# NATIONAL SOUTHWIRE ALUMINUM COMPANY (NSA)
> **Judicial** · FY1993 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20930`
- **Case Number:** 04-1993-1340
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $408K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- NATIONAL SOUTHWIRE ALUMINUM COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HAWESVILLE, HANCOCK COUNTY, KENTUCKY.  NATIONAL SOUTHWIRE ALUMINUM COMPANY ( NSA ) OPERATES AN     ACTIVE ALUMINUM REDUCTION FACILITY AT THE SITE.  FOUR WASTE  POINDS ARE ON THE SITE.  NSA DISPOSED OF SPENT ALUMINUM      POTLINERS, PAINT FILERS, AND CALCIUM FLUORIDE INTO THE       PONDS.  IN 1979, NSA LEARNED THAT CYANIDES, METALS, AND      FLUORIDES WERE LEACHING FROM THE POINDS AND INTO THE         GROUNDWATER.  THE PA/SI ALSO INDICATES THAT THE SOIL IS      CONTAMINATED WITH PCBS.  IN OCTOBER 1992, NSA AGREED TO      PERFORM THE RI/FS UNDER AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT   WITH EPA.  NSA IS ANXIOUS TO BEGIN RA CONSTRUCTION FOR       CONTAINMENT OF TWO UNDERGROUND WATER PLUMES, AS DESCRIBED IN THE INTERIM ACTION RECORD OF DECISION ISSUED ON FEBRUARY 19, 1993.  NSA HAS ALREADY PURCHASED MUCH OF THE PUMP AND TREAT  SYSTEM NECESSARY FOR THE INTERIM REMEDIAL ACTION. THE PRN    WAS SENT TO OBTAIN DOJ AND HEADQUARTERS CONCURRENCE.

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