# KOR CORP
> **Judicial** · FY1980 · — · Dismissed By Tribunal
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25090`
- **Case Number:** 05-1980-0052
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Dismissed By Tribunal
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- KOR CORPORATION (complaint)
## Summary

KOR CORP (KOR) FORMULATES CHEMICALS FOR USE AS IND           CLEANERS & RUST REMOVERS AT ITS FACILITY IN GARY, IN.        ACCORDING TO COMPLAINT, HANDLING, STORAGE & DISPOSAL OF      SOLID & HAZD WASTES BY DEFENDANT HAS CREATED A HEALTH        HAZD TO NEARBY RESIDENTS, & POSED A FIRE HAZD. KOR IS AN     IN. CORP THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY IN COMP WITH STATE INCORP     STATUTES. IT IS LOCATED IN A LT IND. AREA OF GARY & IS       BORDERED BY RR TRACKS, A CITY GARAGE, & A SMALL BUSINESS.    PRIVATE HOMES ARE WITHIN 50 FT OF THE PROPERTY. THE          FACILITY ENCOMPASSES SOME 8000 SQ FT. ONCE OR TWICE A YR     CHEMICALS ARE FORMULATED IN A SECTION OF THE BUILDING.       THEY ARE PERIODICALLY SHIPPED FOR DISTRIBUTION TO KOR'S      CUSTOMERS. ACCESS TO BUILDING IS EASILY GAINED. A PORTION    OF ROOF COLLAPSED DURING A SNOWSTORM, DOORS ARE              UNSECURED OR MISSING ENTIRELY, & MOST OF WINDOWS ARE         BROKEN OR NON-EXISTENT. 3 OF THE CHEMICALS USED IN KOR'S     MANUFACTURING PROCESS ARE PHOSPHORIC ACID, SODIUM            CHLORATE, & PERCHLOROETHYLENE. PHOSPHORIC ACID IS            CORROSIVE & IS MODERATELY TOXIC BY INGESTION OR              INHALATION. SODIUM CHLORATE IS A STRONG OXIDANT WHICH MAY    INITIATE FIRE WHEN IT CONTACTS OTHER MATERIALS, & IS A       MODERATE TOXIN & SKIN IRRITANT. PERCHLOROETHYLENE IS         HIGHLY TOXIC, IS A SUSPECTED CARCINOGEN IN CHRONIC DOSES,    & IS A SKIN & EYE IRRITANT IN ACUTE DOSES. ACCORDING TO      COMPLAINT, 8-11 POLYETHYLENE-LINED F

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