# NATIONAL SOUTHWIRE ALUMINUM COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY2000 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `24113`
- **Case Number:** 04-2000-0813
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- NATIONAL SOUTHWIRE ALUMINUM COMPANY
- SOUTHWIRE COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ON AUGUST 1, 2000, REGION 4 FORWARDED A PRN FOR THE NATIONAL SOUTHWIRE ALUMINUM SITE, OU 2, HAWESVILLE,  HANCOCK COUNTY, KY, TO DOJ.  THE PRN WAS SUBMITTED IN  ANTICIPATION OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE NATIONAL SOUTHWIRE ALUMINUM COMPANY, A DIVISION OF SOUTHWIRE COMPANY OF CARROLLTON, GA (NSA).  REGION 4 WILL  NEGOTIATE WITH   NSA TO HAVE NSA UNDERTAKE THE FINAL REMEDIAL ACTION  AT THE SITE.  THE ROD FOR OU2, THE FINAL OPERABLE  UNITED FOR THIS SITE, WAS ISSUED ON JULY 6, 2000.   THE ROD RECOMMENDED A SOILS AND GROUNDWATER REMEDY WHICH IS ESTIMATED TO COST $25,115,736.00.  THE NSA IS AN ACTIVE, OPERATING ALUMINUM REFINING FACILITY LOCATED ON A 1,100 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN HAWESVILLE, KY.  THE SITE IS APPROX. 30 MILES EAST OF OWENSBORO, KY.  THE SITE HAS BEEN UTILIZIED FOR ALUMINUM PRODUCTION FROM 1969 TO THE PRESENT.  THE SITE PRODUCTS PRIMARY ALUMINUM FROM ALUNIMA ORE.  SITE FEATURES INCLUDE A          NUMBER OF MANUFACTURING AND SERVICE BUILDING, 3 FORMER  PRN:  SITE WASTE DISPOSAL IMPOUNDMENTS, 1 ACTIVE WASTEWATER  IMPOUNDMENT, SEVERAL FORMER WASTE DISPOSAL LANDFILLS,  A POTLINER ACCUMULATION BUILDING, AND A DRAINAGE  DITCH.  THE PRODUCTION PROCESS AND MATERIALS UTILIZED ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR A VARIETY OF     CONTAMINANTS AT THE SITE.  THE CONTAMINANTS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:  CYANIDE, FLUORIDE, ARSENIC,  COPPER, IRON, MANGANESE, MAGNESIUM, NICKEL, ZINC, BERYLLIUM, TITANIUM, VANADIUM, SODIUM, GALLIUM, AND CADMIUM

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