# BYPASS 601 GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION SITE (OU3)
> **Judicial** · FY1993 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20927`
- **Case Number:** 04-1993-1315
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $3.89M
- **Compliance action $:** $44.00M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- A&P RECYCLING CO. F/K/A/ PRESCOTT METAL (complaint) (settlement)
- ACKERMAN METALS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- AEROQUIP CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- ARROW STEEL PRODUCTS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- AT&T CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- BERRY IRON & METAL (complaint) (settlement)
- BILTMORE IRON & METAL CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- BISCOE SALVAGE CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- BISH ENTERPRISES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- BRENNER IRON & METAL CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- BRUCE'S IRON & METAL, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- C & C SCRAP IRON & METAL, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- CAMDEN STEEL & METAL CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- CAROLINA BATTERY CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- CAROLINA FREIGHT CARRIERS CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- CAROLINA SCRAP PROCESSORS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- COHEN & GREEN SALVAGE CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- COLUMBIA STEEL & METAL CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- CRANFORD IRON & METAL CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- CROOK MOTOR CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- D.H. GRIFFIN WRECKING CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- DOUGLAS BATTERY MANUFACTURING CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- DUKE POWER COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- E-Z-GO DIVISION OF TEXTRON, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- ELIZABETHTON HERB & METAL CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- EXIDE CORP./GENERAL BATTERY CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- FARMVILLE IRON & METAL CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- GNB BATTERY TECH., INC. F/K/A GNB INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- GRAHAM BATTERY CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- GRANT, GEORGE W. (complaint) (settlement)
- GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- GREER RECYCLING CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- H. LUREY & SON CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- HAYES IRON & METAL INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- HERCULES INCORPORATED (complaint) (settlement)
- HICKORY SCRAP IRON & METAL CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- HOLLMET REC.CORP.F/K/A HOLLAND METAL PAR (complaint) (settlement)
- HOLMES IRON & METAL., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- HUFF'S IRON & METAL CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- INDUSTRIAL BATTERY & CHARGER, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- INDUSTRIAL METAL PROCESSING, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- JORDAN SCRAP METAL OF FLORENCE (complaint) (settlement)
- K & W RECYCLING, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- L. GORDON IRON & METAL CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- LEE IRON & METAL CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- LEVIN BROTHERS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- MAIN AUTO PARTS CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- MARSH AUTO PARTS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- MARTINSVILLE IRON & STEEL CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- MORRIS, JERRY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

A. SITE HISTORY: THE BYPASS 601 GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION SITE (THE SITE) IS  DEFINED AS AN AREA LOCATED ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF CONCORD,   NORTH CAROLINA, IN WHICH GROUNDWATER IS CONTAMINATED BY MULTIPLE SOURCES.  THE CITY OF CONCORD IS THE COUNTY SEAT    FOR CABARRUS COUNTY.  U.S. HIGHWAY 29/ROUTE 601 BYPASS  PROVIDES ACCESS TO THE CITIES OF KANNAPOLIS, APPROXIMATELY   SIX (6) MILES NORTH, AND CHARLOTTE, APPROXIMATELY TWENTY-ONE (21) MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE SITE.   THE SITE CONSISTS OF THE MARTIN SCRAP RECYCLING (MSR)  FACILITY, AN INACTIVE BATTERY SALVAGE AND RECYCLING  OPERATION, AS WELL AS TEN (10) ADDITIONAL SOURCE AREAS WHICH HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION (EXHIBIT A).   THESE TEN ADDITIONAL SOURCE AREAS INCLUDE PRIVATE  RESIDENCES, AS WELL AS PRIVATE OPERATING AND NON-OPERATING SMALL BUSINESSES.  THE MSR FACILITY BEGAN BATTERY RECYCLING OPERATIONS IN 1967  UNDER THE OWNERSHIP AND OPERATION OF OLIVER MARTIN (ALTHOUGH THE PROPERTY WAS CO-OWNED BY OLIVER'S WIFE, CARRIE MARTIN).  FROM 1955-1966, OLIVER MARTIN OPERATED A SIMILAR ENTERPRISE  UNDER THE NAME OF OLIVER MARTIN BATTERY SALVAGE.  OLIVER     MARTIN BATTERY SALVAGE WAS LOCATED ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY    JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PRESENT MSR FACILITY. OLIVER MARTIN CLOSED THE BUSINESS IN 1966, AND SOLD THE PROPERTY,   WHICH IS NOW ONE OF THE TEN (10) ADDITIONAL SOURCE AREAS     INCLUDED IN THE SITE DESCRIPTION.  OLIVER MARTIN OPERATED THE CURRENT MSR FACILITY FROM 1967 TO 1979.  IN 1979, OLIVER SOL

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