# BAY DRUMS SITE SOILS, SEDIMENT, SURFACE WATER
> **Judicial** · FY1993 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20944`
- **Case Number:** 04-1993-1428
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $3.27M
- **Compliance action $:** $3.00M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AKZO NOBEL COATINGS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- AMERISTEEL (complaint) (settlement)
- ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- ASHLAND CHEMICAL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- B-H TRANSFER CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- BAY MATERIALS, CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- BAYLINER MARINE CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- BORDEN SERVICES COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- BURMAH CASTROL USA, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- CARGILL, INCORPORATED (complaint) (settlement)
- CENTRAL OIL CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- CHEMCENTRAL CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- CHEVRON CHEMICAL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- CHEVRON U.S.A., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- COOPER INDUSTRIES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- CROWN BEVERAGES PACKAGING, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- D-A LUBRICANT COMPANY, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- DEL MONTE FOODS (complaint) (settlement)
- DELTA LABORATORIES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- ESSILOR OF AMERICA, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- EXXON CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- FAIRCHILD HOLDING CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- FLINT INK CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- FLORIDA ADHESIVES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (complaint) (settlement)
- FMC CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- GATOR CHEMICALS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- GROW GROUP, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- GTE DIRECTORIES CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- GTE FLORIDA INCORPORATED (complaint) (settlement)
- H.B. FULLER COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD (complaint) (settlement)
- HONEYWELL, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- IMC-AGRICO COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL & SUPPLY COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- J.F. DALEY INTERNATONAL LTD. (complaint) (settlement)
- JOHNSON CONTROLS INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- JOHNSON PAINTS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- KERR-MCGEE CHEMICAL CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPARATION (complaint) (settlement)
- KRAFT FOODS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- KVAERNER JOHN BROWN (complaint) (settlement)
- LYKES MEAT GROUP, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- MARATHON OIL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- MISENER MARINE CONSTRUCTION, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- MONSANTO COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## 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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