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BAY DRUMS SITE SOILS, SEDIMENT, SURFACE WATER

Judicial · FY1993 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery · 20944

Penalty
$3.27M
Cost recovery
$3.00M
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
04-1993-1428
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
DOJ Docket
90-11-2-897D
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (50)

Summary

SITE IS A DEFUNCT DRUM RECONDITIONING OPERATION. 55 GALLON DRUMS FROM NUMEROUS COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS WERE RINSED, REPAIRED, REPAINTED AND RESOLD. AS RESULT OF THE RECONDITIONING ACTIVITIES THE SITE BECAME CONTAMINATED WITH METALS AND ORGANICS. AS OFMAY 1, 1993 EPA HAD ISSUED NOTICE LETTERS TO 391 PRP'S. ON MARCH 31,1993, EPA SIGNED A ROD FOR THE SITE SOILS AND SEDIMENTS. A ROD FOR GROUND WATER WILL BE SIGNED IN EARLY JULY 1993. OPERATED 1950'S TO 1984 AS DRUM RECONDITIONING FACILITY. ACCEPTED DRUMS FROM INDUSTRY AND MANY OTHER ENTITIES. SOILS, SEDIMENTS, SURFACE WATER, GROUND WATER, WETLANDS CONTAMINATED WITH VARIETY OF HEAVY METALS AND ORGANIC COMOUNDS. ROD CALLS FOR EXCAVATION AND ON-SITE SOLIDIFICATION AREA WITH GROUNDWATER, SURFICIAL AND DEEP FLORIDA AQUIFER CONTAMINATED WITH METALS AND VOCS. ROD CALLS FOR ACTIVE PUMP AND TREAT REMEDIATION.

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