
- CAMBRIDGE LAMPS, INC. (settlement)
- CENTRAL FLORIDA PIPELINE CORP. (settlement)
- CHEMCENTRAL (settlement)
- CHLORIDE, INC. (settlement)
- CHRIS CRAFT (settlement)
- CHRYSLER CORPORATION (settlement)
- CIBA-GEIGY (settlement)
- CITRUS CENTRAL (settlement)
- CITY INDUSTRIES, INC. (settlement)
- CLS CORPORATION (settlement)
- COLGATE POLMOLIVE (settlement)
- COLORED METALS, INC. (settlement)
- COMMERCIAL CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (settlement)
- CONTINENTAL GROUP (settlement)
- CONTINENTAL TESTING LABORATORIES, INC. (settlement)
- CONTROL LASER CORP. (settlement)
- CORDIS CORPORATION (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS THE FIRST  RD/RA  CONSENT DECREE IN THE COUNTRY WHEREIN THE DEFENDANTS WILL FUND RATHER THAN PERFORM THE     CLEANUP OF THE SITE.  THE CONSENT DECREE WAS STRUCTURED SO   THAT EPA WAS ASSURED OF 100% NON-INTERRUPTED FUNDING OF THE  RA.  TWO OF THE VEHICLES FOR ACCOMPLISHING THIS PURPOSE WERE A PRIVATE  CUSTODY ACCOUNT  SET UP AND FUNDED BY THE DEFEN-  DANTS AND AN EPA  SPECIAL ACCOUNT  WHICH WILL BE FUNDED BY   THE  CUSTODY ACCOUNT.   THE OVER ONE HUNDRED DEFENDANTS TO   ELECT TO  CASHOUT  AS DE MINIMIS DEFENDANTS OR TO SHARE THE  CONTINUED LIABILITIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE NON-DE-MIMIMIS  DEFENDANTS.                                                       THE CITY INDUSTRIES SITE IS LOCATED ON APPROXIMATELY    ONE ACRE OF LAND IN WINTER PARK, FLORIDA.  IN 1977, CITY     INDUSTRIES, INC. DEVELOPED INTO A RECYCLING AND TRANSFER     FACILITY FOR HAZARDOUS WASTES.  DUE TO INADEQUATE PLAN       PRACTICES AND INTENTIONAL DUMPING, SOIL AND GROUNDWATER AT   THE SITE BECAME CONTAMINATED.  THE MAY 1984, EPA CONDUCTED   A REMOVAL ACTION IN WHICH IT HEAT TREATED 1,670 TONS OF      CONTAMINATED SOIL.                                                ON MARCH 29, 1990, THE ROD WAS SIGNED.  THE REMEDY      SELECTED WAS PUMPING AND TREATING CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER   ON-SITE AND THEN DISCHARGING THE GROUNDWATER TO A PUBLICLY-  OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW).  THE ROD ALSO SELECTED A       CONTINGENCY ALTERNATIVE IN THE EVENT THE POTW DOES NOT AGREE TO ACCEPT THE DISCHARGE.  THE ALTERNATIVE

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