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WOOLFOLK CHEMICAL

Judicial · FY2000 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery · 24163

Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
04-2000-0863
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
DOJ Docket
90-11-3-07282
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (10)

Summary

THIS REFERRAL SEEKS (1) REIMBURSEMENT OF PAST RESPONSE COSTS INCURRED BY EPA IN CONNECTION WITH THE WOOLFOLK CHEMICAL WORKS SITE; (2) AN ORDER DIRECTING ALL OF THE DEFENDANTS TO IMPLEMENT ADDITIONAL WORK DETERMINED BY EPA TO BE NECESSARY AT THE SITE; AND (3) A DECLARATION THAT THE DEFENDANTS ARE LIABLE FOR FUTURE RESPONSE COSTS INCURRED BY EPA AT THE SITE. THE SITE HAS BEEN DIVIDED INTO 4 OU'S. EPA AND CANADYNE GEORGIA CORP., ENTERED AN AOC FOR A RI/FS. ADDITIONALLY, THREE UNILATERAL ORDERS WERE ISSUED DIRECTING THE PROPOSED DEFENDANTS TO IMPLEMENT RESPONSE ACTIONS ON-SITE AND OFF-SITE. THE GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION IS BEING ADDRESSED AS PART OF OU #1. A ROD FOR OU #3 WAS ISSUED THAT WILL ADDRESS ON-SITE CONTAMINATION, WHICH INCLUDES A CAPPED LANDFILL CONTAINING CONTAMINATED DEBRIS. OU#4 WILL ADDRESS OFF-SITE CONTAMINATION, WHICH INCLUDED ARSENIC IN ATTICS OF SOME HOUSES SURROUNDING THE SITE. THERE ARE 5 PROPOSED DEFENDANTS. WE ISSUED A UAO FOR RD/RA FOR OU #3, WHICH ALL THE PROPOSED DEFENDANTS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH. THE REFERRAL WILL SEEK TO HAVE THE DEFENDANT IMPLEMENT THE ROD FOR OU #3. ALSO, THE PROGRAM PLANS TO ISSUE THE ROD FOR OU #4 IN THE 2ND QTR OF FY 2001. THEREFORE, WE WILL SEEK AN ORDER DIRECTING THE DEFENDANTS TO IMPLEMENT REMEDIAL WORK ASSOCIATED WITH OU'S 3 AND 4.

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