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LEONARD CHEMICAL SUPERFUND SITE

Judicial · FY2002 · — · Litigated With Specified Cost Recovery · 24820

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Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
04-2002-9001
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Litigated With Specified Cost Recovery
DOJ Docket
90-11-2-1174
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (30)

Summary

PRN SUMMARY: THE LEONARD CHEMICAL SITE CONSISTS OF APPROX. 6.5 ACRES OF LAND IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA LOCATED ABOUT A HALF MILE EAST OF CATAWBA, SC, AND 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROCK HILL, SC. THE COMPANY WAS FORMED ON JANUARY 13, 1966, BY MR. LAWRENCE K. LEONARD AND MRS. TEIBELLE W. LEONARD. THE LEONARDS CONVEYED THE SITE PROPERTY TO LCC IN MAY 1966. LCC BEGAN OPERATIONS SHORTLY THEREAFTER AND CONTINUED THROUGH THE EARLY 1980'S WHEN THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL ORDERED THE COMPANY TO STOP ACCEPTING AND PROCESSING WASTE MATERIALS. LCC PROVIDED WASTE SOLVENT TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL SERVICES TO ITS CUSTOMERS. LCC EMPLOYED CLEANING PROCESSESS THAT GENERATED WASTE SOLVENTS CONTAINING ALCOHOLS, KETONES, AND CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS. THE GENERATORS OF THE WASTES WERE NC AND SC MANUFACTURERS OF PAINT AND INK, USERS OF THESE MATERIALS AND PRINTERS. SEVERAL OF THE GENERATOR COMPANIES FOR A GENERATOR GROUPAND SIGNED AN AOC UNDER WHICH THEY AGREED TO DO A RI/FS OF THE SITE. THE RI/FS RESULTS REVEALED PRESENCE OF VOC'S IN THE SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE SOILS, AND IN THE GROUNDWATER. THE RI/FS WAS COMPLETED IN 12/00, WHICH CONFIRMED CONTAMINATION BOTH ONSITE SOILS AND GROUNDWATER. ON AUGUST 20, 2001, A ROD WAS ISSUED. THE SELECTED REMEDY INCLUDES EXC

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