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T. P. LONG CHEMICAL - BANKRUPTCY

Judicial · FY1983 · — · Litigated With Specified Cost Recovery · 25197

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Penalty
$14K
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
05-1983-0009
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Litigated With Specified Cost Recovery
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Summary

THIS CASE INVOLVES THE FILING OF A PROOF OF CLAIM AGST T. P. LONG CHEMICAL CO TO PROTECT EPA'S CLAIM AGST DEF IN RE OF THE CRCLA COUNT FILED AGST DEF. THE CRCLA CASE ASSOC WITH THIS CASE IS CASE NO 05-83-E009. TOTAL CLAIMS SOUGHT: $37,859.35 TOTAL RECOVERED :$37,859.35 TOTAL SPENT : $33,114.98 ON 12/14/82, EPA COMPLETED AN IMMEDIATE REMOVAL ACTION AT THE LONG SITE. EPA CLEANUP ACTIVITIES INCLUDED BULKING DRUMS OF HAZARDOUS MATERILS, TAKING COMPOSITE SAMPLES, DISPOSING OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, REMOVING AND DISPOSING OF CONTAMINATED SOIL, AND DRAINING AND DISPOSAL OF A TANK OF SULFUR MONOCHLORIDE. THE COST OF THE CLEANUP TO DATE IS IN EXCESS OF $37,000. EPA'S IMMEDIATE REMOVAL ACTION WAS INITIATED AFTER A SPILL FROM A TANK OF SULFUR MONOCHLORIDE ON SITE CREATED ACID VAPORS REQUIRING THE EVACUATION OF NEARBY RESIDENTS. AFTER THE CITY OF AKRON FIRE DEPT NEUTRALIZED THE SPILL, EPA'S ON SCENE COORDINATOR DETERMINED THAT HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES HAD BEEN RELEASED INTO THE ENVRONMENT AT THE LONG SITE AND THAT A SUBSTANTIAL THREAT OF FURTHER RELEASE EXISTED. HIS DETERMINATION WAS BASED ON THE PRESENCE OF 90 BADLY LEAKING DRUMS ON-SITE AND THE CONTINUED PRESENCE OF THE TANK OF SULFUR MONOCHLORIDE. LEAKS FROM THE DRUMS WERE THREATENING CONTAMINATION OF A TRIBUTARY TO THE LITTL

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