# COASTAL PLAINS TREATING CO. (JAMES NEWTON)
> **Judicial** · FY2001 · — · Dismissed By Tribunal
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `24688`
- **Case Number:** 04-2001-9053
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Dismissed By Tribunal
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- NEWTON, JAMES E. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

BRIEF SUMMARY - THE COASTAL PLAINS TREATING COMPANY SITE IS LOCATED IN TIFTON, GA.  FROM 1946 TO 1984, SITE PROPERTY WAS LEASED TO A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS & BUSINESSES WHO USED THE PROPERTY TO CONDUCT WOOD PRESERVING OPERATIONS.  WOOD TREATING OPERATIONS CONDUCTED AT THE SITE RESULTED IN THE RELEASE OF CREOSOTE & PCP INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.  BEGINNING IN 1997, EPA UNDERTOOK RESPONSE ACTIONS WHICH INCLUDED THE TAKING OF SURFACE SOIL/SEDIMENTS SAMPLES & THE REMOVAL OF APPROX. 2,000 CUBIC YARDS OF DIOXIN CONTAMINATED SOILS.  THE PHYSICAL REMOVAL WAS COMPLETED IN JUNE 1998, AT A TOTAL COST TO THE AGENCY OF $3,394,889.94.  NATURE & NUMBER OF DEFENDANTS:  MR. JAMES E. NEWTON OWNED THE SITE, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FOR NEARLY 50 YR

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